Seek out challenges.
“Research suggests that a certain degree of stress helps us to be more productive, happier, and efficient,” says Scott Amyx, author of Strive: How Doing the Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success.
Referencing Richard A. Dienstbier’s 1989 landmark study in Psychological Review, Amyx says the “theory of mental toughness suggests that experiencing some manageable stressors, with recovery in between, can make us more mentally and physically tough and less reactive to future stress.” Basically, experiencing stress regularly and overcoming it helps you to view stress as a survivable thing—one that you can develop coping skills to deal with.
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