Stress reduction seems harmless enough right? “Reduce stress or die,” is a common phrase. After all, stress is the number one killer on planet Earth! However, if we take this in the most literal sense, what happens when all your team members “reduce their stress” completely? Nothing. That’s right, nothing happens outside the environment of stress. No joy, no happiness, no production and yes no pain.

Then what about “stress management?” Isn’t this the new flavor of true enlightenment in the human resource arsenal? Yes, and yet understanding that stress is necessary and actually creates all possibilities of life including happiness and joy, this viewpoint of stress management becomes the opioid in a long term relationship of addiction where stress is demonized and must be controlled at all costs.

The new terminology of “stress redirection” actually comes from an understanding that stress is a load or energy, starting with a healthy viewpoint, and ending utilizing the energy of that load or energy in performance and actually living a more productive life.

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We agree, we love sharing this video with people in the “stress discussion.” After all, in our estimation, stress gets way too much bad press. In our opinion, her solutions go down the right road and her observations are spot on. And yet, good solutions have been few and far between for saving lives, and for business losses that total hundreds of billions each year in the US alone.

The popular opinion is that stress is bad, like a runaway train headed toward a sleepy little town. Do we then enjoy the thrill of riding the speeding train to a vacation destination? Do we run from the train? Do we take the impact of the train head on trying to stop it, like a wannabe Superman? There is another alternative: STRESS REDIRECTION.

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