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Adventure Learning
One avenue to personal growth and change is adventure learning. By doing physically demanding things outside your normal comfort zone, you can go beyond your day-to-day coping mechanisms and discover what's truly important to you with great clarity.
The Dark Side
How well can we manage ourselves, our teams and businesses in a crisis or tough times? Are our actions and behaviours putting us, our people and our businesses at risk? As leaders and managers we are on show and our actions often speak louder than our words. In challenging times this is even more evident. Under pressure cracks may appear and our leadership is put to the test. How do we cope under pressure? What happens to us when we crack? When placed under high levels of pressure, most people will rely on coping mechanisms or their strengths that help them manage in day to day activities, but due to the pressure they can actually become counterproductive tendencies. We refer to these as “risk factors” and they can emerge as our dark side.

Stress Tactics and Vents
There are over 24 stress tactics and vents. In this introduction David Oliver gives us the first two!!
Are You Crisis-Minded or Opportunity-Minded
Today, the economic boom has gone. What’s your attitude? Are you thinking “doom and gloom”? Or are you thinking “hidden opportunity”? I believe our attitude and thoughts are a bigger problem than the external economy. An African proverb states it well: “It’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your mind.”

When Personal Impacts Professional
It happens to all of us: the pressing personal problem or concern that takes center stage, leaving little energy or attention for anything else, including work. Examples are a family member's prolonged illness or death, facing the prospect or reality of divorce. Although most of us are practiced at putting on the "game face" and getting on with work, events of this magnitude may make it difficult or impossible to manage that. Each person is, of course, different, and no solution will fit everyone. Here, however, are some useful coping mechanisms.

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Top Time Management Tips
Time is a common problem among small business owners. Helen Dowling from Exceptional Thinking shows you her top tips to coping with it.
When Personal Impacts Professional
It happens to all of us: the pressing personal problem or concern that takes center stage, leaving little energy or attention for anything else, including work. Examples are a family member's prolonged illness or death, facing the prospect or reality of divorce. Although most of us are practiced at putting on the "game face" and getting on with work, events of this magnitude may make it difficult or impossible to manage that. Each person is, of course, different, and no solution will fit everyone. Here, however, are some useful coping mechanisms.

HELPFUL HINTS TO OVERCOME STRESS
Different studies show that it is not stress per se but the coping strategies to deal with it that need close attention, People with effective strategies find it easier to brush off stress, while those who use bad coping skills suffer the health consequences.

The Dark Side
How well can we manage ourselves, our teams and businesses in a crisis or tough times? Are our actions and behaviours putting us, our people and our businesses at risk? As leaders and managers we are on show and our actions often speak louder than our words. In challenging times this is even more evident. Under pressure cracks may appear and our leadership is put to the test. How do we cope under pressure? What happens to us when we crack? When placed under high levels of pressure, most people will rely on coping mechanisms or their strengths that help them manage in day to day activities, but due to the pressure they can actually become counterproductive tendencies. We refer to these as “risk factors” and they can emerge as our dark side.

Courage in the face of failure
Naming our fears is the first step to overcoming them.The significance of a supportive,caring community in coping with the fear of failure.
Adventure Learning
One avenue to personal growth and change is adventure learning. By doing physically demanding things outside your normal comfort zone, you can go beyond your day-to-day coping mechanisms and discover what's truly important to you with great clarity.
10 Tips for Coping with Holiday Stress
Even though the holidays are an exciting time of year, they can also be a burden. Many people feel a great amount of stress, anxiety, and worry while trying to create the perfect holiday. Learning skills for coping with holiday stress can make a big difference. These coping skills can be useful whether you’re dealing with a major stressor or things on a smaller scale. The ability to cope with holiday stress will help you to enjoy the season and all of the treasures it brings.
Help! I'm Stressed and Anxious
Having healthy coping skills can help you get through both the good times and the bad times with flying colors. Since stress is an inevitable part of life, learning healthy coping skills is the lifeline to creating a happy, balanced life.

5 Healthy Coping Skills for Stressful Situations
Coping skills can and do make a difference and keep you healthier. If you’ve ever wondered what are some healthy coping skills for stress, here are some suggestions:
9 Ways to Pick Yourself Up After Failing
Failure is simply a stepping-stone on your way to success. Of course, this doesn't mean that it's easy to deal with or something that should be taken lightly, but how you deal with failure will determine not only your future success, but also how easy it will be to achieve. Everyone has different coping mechanisms and ways they react to failure. However, learning the ways that more often lead you to success can help you enormously! Here are some tips on how to pick yourself up after you fail...
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