Stress Can Be Your Best Friend
Summary
- I embrace feeling bad and use it as a chance to learn and grow. Instead of feeling guilty about stress, I now see it as a season to embrace and even an advantage.
- When I feel bad, doing tasks I might avoid otherwise becomes easier since the emotion is already there. This saves time from feeling bad later.
- I see negative emotions as opportunities for growth both as a leader and in my business. I use them to teach others and learn about myself.
- Knowing that not feeling amazing every day is okay helps me find lessons that can be shared with my team, who also experience similar feelings.
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How To Take Action
I would suggest embracing the negative feelings instead of resisting them. When you feel stressed or down, view it as an opportunity to grow. If you're already feeling bad, jump into tasks you've been avoiding. This way, you save time and turn those feelings into productive work.
A good way of doing this is by journaling your feelings. Write down what you're experiencing and look for patterns or lessons. Share these insights with your team; they might feel the same way and benefit from this openness. This helps to build a culture where it's okay to not always feel amazing but to find value and lessons in those times.
When you’re leading a team or growing a business, it’s important to show that negative emotions can be useful. Instead of hiding your bad days, share them as moments of learning and teaching. This transparency can inspire others to handle their tough days with a growth mindset.
Lastly, remind yourself that not feeling great every day is completely normal. Use those days to explore new strategies or improve existing ones. You will notice how these insights gradually turn into tools for personal and professional development. This mindset shift is low-cost yet highly effective for personal growth and team building.
Full Transcript
I used to feel bad and guilty if I felt bad I used to be stressed about my stress and now I just embrace the season that comes I'm like guess we're stressed great you know what if I'm stressed I might as well use it I almost look at it now as an advantage rather than a disadvantage when I feel bad because when you feel bad and then you do something else that you've been maybe avoiding when you feel bad it changes nothing you already feel bad so I'm just saving myself time for feeling bad later in every negative emotion is an opportunity for me as a leader and in my business I feel empowered on the days that I feel bad and I think I've gotten really good at feeling awful because I know that in every day that I don't feel amazing there's a lesson for somebody else there's something I can learn about myself and there's something that I can teach people on my team because they too have those days
