“Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle.” Bill Phillips
Stress is a change agent.
If it is negative, stress can and will crush you over time. Short term it can be the greatest motivator, as
evidenced by anyone that has had an externally imposed deadline to make a bunch of money or finish a
project or pick up a kid before daycare closes.
Long term stress can break you down as shown by a collapsing wall or rock cliffs falling down.
Yet stress is what also pushes up the mountains and created Mozart’s “Requiem”. Stress is what builds
muscles and builds resilience in people. It unlocks opportunities in business and relationships.
Stress forces difficult discussions and critical conversations. If you feel the little flutter in your stomach
before a conversation with a client, it’s actually a good thing for you. That stress you’re felling asking for
the Introduction to the person that you’re a bit scared of is exactly the driving force to your future
greatness.
