The Stress Of The Best Weight Loss Program

Is there such a thing as “the best weight loss program?”   Wow.  It probably stresses you out just thinking that you have to find the best weight loss program.

But – surprise! Surprise! – there is such a thing.

And you can read all about it (it includes a part about defending your life – betcha never thought of that, did ya?) at weight loss fitness solutions.

Your 58 page Newsletter On LEADERSHIP and STRESS Is Available! And Bonus Report!

Hi all. Well, STRESS JUDO: The Newsletter – August 2010 edition is up on the website. The topic is LEADERSHIP.  It is 58 pages, no ads, and 12 guest articles (so you get different perspectives and a full range of information).

Get the Newsletter – and a BONUS report: 500 Diabetes Recipes – by joining the STRESS JUDO community for FREE

BUT – you have to join the STRESS JUDO community for FREE at stress management tips 

This month’s topic is STRESS AND LEADERSHIP.
Here is the Table Of Contents, so you can see the articles.

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TOPIC ARTICLES:
THE SUCCESS MINDSET

YELLOW BELT
LEADERSHIP THROUGH CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
Manage Your Business Better by Applying These Creative Problem Solving Steps
By Justyna Bizdra
TIME MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Leadership – 6 Signs of Procrastination
By Duncan Brodie

ORANGE BELT
CREATIVE THINKING AND LEADERSHIP
5 Reasons Why Creativity Matters to Leaders
By Kevin Eikenberry
SELF EXAMINATION AND LEADERSHIP
Ten Key Characteristics of Effective Leaders
By Billy Arcement

GREEN BELT
GOAL SETTING AND LEADERSHIP
Goal Setting at the Leadership Level
By Bryant Nielson
FAITH AND LEADERSHIP
A Woman Leader’s Self-Esteem – 7 Self-Esteem Issues Faced by Women in Leadership
By Consuelo Meux

BLUE BELT
COACHING AND LEADERSHIP
Leadership Coaching – 10 Ways to Inspire Your Employee Attitudes
By Mike Krutza and Jodi Wiff
CHANGING YOURSELF AND LEADERSHIP
How to Be a Leader When You Are Not the Boss
By Stephen J. Blakesley

BROWN BELT
FITNESS AND LEADERSHIP
Leadership Goals For The Self
By Terry Vermeylen
MEDIATION AND LEADERSHIP
Mindfulness Meditation Leadership Development – The Art of Non-Achievement
By Maynard Brusman

BLACK BELT
ENERGY AND LEADERSHIP
Leadership Courage – 3 Ways to Assess Your Organization’s Energy Level
By Mike Krutza and Jodi Wiff
HABITS AND LEADERSHIP
The 5 Habits of Leadership
By Alison Johnston and Richard A Johnston

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Stressed Out By Teamwork At Work?

The new buzzword at work is “teamwork.”  Nothing causes more anxiety and stress than the constant reshuffling and restructuing involved with this new idea!  Are you getting stressed out because of this? Check out Tips For Motivating A Team.  Then sign up for the STRESS JUDO Community.

Having The Physical Ability To Lose Weight

Battling excess weight can be both difficult and frustrating. Here are four secrets that many people never know that can make weight loss a lot easier. The key to losing weight is consistency and a mindset focused on long-term success.
Click fitness solutions for the rest of this information.

STRESS JUDO Newsletter + Bonus Report (BP, Mediation)

STRESS JUDO has put the January newsletter on line.   It has a guest article, link to a free report on blood pressure and meditation, and a recommendation to a free success mindset program (where will you find something like THAT?).

If you want to receive future newsletters and bonuses, please sign up for the free STRESS JUDO: Overview

and also join up at the STRESS JUDO Community.

5 Ways To Handle The Physical Symptoms Of High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure can lead to heart attacks, stroke, and death.  You should have your blood pressure checked by a doctor on a regular basis.  If the doctor prescribes medication, you should take it as prescribed.  The main reason for having your blood pressure checked by a doctor is that there are very few physical symptoms of high blood pressure. And the ones you do see are often confused with other causes.

Some of these symptoms are: headache, dizziness, blurred vision, drowsiness, and nausea.  All of these can be explained by some other cause.  Sometimes people are under stress so long that they can’t distinguish the bad health effects of stress  anymore.  Which means that the high blood pressure is left untreated, and ti gets worse.  And stress elevates blood pressure.  But you can use aggressive stress management techniques to handle the stress, and lower your blood pressure.

Here are 5 ways to aggressively attack stress to lower your blood pressure:

1. Use creative problem solving to handle stress better.  The natural reaction to stress is “fight or flight.”  You can creatively come up with more solutions.
2. Use meditation appropriately.  Meditating can relieve some of the inner effects of stress and make you feel better. But it does nothing to eliminate the stress.  Use meditation to not only calm yourself down, but open your mind to creative possibilities.
3. Develop your own stress management process.  Any stress management system that you learn was developed by someone else for someone else’s problems.  Take the techniques that work from each system and create your own.
4. Stay in shape.  Stress weakens the various systems of your body, which gives you less energy to fight the stress.  By staying in shape, you can fight the stress, not just tolerate it.
5. Use an effective time management system.  Stress from impossible deadlines is bad.  Stress from interruptions is worse. But having a time management system that not only permits, but demands, that you reject time-wasting interruptions, can relieve much stress in your life.

