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The Pressure CookerControl, Capability, and Connection

If you focus on and keep telling people how stressed you are, not only will you be right, but you will stress them out as well.

Stress isn’t going anywhere. It will be with you for the rest of your life and it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Stress used to be something that literally debilitated me; now, with the right mindset, it’s something that motivates me. I’d actually go as far as to say that I enjoy a little pressure and stress. Now trust me, it took me a long time and a lot of work on myself to get there. I was such a worrier that I had stomach pains and my parents brought me to a specialist. I remember drinking a pink shake so they could try to figure out why my stomach was always ...

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