Positive stress is thrilling and here's how...
By now you know how stress works. To do lists, multiple projects, struggling to motivate staff/family members and even yourself can get you there.
Feeling overwhelmed for extended periods of time is part of the damaging affects of stress BUT not all stress is bad.
Good stress improves your motivation, increases your wellness, and boosts your overall performance. When this happens, it’s called eustress. And it’s like having your own superpower.
What does eustress mean?
Your body knows how to activate itself when you need it most. Eustress is a natural phenomenon that stems from your natural flight or flight response. Eustress can:
- Make you more proactive
- Help you be more productive
- Encourage you to be creative
- Make work more thrilling
- Train your resilience
- Increase your energy
- Encourage positive feelings about your work
- Make you confident in your self efficiency
Eustress takes advantage of your natural stress response to boost your performance. It releases energising hormones in small doses and for short periods. This heightens your abilities temporarily while avoiding the long-term negative effects of stress. Its a good stress!
How does eustress work?
Step out of your comfort zone!
Eustress & passion
Eustress and passion are deeply intertwined. When you’re invested in the outcome of an event, you’re more likely to feel that rush of stress hormones. For example:
- If you’re on a first date, you want to make a good impression
- When you make a speech, you hope to change minds
- When you take on a project, you want it to have an impact
If you don’t care about the outcome, you’re less likely to feel stressed. But this also means you’re less likely to find meaning or satisfaction in your work and life. Feeling afraid means that you care, and that’s a beautiful thing.
Setting goals and working toward them to naturally achieve eustress and find happiness will definitely lead to a more THRILLING life!
- Now isn't that a more memorable one?
