Paul Eckert on Jan 5th 2010
Paul Eckert, founder and CEO of Family Financial Centers, is a featured writer for the February 2009 issue of International Franchise Association’s publication, Franchising World. Mr. Eckert’s article centers around the importance of networking and how it can be used to your best advantage in today’s business environment.
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Paul Eckert on Jan 4th 2010
7 Successful Stress Management Techniques
7 Paul Eckert Management Techniques by Lyndsay Swinton.
Everyone needs successful stress management techniques. Easy to learn and easy to
implement, you can use them for your own stress management or teach them to help others
manage theirs.
Manage your stress and be a healthier, happier and more pleasant person to be around. Let’s
cut to the chase…
1. Make stress your friend
Acknowledge that stress is good and make stress your friend! Based on the body’s natural
“fight or flight” response, that burst of energy will enhance your performance at the right
moment. I’ve yet to see a top sportsman totally relaxed before a big competition. Use
stress wisely to push yourself that little bit harder when it counts most.
2. Stress is contagious
Stressed people sneeze stress germs indiscriminately and before you know it, you are
infected with stress germs too!
Protect yourself from stress germs by recognising stress in others and limiting your
contact with them. Or if you’ve got the inclination, play stress doctor and teach them how
to better manage their stress.
3. Copy good stress managers
When people around are losing their head, which keeps calm? What are they doing
differently? What is their attitude? What language do they use? Are they trained and
experienced?
Figure it out from afar or sit them down for a chat. Learn from the best stress managers
and copy what they do.
4. Use heavy breathing.
You can trick your body into relaxing by using heavy breathing. Breathe in slowly for a
count of 7 then breathe out for a count of 11. Repeat the 7-11 breathing until your heart
rate slows down, your sweaty palms dry off and things start to feel more normal.
5. Stop stress thought trains
It is possible to tangle yourself up in a stress knot all by yourself. “If this happens,
then that might happen and then we’re all up the creek!” Most of these things never happen,
so why waste all that energy worrying needlessly?
Give stress thought-trains the red light and stop them in their tracks. Okay so it might go
wrong – how likely is that, and what can you do to prevent it?
6. Know your stress hot spots and trigger points
Presentations, interviews, meetings, giving difficult feedback, tight deadlines…My heart
rate is cranking up just writing these down!
Make your own list of stress trigger points or hot spots. Be specific. Is it only
presentations to a certain audience that get you worked up? Does one project cause more
stress than another? Did you drink too much coffee?
Knowing what causes you stress is powerful information, as you can take action to make it
less stressful. Do you need to learn some new skills? Do you need extra resources? Do you
need to switch to de-caffeinated coffee?
7. Eat, drink, sleep and be merry!
Lack of sleep, poor diet and no exercise wreaks havoc on our body and mind. Kind of
obvious, but worth mentioning as it’s often ignored as a stress management technique.
Listen to your mother and don’t burn the candle at both ends!
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Paul Eckert on Dec 28th 2009
Paul Eckert Stress Management Technique By: Ashish Jain
Here I will begin with something that happened many many years ago. It was when I attended my college in 1994 in Princeton.
When I saw him for the first time in the Class Room, I was a bit surprised. How could this sort of a human being who is typical of his Eastern reigns, be our “Stress Management” Professor? His stiff face seemed incapable of generating any smile! Lines appeared on his forehead, even before he was making efforts to start his career in our College with his first lecture on “Stress Management.” I was a bit anxious and eager to enjoy his maiden performance!
I thought he would start with a big platitude on the subject of stress and how to manage it and all that! By quoting definitions and mentioning the names of famous psychologists.
He didn’t do that.
It was very interesting how he propagated the subject of stress management for 21 century youth. I am reproducing his one-shot lecture on stress management. It helped me and it might help you as well.
“First off, I will give you example of my grandma- how she manages the stress! Curry for the night is her worry for the morning…and look, how nicely she carries the burden of stress and its management. She manages stress in her typical style, every day! You go by her words, think that she is stressed! But how crafty she is, in the domestic front!”
Stress management is a technique. It is winning over any tough situation, with the charm of your personality and deft handling of the situation. It is about meeting the challenges. Convert defeat into a victory!
