How to Use Stress to Your Advantage

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Chase Jarvis

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🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

You may well be aware that the classic idea of stress — or at least the popular opinion of it — is that it's restraining. However, stress can also have a positive impact- this is eustress. In today’s micro show we’re going to explore how to use stress to your advantage.

Eustress is what puts you on the spot to tackle necessary situations you would otherwise choose to keep away from. It helps you overcome inhibition, face fear, and leverage opportunities. So if you're someone who is willing to make a move only when you feel "perfectly" ready, a little bit of internal chaos could push you to finally start doing what you want to in life.

Stress is more valuable with with consistent self-reflection. Pause, reflect, and take some time to analyze what you learned through pushing your limits- what are those raw ingredients that created your unique life experiences?

According to Dr. Robert Sapolsky, the optimal amount of stress is stimulation. And for you to get to that point requires an honest evaluation of your present. A little bit more pain might really aid in your overall growth.

In today's episode, I get into how you can add 25% more discomfort into your life to gradually develop the 'stress' muscle.

Quick points to note:

You could choose to intentionally add a little bit of stress into your life to avoid being caught off-guard in situations. This way, you're preparing in slow steps and also steering clear of distress.
Cultivate relationships in two different vectors -- with people ahead of you and behind you in the journey.
Cold exposure (or cold baths) are a good way of training yourself to be comfortable around the uncomfortable. It also strengthens your internal systems.
Build up your capacity for stress in small steps.

Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Growth is a part of the human existence.
0:10.5	It's a part of the condition.
0:12.2	And I find that growth is actually that this concept of movement and transition is both inevitable and something to be valued in and enjoyed with this one precious life.
0:25.7	So I've asked myself a series of questions over the past 10 years that I wanted to bring to life
0:31.9	here in this particular micro show. What is the right amount of growth, of pressure, of the essential
0:44.3	ingredients necessary to enhance your abilities, your skills to grow without going too deep into the negative consequences of constantly being stressed out,
1:01.0	right? Isn't it possible? Isn't it likely that there is some sweet spot in there? And it reminds me of a
1:09.4	great quote from the Huberman podcast,
1:12.9	the optimal amount of stress is stimulation. So what is this right combination of challenging
1:19.7	yourself without being overwhelmed? And there are, you know, so many ways that we can think about this, right?
1:29.2	The most obvious that comes to mind for me, which I find relevant.
1:32.7	And I wanted to share with you here on this episode of the Chase Jarvis Live on Creative Live is a muscle, right?
1:41.1	We know that the way that muscles grow is a combination of breaking them down stressing them
1:48.8	out and then supplying them with proteins to rebuild and if you do that process over and over
1:57.2	that the muscle fibers will grow they will increase their ability to do their job.
2:06.5	And the same is true for you. I find that the ability to operate under pressure is something that
2:17.4	it may be uncomfortable.
2:20.0	Like most people while they're working out do not say this is incredibly joyful,
2:25.6	but they like the results that come thereafter.
2:28.7	And if you ask any top performer, I think the same is true.
2:32.2	I do believe that it's valuable to enjoy the process and the macro. You can zoom out and say, yes, I like the same is true. I do believe that it's valuable to enjoy the process and the
2:34.9	macro. You can zoom out and say, yes, I like the process of breaking down my muscles, feeding them
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