Comments on: Don’t fight stress. Promote peace.

By: King’s Corner » Blog Archive » Focus on what you want

King’s Corner » Blog Archive » Focus on what you want — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:42:07 +0000

[...] you don’t want. We learn in basic public speaking to focus on what you do want. In “Don’t fight stress. Promote peace,” Alexander Kjerulf lays out a more effective approach in very concrete [...]

By: pakyu

pakyu — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:09:43 +0000

just be like shikamaru in naruto when you are in stress…works a lot! LOLZ

By: Stress and Stressors « Getting Dressed

Stress and Stressors « Getting Dressed — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:51:33 +0000

[...] this case Alexander Kjerulf) by taking a step back to refocus. A great article about stress outlines 4 steps to take that only take up 5 minutes of your day, every day, to give yourself a stress self [...]

By: Morten

Morten — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:23:45 +0000

A comment from a Danish person: in “Center for Stress”, the word “for” has the same meaning as in “a place for working with stress as a phenomenon”. Not “for” as the opposite of “against”…

Then (even) another angle on this post’s subject: taking courses in stress management just puts even more “brain dominance” in there – and that unfortunately often happens in situations where you actually need to get rid of the rational angle and reinstall the “full view” on things.

And thanks for the refreshing angle on the subject :o)

By: isko mazaredo

isko mazaredo — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:08:31 +0000

if you go somewhere else and relax you’ll forget your problems that causes the stress but when the time you return to your workplace or to your work which causes this stress, they’ll all be back and maybe because you spend sometime just sitting and relaxing yourself, your problems will be doubled or trippled if your work is time consuming. how can u be happy and relaxed if problems are pushing you down even your teamates and family are not there to help you even in a small home task huh? you know what i feel right now? i hate the world! fuc!

By: Happiness for knowledge workers

Happiness for knowledge workers — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:02:02 +0000

[...] The main point of my presentation was of course that we can’t be focusing on fighting stress. That only makes people more stressed. We need to focus on promoting happiness at work – when people are happy at work, they’re not stressed. I also talked about some myths about stress. [...]

By: Positive Sharing » Monday tip: Take five

Positive Sharing » Monday tip: Take five — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:11:07 +0000

[...] Also check out this previous post: Don’t fight stress, promote peace. [...]

By: Alexander

Alexander — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:23:15 +0000

You got it Kris. And that’s why all that talk of workplace stress may not be doing us much good.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:22:13 +0000

I think it’s important to talk about stress, but not focus on it.focus on what’s good in your life, and at work.if it’s nothing- make changes!!!
your thoughts become your life, choose the good ones !

By: TrainingTime Inspiration Log

TrainingTime Inspiration Log — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:00:35 +0000

Make peace not stress!

I\’ve just discovered the blog PositiveSharing.com – this is the uber-blog of workplace happiness! Alexander Kjerulf is the self-appointed Chief Happiness Officer and writes about anything that leads to increased happiness at the workplace. I stumble…