Stress Management &

Confidence

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

Outline for today

• your perceptions of the world around you – are they accurate?

• are you experiencing positive pressure or negative stress?• what’s the problem with a bit of stress?

• your energy systems- do you really know how to manage energy?

• tools to manage pressure and stress – keep it simple and relax

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.  ~Niels Bohr

Stimulus - Response

perceptions

Stimulus

StressorRespons

e

• Emotional climate• Beliefs (conditioning)• Ability• Confidence (fears)• Energy• Habits (emotional habits)

Any one or more of these factors play a critical role in determining our perceived level of stress.

How we respond depends upon:

Pressure v Stress – how do you manage it?

Poor performanceTaking a sickie

Reducing performanceGenuine sicknessZero performance

Peak performance but veryclose to the stress threshold

Potential productivity

Increasing pressure Increasing Stress

Performance,Potential and productivity

What's the problem with a bit of stress?Developing self esteem and confidence

Personality

Experiences

You

upper mental limit

lower mental limit

Comfort zone

Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Getting down to basics: what are we?

energy Physical

Energy Machines

You!

?

O2Food

How do we function?

•Physically

•Psychologically

• (self awareness)

Psychological

Physical

our emotional state and energy

thinking

climate of our emotionbe very careful of emotional habits!

Just because you make mistakes doesn't mean you are one

Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress  

Exploring our internal resources: self awareness

WHY?

From personal perspective - opportunity for growth, improved confidence, more enjoyment of work/life and success in managing yourself and others

physical

psychological

conscious

energy

Time management = thought management

Have to continually work on your thoughts so helpful to have a tool to make you do that

Urgent Critical

Strategic Nice-to-do

Simple Tools

Breathing - vagus nerve

Massage Exercise (outdoor)

MeditationSocial networks

Nutrition

More complex problems

Serious rest and recovery

1-2-1 ....... but note many different styles

Be proactive!

a sense of perspective....

"A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank...but the world may

be a better place because I made a difference in the life of.........