Turn Stress Into a Positive Tool
While the words positive and stress may not be synonymous, there are many advantages in having a positive outlook than can reduce and alleviate stress before it takes over.
Studies have shown that we all need a bit of stress it our lives. It motivates to accomplish the most daunting tasks. Can stress, therefore, be a positive tool? The answer is an unequivocal yes.
Assume you have a deadline to meet, while your stress levels become elevated; you nonetheless find the strength within you to complete the assignment on time. Stress allows you to become more focused, and in some cases increases your strength when in a pressured situation. Perhaps you’ve noticed you can think more clearly when attempting to complete that deadline. The report becomes deplete of errors because no outside force can make its way through and interrupt your train of thought. Without any thought to the lunch you’ve put aside or the break not taken, you are fully engaged in the task at hand.
Throughout time, many individuals achieved greatness by setting their stress aside in order to meet every challenge. Their positive thinking allowed them to carry out the most daunting tasks, and enabled their creativity and potential to lead them to successful endeavors. Yes, stress can stimulate the mind and sharpen one’s performance.
Here is another classic and well known example of how stress can result in a positive outcome. You’ve probably seen or heard of the true story of Erin Brockovich? In the movie, Erin’s character single-handedly took on a major company who was polluting the drinking water of an area with chromium toxins. Ms. Brockovich had to work under tremendous stress while fighting the owners of the company. She had to study as many as 120 research articles to find if chromium 6 was carcinogenic. Keep in mind she had had to begin from scratch to determine exactly what chromium 6 was and how it affected the local community. Going from door to door, Erin signed up over 600 plaintiffs, and with attorney Ed Masry went on to receive the largest court settlement for the town people ever paid in a direct action lawsuit in the U.S. history; $333 million dollars. This is a prime example of how an ordinary individual triumphed over insurmountable odds under pressure. If handled positively, stress can induce people to discover their hidden talents.
It is clear, then, that stress is a necessary component used to occasionally clear the clutter from your mind. When approached positively, stress can help you evolve by letting go of unwanted thoughts. Very often, during different stages in your life, stress may remind you of the ever-changing nature of your experiences, and may prevail upon you to look for the true happiness of life.
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