bcLivingwithStressDecember1998Copyright©1998Bain&Company,Inc.Author:Contributor:StevenAndersonDiannaMagnani2LivingwithStressbcCopyright©1998Bain&Company,Inc.LivingwithStressBOSAgenda•WhatisStress?•NegativeStressOverloadSymptoms•ManagingStress–DefiningYourLifePurpose–ConductingaPersonalInventory–MinimizingVulnerabilitytoNegativeStress–IdentifyingStressTriggerEvents–StressManagementTechniques•KeyTakeaways3LivingwithStressbcCopyright©1998Bain&Company,Inc.LivingwithStressBOSDefinitionofStressStressisanormalandnaturalphenomenoninourlives.Itisthenaturalconflict,opposition,orresistancethatoccursinourbodyaswecontinuallyadjusttoourchangingenvironmentandlife.4LivingwithStressbcCopyright©1998Bain&Company,Inc.LivingwithStressBOSTheRoleofPerceptionsPerceptionsInternalDemands•responsibilities•obligations•selfcriticismExternalDemands•work•family•social•environment•financialAttitudes,values,andbeliefsStressresponsePastexperiencesStressresultsfromourperceptionsofanevent.Anevent,inandofitself,isnotstressful.Itisourperceptionoftheeventthatactivatesourbody’sstressresponse.5LivingwithStressbcCopyright©1998Bain&Company,Inc.LivingwithStressBOSThebody’snormalphysiologicalreactiontostressisasfollows:StressResponseEventPerceptionsBodyreleasesstresshormonescausingthe“FightorFlight”responseBodydischargesenergybyfighting,fleeingorexpressingemotionBodyinducesrelaxation,reversingpreviousreactions6LivingwithStressbcCopyright©1998Bain&Company,Inc.LivingwithStressBOSPersonalIntegrityandLifePurposePositivestressishealthyandresultsfromeventsthatareinalignmentwithourpersonalintegrityand/orourtruepurposeinlife.Negativestressisdestructiveandresultsfromeventsthatarenotinalignment.Personalintegrity:Lifepurpose:•Havingpersonalintegritymeanslivingtruetoasetofvalues,beliefs,andprinciplesthatgivedirection,balance,andfocustoyourlife.•Everyindividualhasapurposeinlifethatiscompletelyunique.Ourmostimportantjobinlifeistodiscoverandthenfulfillourpersonalpurpose.•Somepeopleknowwhatthe...
