HPE 158 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Interrupt, Workaholics
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Changing your attitude: when dealing with stressful situations the following suggestions can help change or improve your attitude: teach yourself a lesson. Find something you could learn from the experience: set realistic attainable goals that you can accomplish. Sometimes one should seek a professional counselor to help resolve stressful situations. Don"t discount a stress reduction idea too quickly, you may be surprised. Positive aspects of stress- view stress as your body preparing you to perform at its highest level. Workaholics spend excessive time working even if it is not productive. Procrastinators often fail to have enough time to successfully complete tasks. Perfectionists rarely feel satisfied and are often unable to achieve important goals.