Let stress not strain you

Stress is proportional to strain – Robert Hookes discovered for springs; truer for human minds.

Stress starts when you do more of the same (and keep losing)

Icy cool, base line hugging Borg vs., the abuse hurling, net rushing McEnroe. Loathe to change, he was burnt out at 26! Lazy, romantic Rajesh Khanna vs., the angry, action packed Amitabh. He didn’t change and was gone by 29!

Stress compounds when you run away from it

Tiger Woods chose to indulge away from marriage when performance declined. Jennifer Capriati sheltered in drug abuse and shoplifting, when she couldn’t keep up. 100s of young professionals try drinking away stressful hours only to compound them.

Combating stress needs change

Rafi was trumped by the ‘70s Kishore. He changed his rendition and started singing modern songs. 5 years on, he was back with awards. A fit again Federer gave up clay, sliced his backhand and came back with slams after 5 years. Tennis elbow affected Sachin gave up his cover drive and hook to come back gloriously in 2004.

India is the capital of lifestyle diseases. Diabetes and hypertension are causes of a hungry, workaholic, stressed country.

We say at OfBusiness, “When it gets to you, chip, change and wait.” Tough but prove Hookes wrong. Let stress not strain you.