Stress Management

Belle Beth Cooper, How Stress Can Change the Size of Our Brains and What We Can Do to Lower It,  2013-09-03

Good and bad effect of stress

1. Stress is bad if too much.
2. Prolonged stress will physical change your brain, such as reduce of hippocampus.
3. Too much stress: negatively affects learning, attention span and memory.
4. Too much stress -> increase adrenaline -> maximize  running and running power -> reduces our fine motor skills 
5. Too much stress -> affect digestion
6. eating well can actually positively impact how we cope with stress
7. Stress makes us sick: up to 90% of all illness and disease is stress-related.

Reduce stress

1. meditation, exercising and relaxation have been shown to reverse the negative effects of stress
2. Organizing your life: daily or weekly planner,
3. physically re-organize your work-place for a better sense of calm
4. “Prioritize until it hurts.”
5. multitasking is not something that’s actually possible.
6. take five minutes and rank the items on your to-do list in order of importance.
7. Delegate: support other people to do things right.
8. delegating with very clear, specific suggestions
9. Focus: one thing at a time

Todo List

1. Break project into task
2. Prioritize
3. Plan ahead - list 6 most important tasks daily
4. Be realistics