stress management & confidence "the greatest mistake you can make in life is to be...
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Stress Management &
Confidence
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."
Outline for today
• your perceptions of the world around you – are they accurate?
• are you experiencing positive pressure or negative stress?• what’s the problem with a bit of stress?
• your energy systems- do you really know how to manage energy?
• tools to manage pressure and stress – keep it simple and relax
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field. ~Niels Bohr
Stimulus - Response
perceptions
Stimulus
StressorRespons
e
• Emotional climate• Beliefs (conditioning)• Ability• Confidence (fears)• Energy• Habits (emotional habits)
Any one or more of these factors play a critical role in determining our perceived level of stress.
How we respond depends upon:
Pressure v Stress – how do you manage it?
Poor performanceTaking a sickie
Reducing performanceGenuine sicknessZero performance
Peak performance but veryclose to the stress threshold
Potential productivity
Increasing pressure Increasing Stress
Performance,Potential and productivity
What's the problem with a bit of stress?Developing self esteem and confidence
Personality
Experiences
You
upper mental limit
lower mental limit
Comfort zone
Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Getting down to basics: what are we?
energy Physical
Energy Machines
You!
?
O2Food
How do we function?
•Physically
•Psychologically
• (self awareness)
Psychological
Physical
our emotional state and energy
thinking
climate of our emotionbe very careful of emotional habits!
Just because you make mistakes doesn't mean you are one
Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress
Exploring our internal resources: self awareness
WHY?
From personal perspective - opportunity for growth, improved confidence, more enjoyment of work/life and success in managing yourself and others
physical
psychological
conscious
energy
Time management = thought management
Have to continually work on your thoughts so helpful to have a tool to make you do that
Urgent Critical
Strategic Nice-to-do
Simple Tools
Breathing - vagus nerve
Massage Exercise (outdoor)
MeditationSocial networks
Nutrition
More complex problems
Serious rest and recovery
1-2-1 ....... but note many different styles
Be proactive!
a sense of perspective....
"A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank...but the world may
be a better place because I made a difference in the life of.........