When constructing an opportunity belief, I had to dig deep and think about conversations I amy have had that got me thinking. With the new year celebrations recently passing, it is tradition to make a new years resolution. To form a goal that usually ends up only sticking for a few weeks before the old habits creep back in again. This immediately brought me to a discussion I had with a group of people as we went around the table contemplating what changes were ahead of us. The opportunity belief is the concept of stress. What stress truly is and how it controls our lives. Why stress has such weight and the things we could do to position ourselves to avoid this mental creation.
With this concept set before us, we went around discussing what stress is to each of us and where it comes from — quickly locating similarities to parents, upbringing, society's expectations, tv shows, and additional external pressures. This helped arrive at the conclusion that stress was a state of mind that was created. That we have the choice to stress over something and there are methods to keeping up stress-free. Yet, the world tells us to be stressed.
The first individual I spoke with is the Head Director at the Salzburg RIF training facility in Salzburg, Austria. He spoke about the issue of stress and how unhealthy this habit was for the human body, both mentally and physically. He talked about a typical day layout and how he purposely designed his meetings, appointments, training, and personal time to eliminate stressful run-around. As a director, he is running from meeting to meeting, and in many cases, the sessions run over the allotted time. He strategically always gives himself a comfortable gap between the meetings to take this into account. But uses the additional time if the meeting doesn't go over to knock out small errands to put himself further ahead. This sense of control has enabled him to be extremely productive throughout his day but also stress-free, as he has a comfortable account of the day layout throughout the week.
The second individual I spoke to is an Olympic Sprinter from Great Britain, James Ellington. We talked about the presence of stress in his life and how he views this in his life. He additionally agreed to the idea that the amount of stress given to a situation was utterly a choice but that he used meditation to center him again. He had may headaches growing up, as he had a stressful environment growing up and believed his parents demonstrated specific actions that eventually became normal to him — using smoking, nail-biting, and running from place to place, to cope with the stress. Finally, he moved out and realized that if he was to focus on one thing at a time, he was not overwhelmed as he was previously and he was stress-free. This didn't mean he didn't experience stress but found a better way to control the levels.
Lastly, I discussed stress and its presence in the life of an Olympic Austrian Hurdler, Beate Schrott. She experienced stress in many different forms, as there was a season where she juggled med-school and the Olympic Games. Surprisingly, being busy with med-school helped distract her from the nerves of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Games distracted her from the stress of her exams. She was able to channel the stress to better the other situation. Both situations had great pressure/stress on them, but neither consumed her, and she made a conscious choice to do the best in both areas while not overwhelming herself to destruction.
Identifying the dangers of stress are essential and should not be over looked. It is a problem in many people's lives but once recognized, can be dealt with and controlled. Finding solutions that work for you is crucial.
With this concept set before us, we went around discussing what stress is to each of us and where it comes from — quickly locating similarities to parents, upbringing, society's expectations, tv shows, and additional external pressures. This helped arrive at the conclusion that stress was a state of mind that was created. That we have the choice to stress over something and there are methods to keeping up stress-free. Yet, the world tells us to be stressed.
The first individual I spoke with is the Head Director at the Salzburg RIF training facility in Salzburg, Austria. He spoke about the issue of stress and how unhealthy this habit was for the human body, both mentally and physically. He talked about a typical day layout and how he purposely designed his meetings, appointments, training, and personal time to eliminate stressful run-around. As a director, he is running from meeting to meeting, and in many cases, the sessions run over the allotted time. He strategically always gives himself a comfortable gap between the meetings to take this into account. But uses the additional time if the meeting doesn't go over to knock out small errands to put himself further ahead. This sense of control has enabled him to be extremely productive throughout his day but also stress-free, as he has a comfortable account of the day layout throughout the week.
The second individual I spoke to is an Olympic Sprinter from Great Britain, James Ellington. We talked about the presence of stress in his life and how he views this in his life. He additionally agreed to the idea that the amount of stress given to a situation was utterly a choice but that he used meditation to center him again. He had may headaches growing up, as he had a stressful environment growing up and believed his parents demonstrated specific actions that eventually became normal to him — using smoking, nail-biting, and running from place to place, to cope with the stress. Finally, he moved out and realized that if he was to focus on one thing at a time, he was not overwhelmed as he was previously and he was stress-free. This didn't mean he didn't experience stress but found a better way to control the levels.
Lastly, I discussed stress and its presence in the life of an Olympic Austrian Hurdler, Beate Schrott. She experienced stress in many different forms, as there was a season where she juggled med-school and the Olympic Games. Surprisingly, being busy with med-school helped distract her from the nerves of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Games distracted her from the stress of her exams. She was able to channel the stress to better the other situation. Both situations had great pressure/stress on them, but neither consumed her, and she made a conscious choice to do the best in both areas while not overwhelming herself to destruction.
Identifying the dangers of stress are essential and should not be over looked. It is a problem in many people's lives but once recognized, can be dealt with and controlled. Finding solutions that work for you is crucial.
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