A December 20, 2006, article on the CNN web site entitled "Poll: Stress knows few boundaries" reported that the level of stress is rising in many countries. Polls were conducted in 10 countries with those polled saying things like:

"My life is just so stressful now, I'm exploding all over the place," says a paralegal and single mother of three boys. "Financially, the stresses are putting me under the table. After a full day of work, we finish dinner and do homework. By 9 p.m., I'm fried. And it's magnified by the holidays," she said. "They emotionally string us all out; they string our kids out, as far as hopes and expectations."

The stressors identified include:

• financial pressures
  
• jobs
  
• long commutes
  
• complex technology
  
• the perceived need to accumulate wealth

Each of these is something we allow to "get to us." Each is external, not part of us. Stress occurs when people think they are not in control of their lives, emotions, or attitudes.

External factors create difficulties because of our "victim mentality." This is the lack of awareness that each of us has the capacity to choose our attitudes and handle our emotions. We may not be able to change the situations ourselves, but we can choose our response to them. Once we develop the awareness that it is not these external factors that produce stress, but our attitude towards them, life changes from a posture of being overwhelmed to one of systematic problem-solving, effectiveness, and happiness.

The TRP concepts help people develop the attitude, awareness, and approach to life that reduces stress and increases self-control. It teaches us that everything--jobs, financial pressures, long commutes, etc.--are "O-FLAGS"--opportunities for learning and growth. If we treat them as such, life becomes an adventure rather than a cause for concern, no matter what the circumstances!

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