Stress Helps You Understand What Matters to You Most

We spend a lot of time and effort trying to overcome stress.

In doing this, its helpful to acknowledge your stress in the first place.

Acknowledging it can help you understand whats most important to you, too.

Weve told you before that stressisnt necessarily a bad thing.It can actually be good for you.

When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage.

And when you choose to connect with others under stress, you’re free to create resilience.

Really, overcoming stress is about learning to control it, not just make it go away.

Stress shows us that we care; that the stakes matter.

Owning this realization unleashes positive motivationbecause deep down we know that things that are important shouldnt always come easy.

This is helpful when it comes tocreating long-term goalsand deciding where to focus your energy.

That gives you a better understanding of where to focus your effort and priorities.

It also helps turn the stress into something more productive: a goal.

Stress Can Be a Good Thing If You Know How to Use It| HBR

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