Ahmed Shaami
Today the workforce is faced with the biggest stress issues. Stress is ranked above obesity and physical inactivity. The arising stress is due to the actions that have become part of their everyday life. Unknowingly, you keep on tolerating that creates more stress. Most of the time you don’t even notice and this makes the stress even worse. But only simple changes can make you live a more stress-free life as well as a happier one.
Following are the few habits that you need to become aware and stop allowing them to create stress in your life:
Spending time with wrong people:
In order to succeed in life, you have to live among people who support you and do not harm you in any way. But if you keep on tolerating people that are toxic and waste your time, you make your own life miserable. You shouldn’t have to tolerate such people and need to take them out of your life to become happier and less-stressed.
Lying to your own self:
For some people lying is part of their routine. But the worst things happen to you when you lie to your own self. Lying to you raises unnecessary concerns. It makes you fear taking risks because deep inside you know you are not honest with yourself. So, if you want to be successful in life, you have to become honest with yourself.
Trying to be perfect:
Perfectionists are not rewarded by the real world and it just provokes anxiety. Just trying to be perfect wastes not only time but also energy. Therefore you should only be focusing on getting things done and moving forward instead of running after perfection.
Making excuses and accepting them:
You make excuses for many reasons especially when you want some specific things. But after some time you realize yourself that even with excuses you don’t get those things. For attaining success, you have to stop making excuses and make things happen yourself. When you decide not to make excuses, it gives you motivation to move forward and free yourself from the tension of making excuses.
Comparing yourself to others:
It is human nature to look at others and start comparing yourself to them. This is something that creates unnecessary stress and makes you lose motivation for realizing that you are not as good as others. If you want to succeed in life, you have to stop paying attention to others. Just focus on your own work and concentrate on beating your own records.
Via: Business Insider
