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Entrepreneurs and Stress: Is It Killing You?
Entrepreneurs and Stress: A Dangerous Combination
This is a guest post from stress expert Shirley Noah on the topic of entrepreneurs and stress.
“If it wasn’t for the stress, I’d never get anything done!”
Every entrepreneur has loads of stress, but they handle it differently. Do you use stress as a motivational tool? Is this how you motivate yourself to deal quickly with business issues? Do you let the most stressful issues get addressed first, which likely isn’t a great prioritization strategy? Could you find more creative ways of dealing with stress. It this is how you deal with stress it can kill you if you are not careful! Let’s take a closer look at the connection between entrepreneurs and stress.
Since stress is part of your entrepreneurial life, you would do well to cope with it sooner rather than later. No person is stuck forever with this mindset. Here are a few tips on how to react to situations with more ease.
What Is This Thing Called Stress?
The definition of stress involves both cause and effect. Stress is “the action on a body … a force that pulls on pushes against or tends to compress or twist another body or body part. Physiological stress is an unfavorable effect by environmental factors…