If you don’t do handle stress, your high blood pressure will get worse.  But knowing what to do to relieve stress can help lower your blood pressure.  With the lower blood pressure, you can reduce the chances of heart attack or stroke.  Of course, there are other causes of those conditions that also must be looked at.  But removing stress as a cause can focus your efforts.

Handling stress involves internally handling your reactions, but also externally eliminating the stressor.   Using this dual approach might be the most effective way to reduce or eliminate the signs symptoms of panic attacks and lower your blood pressure.  Probably meditation or visualization is part of what you are doing to relieve stress.  But this is not enough.  That’s like helping a quarterback learn not to feel bad when he throws an interception.  Wouldn’t it be better to teach the quarterback to simply not throw interceptions?  Using a comprehensive stress management system will eliminate the stress and give you lower blood pressure.

STRESS JUDO – the comprehensive stress management system

4 Steps To Get Rid of Procrastination, Now!

Do you put off your work for later, only to find your deadlines steadily creeping in? Then you, my friend, are one of the millions of people afflicted by the procrastination virus. Procrastination is the biggest reason for loss of productivity and late output. Though many would not admit it, they would benefit greatly if they start their work on time.

For many people, putting off their work for later is more habit than desire. It can be so hard to get into a groove where starting your tasks in a timely fashion is a priority, especially if the consequences for being late are things that one can probably bear.

If you are one of these people, yet you desire to shake off your propensity for procrastination, then you have come to the right place. Here are a few tips to help you overcome this dilemma and become a more productive and reliable person.

1. Set schedules – It is very important that you have a list of activities to accomplish per day. This will help you realistically budget your time and resources. One of the cardinal sins people commit in regards to performing their tasks is to put off their work because they feel like there is so much time left. A journal, organizer, or calendar of events will help you plan and schedule your task so that you can start them promptly and finish them on time.

2. Save the Vacation for Later – Many people put their work off for later saying, “I’ll just have a little fun then buckle down to work later.” While it may be true that they may have more than enough time to accomplish their tasks, it would be better if they finished their work first and relax afterwards.

Wouldn’t relaxation be sweeter if it were after a taxing job? If you choose to lay back and relax before doing your tasks, you will be more prone to burnout and will have nothing exciting left to look forward to after accomplishing a task. It is always better to have slack period AFTER a job than before one, especially considering that people are wont to overusing their slack time. This is suicide if you are heading towards a deadline.

3. Never Underestimate Your Tasks – Sometimes procrastination sets in because people underestimate the resources, difficulty, and time spent for a particular task. They will usually say, “It’s just mowing the lawn, its easy; I could do it in a jiffy.” The problem is, no matter how trivial the task, it still takes time and resources to accomplish. If you underestimate a task, you will most likely set too little time to do it and schedule it too close to its deadline.

4. Don’t Allow Yourself to Get Comfortable Doing Nothing – It would definitely help if you kept a subconscious alarm whenever you are doing nothing. Get this alarm to remind you of things that may need to be done. This will help you foster the notion that jobs accomplished now means more time for relaxation later. However, even if this is the case, do not forget to put ample time in for rest and to remove all thoughts of troubles before hitting the sack. The trick here, however, is not to overdo you rest. There is a difference between resting and idling. Always set the right amount of time for rest and stick to that schedule.

STRESS JUDO teaches a method of time management and goal setting called “TF30” – what must be done Today, what must be done by Friday, and what must be done in the next 30 days.

Go to What to do to relieve stress for your 2 FREE reports on how stress harms you and how to overcome stress and turn it into opportunities.

What To Do To Relieve Stress? Keep Your Friends Close

One of the worst effects of stress is when you “coccoon”: draw into yourself, stop talking with people, or – worse – snap at them. These are friends.  They want to help you.  But the distraction and frustration and anger that stress causes in you makes you drive them away.  You probably know the effects of stress on the body.  But you feel the effects of stress on your relationships.

Well, correction. It’s not the stress doing this.  It is not handling the stress properly.  Some people can live in stressful situations and have great friendships!  Picture your life when you can sit with your buddies and joke about the stress in your workplace or your family.  Want to know how to do this?  Click What to do to relieve stress.

4 Ways to Be Better Looking by Creative Stress Management

Stress has all kinds of bad effects on your health. High blood pressure, stroke, heart attack. But stress also wreaks havoc on your appearance. By knowing what to do to relieve stress, you can actually make yourself better looking and more attractive.
People react to stressful situations reflexively in only 2 ways. Flight – run away from it. Or fight – get all tensed up, as if you are entering mutual combat. The problem is that you can’t run away from a deadline at work. And you can’t fight your boss. So all that stress reaction turns inward and wrecks your body and emotions with anxiety attack symptoms. Looking at how does stress affect health requires looking at how does stress affect your appearance.
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