Sharon Melnick

Success Under Stress (eBook, ePUB)

Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure's On

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From overflowing priority lists to power-hungry colleagues to nagging parental guilt, stress is the defining characteristic of most of our lives. Sharon Melnick provides a flexible array of stress-busting strategies to help you overcome the things that are weighing you down. You'll gain a veritable arsenal of "magic-bullet" solutions--hundreds of situation-specific, quick-acting tips for defusing stress and boosting productivity complete with quizzes, examples, exercises, and more to help you reach your professional goals.Success Under Stress eschews one-size-fits-all breathing exercises and visualization techniques and instead offers tangible advice to help you see opportunities rather than obstacles, get focused when overwhelmed, find energy when exhausted, stay calm when wired, and change the problem to prevent stress from returning. This practical book helps you gain control and exude calmness and confidence amidst everyday chaos by offering professional-level solutions appropriate to help you manage your big-time stressors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AMACOM
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780814432136
• Artikelnr.: 39609702

Autorenporträt

SHARON MELNICK, PH.D., is a business psychologist dedicated to helping professionals "get out of their own way.” Her practical tools are informed by 10 years of research at Harvard Medical School and field-tested by over 6,000 training participants and coaching clients.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: What This Book Will Do for You xv

SECTION I
Constant Stress: Reclaiming the Power to Succeed
1 From Survival Under Stress to Success Under Stress 5
2 Controlling What You Can Control: The 50% Rule 19

SECTION II
Taming the Stress of Too Much to Do and Too Many Obstacles
3 Changing Obstacles to Opportunities 33
4 Get the Calm and Focus of a Yoga Class in 3 Minutes
(or Less) During Busy Work Days 51
5 Strategies to Reduce Overload When Everything Is a Priority 74

SECTION III
Solutions for Self-Imposed Stress: How to Care Less About What Other People Think
6 The Fastest Way to Build Confidence 113
7 Quick Fixes to Eliminate Anxiety 132
8 Techniques for Turning Self-Criticism into Self-Confidence 141

SECTION IV
Rx for Relationship Stress
9 How to Stay Rational When Someone Is Driving You Nuts 161
10 Shift Instantly from Anger to a Cool Head 182
11 How to Get Other People to Stop Stressing You Out 189

SECTION V
Create Success Under Stress All Around You
12 A New Perspective on Balancing Your Work and Life 211
13 Call to Action: Getting Others to Own Their 50% 218

Appendix The Top 12 Resilience Strategies for Success Under Stress 221

Endnotes 223

Index 233

About the Author 249