Along with all the stress you face in today’s world you’re hearing about lots of ways you can deal with it. But have you ever thought of looking toward personal mastery for relief?
Come along with us for today’s GenuLines look at personal mastery.
Stress And Personal Mastery
Stress is an emotional and physical response that we show towards different pressures. These can be from the workplace, school or other institutions.
The reactions would include inability to focus and concentrate, headache and fast heartbeat. Almost everybody develops stress, but how we deal with it is important.
Personal mastery is something that you can put to work to help you to deal with stress.
Your work environment can be a major stressor, but this is something you may not be able to control. Instead of trying to control the work environment, you can try to work around it.
A Little At A Time
You can take one step at a time towards your goals. The question is, how do you work in the midst of stress?
You can reduce the risks by seeing things in a new perspective. An example would be learning to let go of situations you don’t control.
You can push back against stress by turning it into positive energy. This way you’ll focus your energy on things you can control.
Emotions
Personal mastery also helps you to be familiar with your emotions and learn how to control them. This attitude could be a great help in overcoming and managing stress.
There are things you can change, while there are things that are beyond your control.
Failing to deal with the problem during its early stages can lead to chronic stress. This can bring on headaches, ulcers, indigestion, high blood pressure and heart issues.
Deal With It
Actually there are simple steps and tips that you can do.
*Saying no to commitments that would require time and energy.
*Regular exercise, especially stretching and breathing exercises.
*Meditation
*Eating healthy food
*Asking for help from other people to lessen the burden.
To deal with stress, you can reduce the stressors in your life to avoid feeling its effects.
Prevention
Stress prevention removes the possibility of stress to occur.
You have to know and understand your limits. Next you’ll have to learn how to say no.
It’s important that you know your limitations, but still accept what other people say to you.
At Work and Then Some
Personal mastery can help you focus on your work among other things. It mitigates effects and encourages peace, tranquility and spirituality.
You can incorporate stress reduction and prevention in daily life.
Some people turn to medication to deal with the symptoms. This could be disabling, and it usually fails to address the real issue.
Yes medication could lessen the effects, but it’s more likely they’ll come back. With personal mastery, you change your entire outlook and perspective in life.
This guides you to avoid anything that could stress you and wear you out.
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Overheard: “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another” ~William James
You can pick it up as a kid and carry it into your adult life. You pass it on to your kids, and they do the same to theirs.
Overheard
You can get inspiration from the failure of others. People write about their trials and tribulations in books. 
Overheard: “Failure is success if we learn from it” 
Suppose you had a crystal ball. You gaze into the ball, and it starts to reveal your life for the next twenty years. 
Overheard: “We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” 
Seems a bit odd since, of course, you’re not a factory. But, if you can think in these terms, you may be able to combat negative thinking.
Then there are the night owls, who can produce the most during the later hours. These are their optimal routine zones.
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