不要讓壓力變成緊張

壓力和緊張是不一樣的。但前者會轉化為後者是因為你做了“反思”。這是你進入了一種對過去或未來事件的消極而負面的思維傾向。

當你開始反思，你會發現你的注意力進入以個徒勞的迴圈，就像一個車輪上的倉鼠。

要擺脫你心理的緊張狀態，你可以採取有效的行動。試試這個練習：在一個頁面上畫一個圓圈。在圓圈內，寫下你能控制和影響的所有東西，在圓圈外，寫下所有你不能控制和影響的。

提醒自己你可以關心外部性（你的工作，你的團隊，你的家庭）而不用擔心他們。

你也可以通過比較過去的壓力和當前的壓力來看待事情，比如，一個重大疾病和一次錯過的銷售，或者問自己“三年後這件事會有多嚴重？”或者“可能發生的最壞的情况是什麼？”

Don’t Let Pressure Turn into Stress

Pressure and stress are not the same thing. But the former is converted into the latter when you add one ingredient: rumination, the tendency to keep thinking about past or future events in a negative way. When you start ruminating , you’ll notice that your attention gets caught in an unproductive loop, like a hamster on a wheel.

To redirect yourself toward areas in which you can take useful action.

Try this exercise: Draw a circle on a page. Write down all of the things you can control or influence inside the circle, and all of the things you cannot outside it.

Remind yourself that you can care about externalities (your work, your team, your family) without worrying about them.

You can also put things in perspective by comparing a past stress with a current one — i.e., a major illness versus a missed sale — or by asking yourself “How much will this matter in three years’ time?” or “What’s the worst that could happen?”