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Stress is Not Your Enemy
Mental Needs, Physical Needs
1 COMMENTS | April 24, 2012
How often do you intentionally push yourself to discomfort?I know that sounds a little nutty, but here's why I ask: Subjecting yourself to stress is the only way to systematically get stronger — physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. And you'll get weaker if you don't.
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Tony Schwartz
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Embracing What's Wrong to Get to What's Right
Emotional Needs
1 COMMENTS | April 17, 2012
It was a tense meeting. I'd gathered our whole team to talk about the fact that we were under very high demand, and people seemed to be fraying at the edges."Is anyone beside me feeling worried you just can't get it all done?" one person began. The floodgates opened. An outpouring of anxiety, distress and complaint followed — much of it aimed at the person in charge, who happened to be me.
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Slow Down, You Move Too Fast
Mindfulness
4 COMMENTS | April 3, 2012
What do these words have in common? "Savor," "relish," " "luxuriate," "stroll," "muse," "dawdle," "mosey," "meander," and "linger?"We rarely use them, because we rarely do them. We don't have time. We've got so much to do, so many balls to juggle, so many miles to go before we sleep.
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Tony Schwartz
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