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Fight The Frazzled Mind PDF
Fight The Frazzled Mind PDF
Notes by CRV
Four broad, trainable skill sets or “competencies” people can use to manage stress
nondestructively:
source management (reducing or eliminating the sources of stress)
relaxation (practicing techniques such as breathing exercises or meditation)
thought management (correcting irrational thinking and interpreting events in ways that don’t
hurt you)
prevention (planning and conducting your life so that you avoid stressors)
Study: how an ethnically and racially diverse group of 3,304 people managed stress
People with good stress-management skills would be not only less stressed but also happier
and more successful both personally and professionally
Affects relationships (parenting)
(1) people who have had training in stress management are better at it than people who have
not
(2) the greater the number of training hours, the better the skills
high positive correlation between test scores and the overall level of happiness people reported
strong negative correlation between the test scores and the level of stress people were feeling
strong positive correlations between test scores and both the personal and professional success
people had experienced