"People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement."
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"Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe."
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"The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear."
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"The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning system telling you that your mind has lost touch with what's real."
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"To believe that your husband, wife, parents, kids, boss, job, bank account, or body is even partly responsible for your emotions, to think that there are bullets 'out there' that you have to contend with, that there are stressful life events to overcome, is to miss something vital."
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"When a friend is sick, I see the situation for what it is, not what it isn't, and I offer to help as much as she wants, not as much as I want."
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"You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change."
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"The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict."
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"You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren't held in place through choice or will power. They're held in place through perceived truth value."
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"A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker."
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"Stress is a byproduct of subconscious beliefs you have about the world. You can't choose not to believe something. You believe it because you think it's true. To eliminate stress, you must learn to challenge these beliefs so that you see them differently."
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"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."
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"... statism systematically violates the rights of individuals and is, therefore, immoral. Because it suppresses the mind and violates men's rights, it thereby causes abysmal poverty and is utterly impractical."
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"It's time we learned the truth about stress. It's time we identified the thoughts that actually create our stress and learned to dismantle them one by one."
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"Stress is not the spice of life any more than arsenic is. And without it, you won't feel bored."
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"Statism – the subordination of the individual to the state - leads inevitably to the most hideous oppression."
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"The more you worry, the more you throw off the delicate balance of hormones required for health."
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"Some people are so used to experiencing stress that they don't remember what life was like without it."
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