Own Your Stress

If you really want less stress in your life, consider this; take ownership of your stress. This may be almost offensive to you to, but hang tight. Taking ownership of your stress means to be responsible for how you react and respond to what stresses you.

Note, I’m not saying that you take ownership of what is stressing you, just your reaction to that stressor. You can’t beat stress if you believe you are powerless against it is being dumped on you. You will believe you have no control over the dumping and feel helpless.

If your co-worker stresses you, most likely you haven’t be able change him. I know you want him to change and think he should changed, but until he does you must deal with his stress in your strength. The only way to do that is to have some control or advantage over his stress dumping.

How is that possible? Accept ownership of your stress reaction to your co-worker’s problem. Take the control away from him! When he acts and you stress, he’s essentially controlling you. You can’t do anything about it if he’s in control. Take back control of your life! Nobody likes or wants being controlled.

If you accept ownership of your stress, then you have a choice about how you respond to stress. You will gain the power to respond differently to his stress spewing, because you are in charge. Make a decision that you will no longer allow his stress to ruin your day. You can finally find a way to manage stress because you are the owner of your response.