Relax: last words on stress
Karoshi is a Japanese word (properly transliterated to ‘karoushi’):
Karoshi is usually translated as ‘death from overwork’. It represents a phenomenon well known in 1980s and 1990s Japan. Don’t let it happen to you. As we mentioned in Chapter 5, nobody ever said as their dying words, ‘I wish I’d spent more time on my work.’
Relax
Imagine that all the stresses in your life are like a wind blowing around you. And you, sitting where you are, are like a strong powerful tree, with all the ideas and resources you have gathered from this book. As the wind blows, you are confident that your roots are deep and you are strong ...
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