Are you stressed about your stress?

Do you worry your health will be impacted?

Do you worry about what it will do to your performance?

Do you worry about the effects on your relationships?

Does this stress you even more?

Is the worrying helpful?

What could you do to improve the situation?

Studies have shown that worrying about your stress is poison.

It is worse for you than not worrying about it.

If you are worried about it, then do something about it.

What did it cost you?

To gain the knowledge that you have?

To gain the experience that you have?

To gain the skills that you have?

To gain the character strengths that you have?

How did you get there?

What did it cost you to become who you are today?

That is what your brand is worth.

That is what your service is worth.

Are you charging accordingly?

Do you spend time honing your "soft" skills?

Or do you prefer honing your "hard" skills?

How do you define soft and hard skills?

Is this the same for everyone?

Which are more important?

Working on your Character strengths is more effective.

Studies have shown this.

Should you then ignore "hard" skills?

Work on them both and emphasize character traits.

How negotiable are your standards?

Should they be negotiable at all?

Are they adequate?

How do you know if they are?

Or are they too high?

What are your standards for yourself?

Should they be the same for others?

Usually, it is not worth compromising on your standards.

Your standards derive from your values.

Are your values negotiable?

When is it time to give up?

When is it time to let something go?

Where is the difference?

When is it time to grit and when to quit?

We can tend to persist too long and for the wrong reasons.

Grit is persistence with a passion.

Giving up things we are passionate about is painful.

Letting things go that are not right, is blissful.

Do not let doors close on you.

Do you feel criticised?

What did the person say?

Why did they say it to you?

Was it really criticism?

Why do you feel criticised by it?

When someone communicates their feelings,

We may feel falsely critised.

Communication is tricky and people are clumsy.

Be careful what you interpret.

Did something good just end for you?

Or maybe a horrible phase just ended?

Do you feel the good end too fast?

While the bad phases last too long?

The ebb and flow of life happens to everyone.

Make the most of the good phases.

And equally of the bad phases.

You learn from them both.

You grow from them both.

Are you feeling stressed out?

Is your body aching?

Are you tired?

Do you lose your temper quickly?

How high is your pulse and blood pressure?

What about your cortisol?

Our mind and body are connected.

If one is suffering the other is too.

Stress can have physical origins.

Physical pain can have mental origins.

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Where do you draw the line?

At which point is it your responsibility?

At which point do you suffer the consequences?

Where is the line that needs overstepping?

What is important to you?

Often we come into positions where we feel torn.

Torn between avenues of action.

Torn between responsibilities.

Torn between two decisions.

Often we are put in these situations by others.

Decide carefully what to do.

Quick fix or thorough solution?

What is your favorite?

Or does it depend?

And depending on what?

Can you follow up on a quick fix with a long-term solution?

Or is the decision you make final?

How important is the quality of the solution?

For how long has the solution got to be in place?

Quick fixes are often only good for a short time.

Anything that needs to last, should be solved carefully.

Sometimes time is of the essence.

Weigh up your options wisely.

How much longer...

...before you stop?

How will the future be, if you continue?

What needs to happen, so you stop?

What can you do right now to set the direction?

We hold onto things too long.

Letting go and changing is hard.

It is best achieved with small and consistent steps.

Imagine the future if you don't.

Imagine a big event that would make you change.

Why not start today?

Who are you talking to?

Is it the right person?

Are you getting the right information?

How much does the person really know?

How much can they decide?

What is their agenda?

Often, we talk to the wrong people about the wrong things.

It is a waste of time and energy.

Learn to judge correctly to whom to talk about what.

Who do you invite?

Into your social circle?

Into your private life?

Into your house?

To your parties?

For a coffee?

Why do you invite these people?

Do you really want to?

Often we feel we have to spend time with certain people.

Your time is precious, spend it with the people that matter to you.

Do you engage in business partnerships?

Why or why not?

When are they a good fit and when not?

How do you structure them?

What is your goal with a partnership?

What can you expect and what should you not expect?

Are there some flexible solutions?

Partnerships can be dynamite!

Dynamite to propel you forward or to tear you down.

How do you structure your values?

Do you go for quantity or quality?

Do you experience value conflicts?

"I am always there for my friends" - quantity

"When I am with friends, I am 100% there" - quality

Quantity values are more likely to create conflicts.

Quality values are more flexible.

What will you choose?

Do you employ white lies?

Do you feel bad when you do?

Why do you use them?

So you don't hurt other people?

Maybe so you do not get judged?

To avoid trouble?

When do you use them?

Honesty can be painful, for others and you.

No one is always honest and rightly so.

White lies aren't always appropriate either.

Choose your white lies wisely.

Do you hold back what you think?

Do you bottle it up for later?

Do you brood about things for days?

Why don't you say what you think?

Because you don't want to displease?

By not saying what you feel, you hurt yourself.

Why choose hurting yourself over maybe hurting another?

Be direct in a polite way and get it out.

Do you have a problem?

What exactly is the problem and why is it a problem?

Who are the people involved and why?

When and where is it a problem and why?

How is it a probelm and why?

Answer these questions gives a great basis for solving problems.

To solve a problem you need to ask the right questions.

Ask more questions before jumping into action.

What stories are you telling yourself?

How are these stories impacting you?

How do they impact your thoughts?

How do they impact your decisions?

How do they impact your actions?

Where do they come from?

Do these stories serve you?

Are they even true?

You can choose the stories you tell yourself.

Get yourself a new storybook, right now.