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Creating a productive schedule
Avoiding procrastination
Prioritizing tasks effectively
Technique #3
Close your eyes for one minute and focus your mind on some calming cue, for example, a place that you go to relax... a beach... the mountains... and hold that image three times to the count of three.
It will reduce your blood pressure and lower your heart rate.
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Technique #2
- Breathe in to the count of three
- Hold to the count of three
- Breathe out to the count of three
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Reason for staying calm
When faced with an emergency, you are biologically created to be reactive and to behave in an emotional manner rather than a thoughtful manner.
It is important to have a plan to keep you calm. Practice and rehearse routinely to internalize your plan.
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Technique #1
To reduce stress in the body and immediately relax:
Squeeze and release all the muscles in the body isometrically and simultaneously, three times.
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This popular technique systematically relaxes your muscle groups one at a time.
- Lie down and stretch out.
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1. The mindful sigh
You should be sitting comfortably for this. I do it at my desk when I notice key symptoms of stress like shallow breathing, tense shoulders or an increased heart rate.
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- Take another...
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