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Understand that stress is how we react to
external situations.
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Grasp the personal and professional costs of
stress.
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Gain the motivation to make changes.
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Enhance emotional control.
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Eliminate distractions.
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Deal with negative emotions in a healthy
manner.
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Maintain focus on the work.
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Gain perspective on what’s really important.
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Expend energy only on the things that are
controllable.
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Assume personal responsibility for bothersome
situations.
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Don’t fight against reality.
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Get control of the things that are dwelled on.
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Become mentally "tougher" by learning
to minimize the habit of internalizing situations and taking things personally.
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Learn skills to stop dwelling on
counterproductive situations.