Reduce Stress by Choosing the Right Battle. 3 Keys to Help You Decide

Learning how to let go

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You’ve got plenty of things that wind you up and frustrate you right?

Take your pick:

• your colleague’s latest decision
• your noisy neighbours
• a troll on social media
• your kid’s selfishness
• the algorithm

Have you ever asked yourself — are these the right battles?

There is no harm in sounding off. But be careful what battles you take on.

Can you relate to this leader’s question?

I will never forget one leader’s comment after taking some time out. He commented ruefully, ‘In the silence, I realised that I’m not even sure I’m fighting the right battle. I just want to know I’m fighting the right battle.’ Ruth Haley Barton

I get it. You want to tackle someone’s behaviour that bothers you. This can be a bad idea for these reasons.

3 Reasons why this matters

1. You have limited energy.

If you give time to thinking about everything that bothers you. You will run out of energy before getting to the ones that…