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I recently came across an interesting statistic. Now generally, statistics can be very misleading, but they can give us some insight if we don’t get ourselves worked into a twit over them. Anyway, I read that 85 - 90% of the population worry about something on a consistent basis. People worry about:· their health · their career or job · their finances · their future · their kids/relatives · their life in general · what other people think of them · and anything else they can think of.Worry was depicted in ancient hieroglyphics with a picture of a wolf sinking his teeth into the neck of a man. In other words, worry literally cuts off the flow of life from the brain to the body and from the body back to the brain. I have also read, years ago, that a large percentage of what people worry about never comes to pass. In other words, worry is a down payment on a debt you will never owe. So, why do people worry?1. They believe they have no control over their life and its outcomes. 2. They tend to be pessimistic and negative. 3. They feel they are victims, and that life is picking on them and is out to get them. 4. They don’t believe they have any positive options for events or circumstances. 5. They tend to live either in the future or the past.What good does worry do us? None. If this is so, why do people insist on giving so much mental energy to an activity that could be better directed to some other, more productive, objective like a hobby, a general interest, a creative endeavor, time with loved ones, time for reading or entertainment, time for activity or exercise?Here are a few things you can do if you are a worrier:1. Keep a worry list. Every time you start to worry about something, write it down and see how often it comes to pass. But get it out of your mind and onto the paper. 2. Learn to live in the present moment, rather than in the future. 3. Focus on what you can do, not what you can’t. 4. See worry for what it is: useless mental energy that could be better used elsewhere. 5. Learn to keep things in perspective: nothing in your life 100 years from today will really matter.
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Tim Connor, CSP is an internationally renowned sales, management and leadership speaker, trainer and best selling author. Since 1981 he has given over 3500 presentations in 21 countries on a variety of sales, management, leadership and relationship topics. He is the best selling author of over 60 books including; Soft Sell, That’s Life, Peace Of Mind, 91 Challenges Managers Face Today and Your First Year In Sales. He can be reached at tim@timconnor.com, 704-895-1230 or visit his website at www.timconnor.com.
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