Causes of stress may be many; for its management, no hard and fast rules can be prescribed. You have to deal with the stress, as per the demands of time and situation.
The reasons for stress may be:
1. Danger
2. Threat
3. Good or bad news
4. Illness
5. Perceptible changes in one’s identification with the self
6. Any other strong external or internal stimuli
How to manage the stress?
Before you think about managing the stress, you need to understand the bottom line of your stress. Its root cause! Its real cause! Only then you can think about the management of stress. For public consumption, you can project any cause, but you know what is really wrong with you. There are several ancillary tools to assist you in stress management.
These hints can help you in stress management:
1. Organize yourself in a methodical manner.
2. Develop a confidence, that you possess grit for conflict resolution.
3. Let your approach be positive.
4. Auto-suggestion- Talk to yourself.
5. Do pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditation.
6. Do light exercises regularly.
7. Do not over-exert.
8. Keep a diet control. What you eat and how you eat is important!
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Paul Eckert on Nov 4th 2009
Stress Management The Simple Way for Single Parents!
Simple Way for Single Parents from Paul Eckert by Lawrence Pointer.
An overburden of living with too much stress is on the increase. Single parents who always contend with child care responsibilities on their own are higly likely to be living a life of too much stress. Situations can and do vary, sometimes high stress levels can be managed however this is not always the case and consistent and raised stress levels may lead to a feeling of overwhelm and overburden. Stress management has always been important, however new technologies are on the increase that may not be understood yet by many HOWEVER need consideration.
What is meant by the impact excess stress causes? There are various things that a person might attempt in concious and subconscious ways to reverse the stress they are under. Some may potentially try to alleviate their problems through scores of means that are not helpful. They may reach for drugs, they could overeat, they could go on spending sprees, and take part in scores of other activities that would undermine their ability to be a good parent. These behaviours can prove potentially devastating to the health and welfare of the child and the entire family. A parent cannot be effective if he/she is not in the proper frame of mind needed to be a good guardian.
So, what can a single parent do as a means of engaging in effective stress management? Stress management is key to an enjoyable and fruitful life, there are all kinds of means available to parents in order to reduce stress levels. The most common first step is to understand that stress is a state of mind. It is a response to serious anxiety. In no way should it be thought that the catalysts which are adding to your anxieties are in no way important. They may be very serious. However, the response that you have to the situation need not be one where you are not in control of your life. One crucial point- everyday when you wake up, you will still have the responsibility of a child or young adult in your care. Understanding that stress is a state of mind is the first step towards lessoning its impact.
It is also important to separate your feelings towards your stress from your children. To summarise, the last thing you want to end up achieving is taking your frustrations out on your children. Such actions are a reprehensible form of “stress management” and should always be avoided. Seeking instead proper means of dealing with stressful feelings and ultimately improving your overall health for the good of all.
For example, simply getting a decent amount of exercise has the potential to reduce stress levels. Stress can cause physical and mental overwhelm that can quite literally drain you of all energy and well-being. In the long run potentially causing more harm than most would give credit. Upon taking part in a proper exercise regime, a great deal of pent up anxiety can literally be burned up. This form of stress management also has scores of obvious health benefits as well which adds to its benefits.
Deep breathing exercises are a good “on the spot” form of stress management. When you feel overwhelmed in a stressful environment, counting down from ten and taking deep breaths can deliver excellent stress management results. Simple concepts like this should not be underestimated, any amount of stress that can be removed from your life no matter how large or small is a great great thing.
Affordable stress management and reduction home study programs have been designed also that can help play a major role. Programs that can………….
-Help YOU to eliminate your stress and lose weight whilst gaining more energy!
-Create a healthier and happier lifestyle.
-Help you to stop letting others push you around and let you start to take control.
-Give you the power to strengthen relationships with your family and loved ones.
-Educate you to utilise simple exercises to reach a deeper sense of relaxation.
You may be required to spend a little time researching the most appropriate and affordable program for your needs. However these stress management programs can provide you with a key to unlocking and banishing harmful if not deadly levels of stress for the rest of your life!!
Stress management for single parents is not always easy due to the many varied responsibilities involved with being a parent. But, with the proper effort, one can certainly lower stress levels to a manageable degree and this can only be a benefit to all.
