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What if the key to not succumbing to pressure is not avoiding it . . . but embracing it?
List of contents
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Make Friends with Pressure: Following the Clues 1
1. Run Deeper, Not Faster: Understanding Pressure from a New Perspective 9
2. Don't Believe Everything You Think: Moving Beyond the Limitations of Your Personality Type 31
3. You Can't Get There from Not Here: Where Is Your Attention? 55
4. Function from Your Center: Preserving Your Integrity Under Pressure 75
5. When Things Are Bad, Envision Your Best: Extending Your Energy for High Performance and Creativity 95
6. Size Matters: Becoming as Big as the Job 117
7. Gain Control by Giving It Up: Resolving Conflicts Harmoniously 137
8. Nobody Does It Alone: Taking Your Heart to Work 163
9. Spark Creative Solutions in High-Pressure Situations: Listening Is More Than Hearing 189
Conclusion: You Reach Your Destiny in Spite of Yourself 215
Resources 225
Notes 229
Index 233
About the Author 241
About the author
AIMEE BERNSTEIN, president of Open Mind Adventures, is a change accelerator and coach focused on leadership and personal development. Her clients have included executives from Dolce & Gabanna, The Ritz Carlton, Microsoft, NASA, Intel, and others.
Summary
Stress. It’s unavoidable today, it seems. High-intensity workplaces. Nonstop at-home demands. Traffic that follows you wherever you go. Stress is near impossible to avoid, and whether we acknowledge it or not, it’s definitely taking a toll on our productivity and well-being. But is that spinach salad at lunch really helping to reinvigorate you at halftime? Is the yoga class on the way to work truly decreasing your mental workload throughout the day? Or do all these stress-reduction techniques we utilize to help us persevere through the day just become one more thing to do?In Stress Less. Achieve More. executive coach and psychotherapist Aimee Bernstein offers a more effective and realistic approach: Don’t try to numb yourself from the pressure or run from it. Embrace it! See it as an energy source that you can tap into in order to accomplish more while feeling calm and centered. Part training manual, part spiritual guide, this must-have book for the stressed individual uncovers a total mental/physical/emotional formula to: • Stop reacting defensively• Retrain natural responses to stress triggers• Resolve conflicts harmoniously• Energize fatigued teammates• Relax in difficult situations• And moreWhen we swim against the stream of stress, we’ll drown in its relentless current every time. But when we learn how to turn stress into an ally, we can thrive under even the most demanding circumstances. With the tips, techniques, and exercises in Stress Less. Achieve More. the overwhelmed will finally find the relief they’ve been searching for.
