Pressure Doesn’t Have To Turn Into Stress • Discoverology

Pressure Doesn’t Have To Turn Into Stress

Health, Life

The process starts with understanding that stress is caused not by other people or external events, but by your reactions to them. In the workplace, many people blame their high anxiety levels on a boss, job, deadlines, or competing commitments for their time. But peers who face the same challenges do so without stress.

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