How Successful People Stay Calm - Karen

How Successful People Stay Calm

http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2014/02/06/how-successful-people-stay-calm/?utm_campaign=forbesfbsf&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Travis Bradberry, who is autor of the best-selling book Emotional Intelligence 2.0, wrote an article about the things we can avoid and develop to increase our skills in stressful situations. A recent research has found how can we manage our stress under pressure in order to keep calm.

The author said that stress can be a good thing when it is not prolonged. He explained that our brain does not have an action when it is in a comfortable situation. Stress in particular situations can be harmless.

Another recent research has found that stress can be good for memory, but only when the situations happens periodically. Whether the stress happens a lot of times it can cause damage for our brains.

Kirby, who is a post- doctoral fellow, said that stressful situation keeps our brains more alert. She explains that since we were primate we have been developing our brain, because we have been in some complex and stressful situations which we had to perseverate on events.

There are ten clues, which were given by top leaders, to follow in order to control our stress in any kind of situation:

1- They appreciate what they have
Time for gratitude is very importante, not merely because it is a good thing to do but it helps to improve your mood, reduces cortisol, fill up with energy and physical well-being.

2- They avoid asking “What If”
Overthinking about a problem is a common thing we all do, we have to stop it as soon as we start. Taking actions and moving forward keep you calm and your stress under control.

3- They stay positive
Thinking positive can result into better things that you can not imagine. This attitute can increase with pratice, when you think negative thoughts as soon as you identify these moment you have to search for a positive thing that happened in your day, or week.

4- They disconnect
While you are out of work, you have to give yourself a break. It is healthy to our brain and body to stay offline a little while. Being outside of the work atmosphere reduce stress because is very difficult to enjoy the free moment with a cellphone ringing, replying emails, etc.

5- They limit their caffeine intake
Coffee can help you stay awake and do things faster, but we have to pay attention on the amount of coffee we are drinking, because when is too much your emotions overrun your behavior.

6- They Sleep
A good night happens when you sleep enough to wake up feeling awake and ready for the day. When you are sleeping your brain recharges and keep the memories of all you have learned during the day.

7- They squash negative self task
If you catch yourself having negative thoughts, write about them. These can help you stop from having bad overthinking and analyze more rational and clear headed about what you were thinking at the moment.

8- They reframe their perspective
Reframe a situation is trying to look for things that your anxiety is not as the same size of the problem. To correct this, you need to make a list with the things that are going wrong or not working out.

9- They breath
In stressful situations stop yourself just one minute and take a deep breath. This will help you to solve things more clearly.

10- They use their support system
Asking for help and recognizing that you can not handle everything at a time is very importante. People who are outside the situation can view things without emotions, so they can help us deal with the problem more rationally.