STRESS MANAGEMENT   Empowerment  Stress Management  Food for Thought    10 ways to start enjoying your stress more! 1. The Mentor Method: think of your favorite person.  Someone you love, admire, trust, like a mentor or someone from your spiritual tradition.  Simply thinking about them will help you change your focus from the stress hooey to a more desirable response associated with your favorite person.  Also, you do not need to wait to get stressed out to do this as thinking of your hero's always makes you feel better.  Pictures of family and loved ones also help so make sure you have these at work  Can’t Stop … Gotta Run!: Overcoming Resistance To Pause © 2005 Patricia Katz, Life Balance Strategist When I encourage entrepreneurs to give themselves permission to pause™, reactions vary. Some folks embrace the idea with enthusiasm. It fits with their view of life and their everyday practice. Others resist with every bone in their body. When I gifted a friend who owns several businesses with a keytag inscribed with the word PAUSE, she let me know she was offended by the gift. She saw the suggestion as a criticism of her fast paced approach to life. It was only a few days later, after she was tagged with a very expensive ticket for absentmindedly passing a police cruiser at an outrageous speed, that she acknowledged there could be something to this idea of being present to the moment. Living In The Moment: Ten Ways To Pause When You’ve No Time To Spare © 2005 Patricia Katz, Life Balance Strategist As a busy entrepreneur, you may feel you’ve no time to spare. Still, there are ways of going about your everyday business that will help you be more present to the moment and less frenzied about the future. Here are ten ideas to get you started.   Give one simple mundane task your complete attention. Read a memo with care. Admire a plant as you give it water. Note every muscle you use to sit down.   Anchor yourself. Lean against the wall or doorjamb while you finish a conversation with a staff member. Feel the support. Be present to the moment and the exchange. TOP

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