2. Recognize what you can change.

* Can you change your stressors by avoiding or eliminating them completely?

* Can you reduce their intensity over time?

* Can you shorten your exposure to stress by taking a break, or leaving the physical premises?

* Can you devote the time and energy necessary to making a change (goal setting, time management techniques, and delayed gratification strategies may be helpful here)?

3. Reduce the intensity of your emotional reactions to stress.

The stress reaction is triggered by your perception of danger and/or fears physical danger or emotional danger, and fears of failure etc.

* Are you viewing your stressors in exaggerated terms and/or taking a difficult situation and making it a disaster?

* Are you expecting to please everyone because I’m telling you that you can’t?

* Are you overreacting and viewing things as absolutely critical and urgent all the time? Do you feel you must always come out the winner in every situation?

* Work at adopting more moderate views; try to see the stress as something you can cope with rather than something that overpowers you.

* Try to temper your excess emotions. Put the situation in perspective. Do not labor on the negative aspects of everything find a positive in them if you can

* Take personal time to evaluate your surroundings clearly

* Take a deep breath when overly stressed and count backwards from 10

* Exercise a little bit or take a walk daily

5. Build your physical reserves.

* Eat well-balanced, nutritious meals.

* Maintain your ideal weight or appearance.

* Avoid nicotine, excessive caffeine, and alcohol.

* Mix leisure with work. Take breaks and get away when you can.

* Get enough sleep. Be as consistent with your sleep schedule as possible.

6. Maintain your emotional reserves.

* Develop some mutually supportive friendships/relationships.

* Pursue realistic goals which are meaningful to you, rather than goals others have for you that you do not share because they won’t succeed.

* Expect some frustrations, failures, and sorrows and let them go.

* Always be kind and gentle with yourself be your own best friend.

Summary

Now that you have read this entire manual you have learned the skills that you will need in order to design and achieve any and all of the goals that you set out for yourself. In this manual, you have learned:

* How to create a successful goal setting strategy

* How to set goals effectively

* How to deal with stress that can hinder your efforts

* How to motivate yourself

* How to set goals in all aspects of your life

* How to manage your time toward achieving goals

* A step by step method for setting up and achieving your goals Hopefully you have realized just how simple achieving your goals can be if you set your mind to it.

Setting goals properly doesn’t have to be the most difficult thing that you can do because it can be very stimulating. If you challenge yourself right and set time aside to set your goals you can and will complete them successfully.

You have learned that procrastination is your enemy when you trying to achieve something in your life, and you have learned that goals can be set for just about every aspect of your life including family, relationships, finances, carrier, health/fitness etc.