Energy - How to Have More of It

Written by Alan Fairweather


Somethingrepparttar successful business person needs is - lots of Energy! You need Brain Energy and you need Body Energy. However as with any other kind of energy, it's constantly being drained away and needs replacing.

Dealing with people, your customers and your team, can both drain your brain and your body - and you probably don't need me to tell you that.

Let's look at Brain Energy - Imagine that you receive a letter from your bank manager saying - - "I need you to come in and see me." If you react to that with - "Oh no! What does he want, what's wrong now? Maybe he wants to recall my loan." That sort of reaction drains your brain of energy and gives you stress.

The successful business person doesn't react she thinks. Reacting drainsrepparttar 113871 brain - thinking, less so.

Getrepparttar 113872 thinking bit working and say to yourself - "I'll phone him now; I'll speak to him and see what he wants. If it's aboutrepparttar 113873 poor business results, what information do I need to make my case? Perhaps he wants to talk about how I could developrepparttar 113874 business." Whatever you're thinking - stoprepparttar 113875 negative stuff - it'll kill you

If one of your people comes to you with a problem or you receive a customer complaint, start thinking - "Let's see what I can do about this."

Do not, and I repeat - Do not say - "Oh no! What am I going to do now?" Every time you say - "Oh no!" - your brain has a huge drain of energy.

I just want to say a few more words about stress. People will tell you that there's good stress and bad stress. I'm talking about bad stress and it occurs when your brain is drained of energy. Some business people seem to believe that it "goes withrepparttar 113876 territory" and some even wear it as a "badge of honour."

They also believe that it can't be avoided; it's part of being in business andrepparttar 113877 world we live in. Organisations do have a responsibility to minimise levels of stress in their workforce but we have a responsibility for ourselves.

It's very important to minimise your levels of stress and you can do that by thinking rather than reacting. Challenge your inbuilt programs, stop saying - "That makes me really mad" or "That really gets on my nerves."

Start saying - "This is something I have to deal with and I'll deal with it" - You haverepparttar 113878 choice.

I know your probably thinking (or is it reacting) - "That's all very well Alan but its hard sometimes not to get stressed." You're absolutely right however; let me give you some more reasons why you need to work at minimising it.

Stress can cause heart disease, sleeplessness, sexual problems, overeating, drinking too much, loss of concentration and stomach upsets. Research is now telling us that many if not most of our illnesses can be related to stress.

When we get stressed a chemical is released into our bloodstream called Cortisol, sometimes known asrepparttar 113879 Stress Hormone. High levels of Cortisol can lead to diabetes and skin problems. There is also a suggestion that Cortisol attacks our immune system and leaves us vulnerable to many ofrepparttar 113880 bugs and viruses that come along. This also includes cancer.

Anxiety

Written by Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, Ph.D, ND, DACBN


Some degree of anxiety is perfectly normal. We all experience situations where we may feel fear and apprehension. However, there are some people who feel anxious even when there is no discernible cause. In these cases,repparttar anxiety usually becomes overwhelming and may interfere withrepparttar 113870 normal functioning of one’s life. People who suffer from a debilitating level of anxiety are suffering from an anxiety disorder. Negative emotional patterns, anger, fear, stress and anxiety all contribute to degenerative illness such as cancer, heart disease etc..

What is Anxiety? Anxiety is a normal physical reaction to an internal or external demand that is placed on your system. The human body reacts to most stressful situations withrepparttar 113871 “fight or flight” response where it is flooded with stress hormones. These hormones makerepparttar 113872 heart pump faster,repparttar 113873 breathing rate increase, andrepparttar 113874 muscles tense up. This isrepparttar 113875 body’s way of gearing up for imminent physical activity. However, a person who suffers from an anxiety disorder may experience chronic and recurrent episodes of anxiety that have no discernible cause. These episodes can last for days, weeks, or even months. Sometimes, an anxiety disorder may stem from a definite trigger such as childhood abuse or witnessingrepparttar 113876 event of war. But in other situations, hormonal or chemical changes inrepparttar 113877 brain or environmental factors cause an anxiety disorder to develop.

What Causes Anxiety? There are several parts ofrepparttar 113878 brain that are involved inrepparttar 113879 development of anxiety. Scientists have performed research using brain imaging technologies and neurochemical techniques to discoverrepparttar 113880 network of interacting events that are responsible for anxiety. Most ofrepparttar 113881 activity appears to be centered aroundrepparttar 113882 amygdala, an almond-shaped structure deep withinrepparttar 113883 brain. Many researchers feel thatrepparttar 113884 amygdala acts as a sort of central “hub” that processes and interprets different signals to and withinrepparttar 113885 brain. The amygdala controlsrepparttar 113886 storage of emotional memories, therefore, it may play a central role inrepparttar 113887 development of anxiety disorders such as phobias, and post traumatic stress disorder.

The hiccocampus is another area ofrepparttar 113888 brain that is likely to be involved in anxiety disorders. This part ofrepparttar 113889 brain is responsible for processing threatening or traumatic stimuli. It helps to encode information into memories. People who have undergone severe stress, such as military combat or childhood abuse, have a smaller hiccocampus than people who have not experienced such a traumatic event. The smaller size may explainrepparttar 113890 fragmented memory, flashbacks, and memory deficits of those who develop post traumatic stress disorder.

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