Chapter 6 Control your mental response to stress

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; The courage to change the things I can.

‘The Serenity Prayer’ by Reinhold Niebuhr 

We saw this quote at the start of Chapter 3, where we started to look at how to change the things you can. Chapter 3 was about how to change your environment, Chapter 4 was about how to change the way you use your time, and Chapter 5 was about how to change your attitudes. This chapter will address the other part of the quote: how to accept the things you cannot change. We will concentrate on how to control the way you respond mentally and emotionally to stress.

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