2009 -- got resilience? 4 February, 2009 By Paul Shearstone

In a new global economy where every cent is crucial to corporate survival, governments and business can no longer afford to ignore this costly and ever-growing crisis.

The phrase Employee Burnout is common in this new millennium's lexicon. Sadly, so is the phrase Long-Term Disability. What can be done about this?

Whether it's stress on the job, at home or a combination of both, most everyone understands and accepts that responsibility and stress are simply a fact of life. What most people do not recognize, however, are important things like:

" What exactly causes personal stress and how it diminishes their quality of life,

" The [predictable] physiological and social, negative outcomes from uncontrolled stress, and

" The significance of learned Resilience and its relationship to Peak Performance! Psychologists tell us that behavior of any kind -- positive or negative -- is learned through repetition. Learning to be more resilient is every bit as behavioral as learning to succeed. So too, is it, one of the integral ingredients for health, wellness and peak performance. And yes, it is a behavioral success-strategy that can be taught and learned.

As one learns to Recognize the unfeigned motivations for their stress and imbalance, so too can they learn to Respond with strategic tools, designed to minimize the destructive aspects of stress. Things like breathing exercises, energy-management methods, psychological behavioral-triggers and priority-listing techniques are all integral parts of a proven Resilience Formula that teaches people ways to re-galvanize their time, focus and energy, ensuring an improved quality of life whilst saving business and healthcare, money.

The expression, Knowledge is Power, is redundant because most of us understand knowledge is rendered benign if it's not put to use. A successful resilience strategy shares the same logic.

Having a clear grasp of how we are affected by stress and Recognizing its detrimental consequences, is in itself, the right first step. Learning new techniques and ways to minimize stress for improved health-balance and increased productivity, is unmistakably, the correct way to Respond.

On the other hand, one must remember that stress never takes a holiday& then conduct one's self accordingly. In keeping with knowledge and power, the most important piece of the Resilience Formula puzzle, encompasses one's strength of Resolve. This approach consists of a blend of a renewed psychological awareness in lockstep with real, tangible tools and techniques -- no smoke and mirrors -- expressly designed to control stress and garner Peak Performance.

To make it a total success, one must learn to inculcate these tools and techniques into their daily activities and Resolve to practice and hone this life-balancing strategy, making it an essential part of who they are. Remember, behavior is learned! Good behavior is learned, as is successful behavior - accomplished if and only to the degree people can Resolve to make it a fundamental part of their subconscious mind thereby making it part of what they do by habit and without need for thought or justification.

A great deal of time and money is invested by individuals looking to better themselves by going to colleges and universities. They learn tools, techniques and strategies designed to make them specialists in whatever discipline they choose. In so doing, they make themselves valuable commodities and contributors from which they, corporations and society benefit. That benefit evaporates, however, the minute they lose focus and control - when they discover they are unarmed in life's battle to stand Resilient against stress.

The Bottom Line:

Now, more than ever, companies and governments must take steps to invest in the lifeblood of what keeps corporations profitable and healthy -- People. Millions and Billions stand in the balance!

Paul Shearstone, international Keynote Speaker, Author and Chronic Fatigue Survivor, specializing in Sales, Motivation, Stress-Reduction and Peak Performance. From his in-depth research and real-life experience, Paul developed a new and unique strategy he calls, The Resilience Formula based on his 3Rs [Recognize, Respond and Resolve]. This formula and the strategic tools Paul shares are the stuff that made him four-time National #1 Salesman in a Fortune 500 Company& the stuff integral to re-galvanizing employees by teaching them how to reduce Stress and increase Peak Performance.

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