Stress is a plague in today’s society.

The side effects of stress are many;

It weakens our body which then causes disease, due to stress people generate significantly less and when stressed people are less creative, the list goes on and on.

Problems due to stress cost society large amounts of dollars each year.

On the plus side, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone who can lower their stress levels and produce at a higher level, consistently year after year. Those people will be the most valuable assets of a company.

thinking in the long term

There doesn’t seem to be an end to stress on the horizon; Firms and firms continue to expect more for not more, which means that we must work harder, generate more and better results.

Which means that if we are going to resolve the situation we cannot turn to the outside world, we will have to look within ourselves and make a change.

While mastering the 80/20 rule

Many of us focus on jobs that don’t really have much influence on our future.

20% of the activities we carry out represent 80% of the results we deliver.

A different way of saying it is that if you have a list of Ten actions, Two of them will have a greater effect on your future compared to the other Eight put together.

When I looked over my calendar it was really obvious.

Back then I was working as a sales manager with five sales agents under me, my to-do list was as follows:

1. Make sales phone calls
2. Coach sales representatives
3. Sitting in conferences with my managers
4. Prepare advertising and sales strategies
5. Reply and reply to messages
6. Write standardized offers
7. Create campaign banners
And some other menial tasks.

When I reviewed this list, I saw that eighty percent of the profit I created for my company came from;

train sales agents and make my own sales calls.

Many of the others were trivial or easy to delegate.

Once I started to focus on those 2 jobs, my stats and value increased, which in turn got me promoted quickly.

Tips on how to focus your efforts

Not too long ago I was shown a great way to reduce stress, this guide can help you get thoughts, agreements and commitments out of your mind and onto paper, a place you know you’ll be able to come back and review. often so you know you won’t forget it.

By not having to keep everything in mind, you can look at it and judge what the most important 20% of actions are, and you will also be able to focus solely on those tasks without having to keep a lot of other thoughts and ideas in mind.

Step 1 – What exactly is using up a lot of your attention and energy?

Put on paper a long list of everything you’re thinking about and stressing about.

Step 2: What would be considered a positive end result in this situation?

For each and every point listed, write down and visualize what would be a perfect solution and record it.

Step 3 – How important is it that this task is finished?

By answering this question, you will know if this task is something you need and should do or if it really isn’t that important and can be eliminated.

Step 4: What action could you take to move the project toward that goal?

Once you know that the idea is important, write down what is the next action you can take to move the goal toward its perfect solution.

Step 5 – Decide when you are going to perform the action

Put it on your calendar.

let go and relax

Do you feel how much you can relax now that you don’t have to remember all your ideas? Now that you know what will be done? Now that you know how they will be resolved?

This exercise has helped people all over the world put their ideas on paper, find practical steps to take them, and start moving toward achieving them. It’s a great cure for procrastination and a great way to increase your productivity and decrease stress.