Positive Stress and Goal Achievement

Goal Setting Success Guide _
Positive Stress and Goal Achievement

There is positive stress and negative stress.

Positive stress adds anticipation and excitement to life, and we all thrive under a certain amount of stress. Deadlines, competitions, confrontations, and even our frustrations and sorrows add depth and enrichment to our lives.

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Our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage positive stress and use it to help you achieve your goals. Insufficient stress acts as a depressant and may leave you feeling bored or dejected; on the other hand, excessive stress may leave you feeling all mixed up inside.

What you need to do is find the optimal level of stress which will individually motivate but not overwhelm each of us.

How Can I Tell What is Optimal Positive Stress For Me?

There is no single level of stress that is optimal for every person. We are all individual creatures with unique requirements. As such, what is distressing to one may be a joy to another.

And even when we agree that a particular event is distressing, we are likely to differ in our physiological and psychological responses to it. That’s just human nature.

The person who loves to arbitrate disputes and moves from job site to job site would be stressed in a job that was stable and routine, whereas the person who thrives under stable conditions would very likely be stressed on a job where duties were highly varied.

Also, our personal stress requirements and the amount which we can tolerate before we become distressed changes with our ages. It has been found that most illnesses are related to unrelieved stress; for example, anxiety disorders, bowel disorders etc.

If you are experiencing stress symptoms, you have gone beyond your optimal stress level; you need to reduce the stress in your life and/or improve your ability to manage stress by creating conditions for positive stress.

When negative stress overwhelms positive stress the following symptoms can often be noted:

• Hair falling out
• Anxiety attacks
• Headaches
• Fatigue
• Loss of appetite
• Increase of appetite

Goal Setting Success Guide _ Positive Stress and Goal Achievement

Goal Setting Success Guide _
Positive Stress and Goal Achievement