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How Highly Successful People Handle Stress

818 views · Published 6 December 2018 · 9:30 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: Success Secrets TV · 2018 · Education

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Have you ever given a thought to how highly successful people manage to stay calm and deal with stress almost so effortlessly?

Having to make all sorts of decisions every day, from little things as what to have for breakfast, what to wear or the pressure of making certain decisions regarding work all at once can be quite stressful.

At first, it's subtle and feels like nothing more than a tingling sensation but it soon becomes a burden.

Now, here's how stress is formed.

A prolonged, buildup of this pressure soon begins to seep into every part of your being, affecting not only your physical health but your happiness and daily productivity as well.

According to a description from Mayo Clinic, "When you’re threatened, a pair of glands on top of your kidneys dump out a slew of hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol (the main stress hormone)."

These hormones are responsible for increasing your heartbeat, blood pressure and blood sugar as well as well as decrease your cognitive ability.

While we can not eliminate stress, we can learn to manage it, taking a cue from the highly successful, who have learned to manage a huge amount of pressure as a result of achieving their success. After all, in the end, " it's not stress that kills is, it's our reaction to it."- Hans Selye.

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