This document discusses 3 secrets to kicking the stress habit: 1) Prioritize yourself, 2) Make a positive shift in perspective, and 3) Reduce the effects of stressors using powerful tools like the PITT maneuver which involves pausing, inhaling, thinking, and taking action in response to stress instead of reacting. Stress is described as having both good and bad forms, with distress stress making people dumb, boring, and potentially killing them over time if not managed properly.

1. Stress Is Optional!
3 Secrets to Kicking the Habit

2. There is no stress in the world, only people thinking stressful thoughts.
-Dr. Wayne Dyer

3. Sometimes the day doesn’t go as we hoped…

4. VISION
“Pain Pushes Until Vision Pulls”

5. What is it?

6. Stress Metaphors
“It’s like a FIRE that sucks all the energy out of me!”
“Stress is energizing and is my fuel - it keeps me going!”
“Stress is a knife that slices through me whenever I think of my boss standing over me!”

7. Good Stress
vs
Bad Stress

8. ALARM — RESISTANCE — EXHAUSTION (DISTRESS)

9. The Stress Response

11. Makes us dumb
Makes us boring
Can kill

13. Stressors

14. The 3 Secrets to
Kicking the Habit

15. Prioritize You

16. The Positive Shift

18. Name one thing that surprised you today
Name one thing that moved you
Describe one thing that inspired you

19. Reduce the Effects

20. #1
2 Powerful Tools
React Respond

21. P
I
T
T
ause
nhale
hink
ake action
PITT Manuever

22. #2

23. Prioritize You
Make the Positive Shift
Reduce the Effects

24. What are your questions?