Category: SM3: How to De-Stress

Stress is All Around Us. There is no doubt that many Owner/Operators work under considerable stress.
Sometimes this stress is constructive because we are excited and challenged by growing the business and/or making it more profitable. Otherwise, it is time learn how to de-stress.
But all too often, it comes about because events just overtake us and we find ourselves fighting off one alligator just to get attacked by another.
This stress is not healthy or helpful. It leads to all sorts of physical upsets and is also often damaging to your relationships.

12Faces has a number of written articles and videos on how to de-stress by reducing the level of the 4 most common sources of stress you face:
1. Taking control of events rather than events controlling you.
2. Getting your life back by controlling time so that there is enough time to do what is important.
3. Reduce the constant worry about making money, have sufficient money to pay the bills when they fall due.
4. People problems; convert people from being a necessary evil to being a principle factor in the success of your business.

The first step is to remove the four principle traumas that are causing the stress.
Then you can begin to rebuild your health on far more productive lines.