Why do we get stressed?
Stress nowadays is as common as air and water. We are surrounded by stress in everyday life – be it at work or at home and the stress levels nowadays are definitely much higher than what existed a 100 years ago. We all live most of our life either in the past or in the future and very less time in the present.Of the three states in time, present is very tiny to make one get stressed. Apart from us, none of the animals live either in the past or the future and the amount of stress they take is very less.
We have all seen deer gazing the grass after a hard chase from a tiger. If we were chased by a tiger instead of a deer, we would want to first tell our friends and family about our narrow escape and then moan why does this happen to me and after that think deeply and plan what can be done to avoid this situation totally the next time.This attribute of us living in the past and future makes us come up with a variety of feelings – feelings like loneliness, pain, loss, peer pressure, money, relationship issues and many more. And, all of these feelings invariably end up creating or increasing stress levels.
We see so many marriages fail nowadays and the divorce rate in the US is close to an astonishing average of 50%. Yes, almost 1 in 2 married couple will fight for a divorce in future. Divorce as it may sound is not the end to an existing problem. Instead, divorce leads to severe mental and financial stress among many couple. So why do marriages fail? What are the main aspects for a successful married life? Is there a list of things that one needs to consider if they want to lead a happy married life? The answer is definitely ‘Yes’ and here are some of the most important aspects to lead a successful married life.
As science and technology improved in the past 50 years many old beliefs turned irrational in our opinion. That included the concept of fasting or in general terms abstinence from food. But surprisingly there has been shift in the past decade or so – one reason could be the interest of weight loss programs to promote controlled fasting to their customers. But, people in general are getting more aware of what fasting is and are more interested in understanding how it helps them lead a healthy life. There have been many studies funded to understand the effects of fasting on human body and most of them have provided very promising results.
A few months back in a leadership training course all the participants were asked a question – “What makes a good leader?” The 12 of us had various views and there were many suggestions. Some of those suggestions were obvious and basic factors required to qualify as a leader like education, intelligence, communication skills and desire to be a leader. But when we were asked to list the top 5 qualities that distinguish a great leader from the crowd, we had to think harder. After a brainstorming session, we came up with a list of top five qualities which we all agreed to be the most important requirements for a good and successful leader.
Japan! A mystery in many of our eyes. The culture, behaviour, language, society, people – almost everything about Japan is so different for an outsider. Japan is a brilliant example to the world on how hard work really works. By sincerity and dedication, Japan has risen from an island bombed 60 years back to a nation that is a trend setter in many aspects of life. And all this has been achieved by humbleness and perseverance. I started learning Japanese an year ago and since then my interests on the Japanese culture and their ways of life has increased.
There are a number of ways out there to earn, save and invest money. It only requires interest and perseverance to do so. If you are determined enough then your mind automatically tunes in towards opportunities that are available around you. This is what i have observed with myself in the past. When i had more money to spend, i have never bothered about other options that existed. But when there came a time when the money inflow reduced significantly, i started looking around for opportunities. I am not a millionaire now, but i think i now know of a few ways of becoming one.
Does team work work? I would say ‘Yes’ but only if properly thought through and formulated. What one cannot achieve as an individual, a team can definitely achieve. As many of us might have experienced, a team can be a valuable asset for a company if properly formed and managed and at the same time can also be completely demoralising when badly structured and guided. I personally have had some experience working in both situations – one where a team of complete novices were able to build an excellent high performance product on schedule while on the other case where a number of highly skilled and experienced engineers had a miserable time to design a product due to bad team dynamics. Given that, it cant be said that the first team that was successful will always be successful. One should remember people evolve and change all the time – so does the team that contains people. So it is completely down to the manager (and also to some level to the team members) to not only manage evolution and fuel growth but also to make sure the team is never over or under qualified for the job.