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Paul Eckert on Oct 27th 2009
Stress Management – Getting To The Root Of The Problem
Paul Eckert – The Root Of The Problem By Richard Reid.
Stress Management is a relatively new phenomenon that was brought in for the purpose of preventing, managing and treating anxiety ridden illnesses among workers in a commercial establishment. Stress or anxiety has come into the limelight in the fast moving world of business where intense competition and the drive to achieve targets nearly wreaks havoc on a persons emotional and physical balance. In fact, a stressful and anxiety filled life and all its attendant evils take place when an employee is depressed in his work place or his job and is unable to get a grip on everyday life.
The causes of stress are numerous and in workplaces it can result from fear of meeting targets, strain, sleeplessness, fatigue, bullying mentality on part of seniors, job dislocation, family problems, fear, overwork and poor diet. Stress, if gone unchecked can have serious implications on a workers life, output and creativity. It is mainly in high growth business societies that stress, off late, has emerged as one of the prominent health issues affecting the life of an employee. The UK undoubtedly, has a significant challenge in containing this menace as its industries, service sectors and IT sectors have grown phenomenally over the past few years.
Stress management involves prevention, control and taking remedial measures in places of occurrence and can either be treated with medication or counseling. Stress can either be physical or emotional or both. Again one can lead to the other and vice versa. Among the different options of managing stress the most prevalent ones in the UK are social or professional counseling, medication or hypnosis by systematic oral suggestions. Professional counseling has grown in importance and used to stress upon time management, effective communication, relaxation techniques, breathing exercises, meditation, problem solving, modifying ones behaviour, getting rid of anger, thinking positively and learning to say no.
However, this is good when the initial symptoms are mild. When the illness assumes serious to chronic proportions medication is advised. The use of depressants or drugs must be taken under the supervision of a medical doctor as many of these drugs have side effects besides being drawn to addiction. At times, stress can pave way to other form of illness like headache, migraine, insomnia, partial coma and a host of other illness. Therefore it is all the more necessary to consult a physician. The relatively lesser therapy is hypnosis or suggestive art therapy. According to CBI studies in the UK 6.7 million work days are lost every year due to stress disorders and it is believed that 54% of self reported illnesses are due to stress alone.
Although a great deal has been done to introduce stress management as a way of work life, it would be worthwhile for the British industries and services as a whole to get to the grass roots of this problem.
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Paul Eckert on Oct 4th 2009
Stress Management, The New Health Trend
By: Trenton Martkes
What is it about stress and stress management that everybody has their panties up in a bunch about now-a-days? I mean do we really think that our society today is more stressed out than back in the days when people were dying right and left, eaten by large animals, starving, being shot with arrows, etc.? I mean you’ve got to be kidding me right? Well yes and no. The fact is that people who are stressed out by today’s standards have more life limiting diseases such as cancer and heart disease and these are also the same people who aren’t living as long. This is in comparison to the average person who doesn’t face any of the stresses like those mentioned above and the present day people that do.
So what the heck is going on? Well there has been a lot of research done on the nature of stress and the mechanisms that were designed by God in our bodies to deal with it. Most people have heard of the fight-or-flight response and this turns out to be a major mechanism that affects our health negatively. So what has changed? This mechanism is certainly been helpful to our ancestors as they dealt with stress–a life preserving rather than life limiting process. Well it turns out that the kind of stress that we face today turns this system on almost as well as the other more immediate life threats but our bodies don’t absorb it in the same way and so it goes unnaturally unchecked and takes its toll. We therefore need a different type of stress management than we were naturally getting by running away from the large beast that was trying to eat us.
Exercise is one obvious type of stress management that helps to use up or absorb some of the sympathetic tone that is the “fight-or-flight” response to job and life stress. It does things like check the increased heart rate and the high amounts of insulin and other hormones in our system, and it gives us natural mood enhancing substances (endorphins) which counter the stress response as well. Another aspect is the cognitive response to stress that needs to be addressed.
Partly or emotional and mental health is addressed by exercise but it also needs to be addressed in terms of some of the behaviors that we choose to dull rather than correct our unhealthy stress response. We need to find correct ways of thinking rather than use substances like alcohol, nicotine, and illicit drugs to mask our low moods. We need to train our minds to think positively. We need to find alternative activities and vents for our feelings like art and social release. We need to eat better and be out side more to get the natural anti-depressants that are found there and are much healthier. Only then will we be approaching stress management in a healthy and life extending way.
