Stress Is Not The Spice Of Life

If You're Successful And Stressed Out, You're Succeeding In Spite Of Your Stress, Not Because Of It.

During The Financial Crisis, I Worked With Hundreds Of Executives Who Struggled As A Result Of Their Thoughts About Job Security. When Their Beliefs Changed, So Did Their Emotional Experience - And They Were Then Able To Focus On The Task At Hand More Effectively.

Here Is The Tragedy Of Theology In Its Distilled Essence: The Employment Of High-powered Human Intellect, Of Genius, Of Profoundly Rigorous Logical Deduction—studying Nothing. In The Middle Ages, The Great Minds Capable Of Transforming The World Did Not Study The World; And So, For Most Of A Millennium, As Human Beings Screamed In Agony—decaying From Starvation, Eaten By Leprosy And Plague, Dying In Droves In Their Twenties—the Men Of The Mind, Who Could Have Provided Their Earthly Salvation, Abandoned Them For Otherworldly Fantasies.

The Number Of Stressors Has Multiplied Exponentially: Traffic, Money, Success, Work/life Balance, The Economy, The Environment, Parenting, Family Conflict, Relationships, Disease. As The Nature Of Human Life Has Become Far More Complicated, Our Ancient Stress Response Hasn't Been Able To Keep Up.

Stress Is Not The Spice Of Life Any More Than Arsenic Is. And Without It, You Won't Feel Bored.