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Paul Eckert on Oct 1st 2009
5 Steps to Stress Relief
5 Paul Eckert Stress Relief Steps By Lacey Savage.
Take a moment to think about the week that just passed. Are your first thoughts of long hours at work, driving your kids to every kind of practice imaginable, hurrying to make dinner, clean the house, do laundry, vacuum and wash dishes? Is it any wonder that in today’s busy world, more and more women suffer from stress-induced anxiety than ever before?
If you often find yourself struggling with the effect stress has on your physical and emotional well-being, follow the following 5 steps to stress relief:
1. Acknowledge it. It sounds simple, doesn’t it? It might even sound futile. But taking a moment to admit to yourself that something is stressing you out is the first step in letting go of it. As women, studies show that we often take on more than we can handle. By acknowledging that an extra activity will put more added stress on an already hectic lifestyle, you can balance out the pros and cons and make a decision that’s right for you.
2. Get a massage. I don’t mean one of those extravagant, $200 massages with a hunky Swiss masseuse (though that might be something to put on your birthday list!), but the kind of stress-relieving, muscle-relaxing rubs that husbands and boyfriends are great at providing. And don’t underestimate the power of bribery in obtaining these… “If you rub my feet for 10 minutes, I’ll… [insert pleasurable activity of choice] for 15.” No man can resist!
3. Laugh. You’ve just had a huge argument with your boss. Your mother called for the third time this week to ask if you’re pregnant yet. Your son’s teacher called you in to discuss his habit of peeing on walls. When you’re stressed, even the smallest annoyance can seem like one more added pressure that you’re not able to cope with. So forget about it for a while. Grab a good friend or family member and watch a funny sitcom together. Or a romantic comedy. Or a cartoon. Read the funny pages, or share a good joke. The more you laugh, the more mood-enhancing endorphins you’ll produce!
4. Sleep. Not getting 8 hours of sleep every night? You should. If you’re already exhausted when you head in to work, you’ll be less likely to be able to handle whatever life might throw at you that day. If you have small children, sleeping through the night might seem like a luxury you don’t have. Try napping during the afternoon when they do, even if it’s just for half an hour. It’ll do wonders for your mood, your stress levels, and your patience.
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Paul Eckert on Sep 5th 2009
Top Four Stress Management Relaxation Techniques
Top Four Paul Eckert Techniques By Andrew Chin.
Stress management does mean putting work down and stopping for a while. It entails clearing your head and freeing it of unhealthy distractions, in order to jump back on track. Some stress management programs emphasize the value of relaxation. That is, learning to savour one’s time alone and use it to restore the mind and the body.Stress management relaxation programs include meditation, progressive relaxation, autogenic training, and biofeedback. Several other techniques exist, but, for this article’s purpose, we will tackle only the cited four briefly. There are several ways to cope with stress. Relaxation is one technique which generally refers to the calming of the mind, the body and the sense, to help a you regain your ‘center’, even in the middle of a highly stressful activity.
Before we begin with any of the four techniques, we must first acknowledge that they are merely part of a bigger and much more comprehensive stress management program and that each will work to its best extent when combined with other techniques. Two very important points should be considered before taking on any stress management relaxation technique.
First, since a relaxation technique results in physiological changes, anybody under
medication that affects any physiological parameter might be exploiting that parameter too hard, and Secondly, that people with medical conditions, like hypertension, heart problems, etc. should first seek medical permission, to be on the safe side.
Once you have gotten these out of the way, you may want to try out each stress management technique first before you determine which one to use regularly.
While there is no scientific and medical way to accurately decide which one will work best for you, you will be able to determine which is a most comfortable fit.
Here are the Top Four Stress Management Techniques:
Stress management technique 1: Meditation
Meditation is a mental exercise aimed at getting control over your attention, in order for you to choose what to focus on, instead of being subject to the unpredictable turn of environmental events. This is best done in a silent place and involves set breathing methods.
Stress management technique 2: Progressive Relaxation
This technique stimulates nerve-muscle relaxation. It requires the contraction and
release of a muscle group, then slowly moving to other parts of the body. Progressive
relaxation is usually used to treat migraines, tension headaches, and other illness.
Stress management technique 3: Autogenic Training
This technique utilizes a series of exercises aimed at bringing body warmth and
heaviness in the body and the limbs. It can be done lying down or in a sitting down.
Relaxing images are also used to nurture mind relaxation.
Stress management technique 4: Biofeedback
Biofeedback uses certain machines and instruments to observe body movements and occurrences, which will then be used to study ways to control them. It is often used in combination with another relaxation technique.
Practice your chosen technique as recommended, with the right environment, attitude, time and frequency. Keep a consistent routine and you will be harvesting their benefits in no time. Just always keep in mind that the above four stress management techniques are simply instruments to a greater and more comprehensive method. You may choose to do them individually or adopt a combination of two or four. However which way you decide, make sure that it is done at comfortable pace. Otherwise, you will be creating more stress than what you get rid of.
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Paul Eckert on Sep 4th 2009
The Top 5 Stress Management Tips That Really Work
The Top 5 Paul Eckert Stress Management Tips By: Jim Johnson
In short, stress management tips are something that just about every one of us has to deal with. We need this because of the huge amount of responsibility, worry, and need that we have placed on our shoulders. Today, most than 2/3 of all Americans say that they deal with stress, in some form, every single day. Stress management tips can help you to notice the amount of stress that you are under and help you to effectively treat the stresses so that you can better your life in the long haul.
Stress Management Tips To Incorporate
Here are some easy stress management tips to place into your life for a bit more help:
1. Manage your life’s tasks on paper. If you feel that you do not have time to get everything written down, make the time. Use a date book, a calendar or any other form of paper and jot down all that you need to do each day. When you do this, you will develop a true sense of what has to be done, what does not, and you will stop forgetting about things and worrying about them.
2. Block time for nothing. You need to commit to giving yourself a block of time, a few hours at the least, per week to just do nothing. When you follow this stress management tip, you will feel relaxed and therefore you will be able to focus better in the long run. In turn, you can do more by taking a bit of a break.
3. Stress relief games and stress relief products are on the market to help. Consider a stress relief ball for example. Placing this in your hand and working it can help you to dispel all of that nervous energy that truly plagues your life style. You can commit to having a better overall experience because your body can better concentrate.
4. Ask for help. If you do have too much on your shoulders, you need to ask for help from your loved ones, by hiring someone or just learning to say no. Here’s why. When you try to do it all yourself, stress builds up to a much too high amount. Your physical condition will worsen and eventually, everything will collapse. Ask for help or just do not commit to so many things.
5. Seek out medical attention or alternative treatments. These stress relief tips can help you to find the inner peace that is incredibly important at this time in your life. Things like yoga and meditation can truly help you to relax and expel stress. You may also need to seek medication if your stress levels have gone so far as to cause physical pain to you.
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Paul Eckert on Aug 25th 2009
7 Tips to Relieve Stress At Work
7 Tips from Paul Eckert By Wayne Perkins.
Do you feel stress at work? Do you carry your stress home with you at night?
Here are some tips that will help you achieve success over stress. You can reduce stress on the job.
1. When making phone calls, as you pick up the phone and dial, take three slow deep breaths. Concentrate on pushing tension out of your lungs as you exhale.
2. Sit down to eat. (Do not eat while standing or driving in your car) Focus on relaxing and enjoyable talk at lunchtime. If co-workers only insist on rehashing all of the negative stuff at work, insist on eating alone.
3. When you drive your car to your business or your job, listen to something enjoyable or motivating.
4. On the way home from your business or your job, listen to enjoyable or relaxing music.
5. Take a few minutes each day to thank God, in whatever form is consistent with your belief system, for the glorious sunrise. At sunset, do the same. If you are at work while the sun is setting, take a quick break to watch the sun set and again, thank your concept of “God” for the glorious sunset.
6. Take a few minutes at work to think of people who may have harmed you in any way. Breathe deeply, relax, and push out all of the tension surrounding those thoughts. Fill your hear and your lungs with forgiveness for the person or persons who have harmed you. Wish for them the same success and happiness you wish for yourself.
7. Live today as if it where your last day. Make your last day, your best day!
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