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Master Your Brain’s Response to Stress for Leadership Success

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Melanie Greenberg, in honor of the release of her excellent new book The Stress-Proof Brain. In her post, she explains how our brains produce and control stress and shares three proven techniques that help you master your brain’s response to […].

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How to Feel Gratitude in Stressful Times

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

It’s possible to feel gratitude in stressful times – in the midst of worry, sadness and even anger. The post How to Feel Gratitude in Stressful Times appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. This […].

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How are you going to make it through the 2020 holidays?

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

It’s an understatement to say that 2020 has been a stressful year, and it’s likely the holidays will follow suit. Many have been isolated from friends and loved ones for over eight months with no clarity on when the pandemic will end. The economy might be booming according to Wall Street, but most people experience […].

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How to Find Thanks and Gratitude

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Trying to stop thinking about the things that are stressful and worrying to you actually causes you to […]. Grateful people experience more positive emotions, feel more alive, sleep better and even have stronger immune systems according to numerous research studies. However, It’s not always easy to find thanks and gratitude.

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The Ups and Downs of Delegating

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

If you under-delegate, you will eventually become over-worked and stressed. Do you delegate too much? Are you an absentee manager? Are you erratic in doing both? Are you a seagull manager? Everyone is dependent on you, and you’re the only one staying awake at night thinking of solutions. Ultimately, the quality of work is diminished.

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7 Ways to ReWire Your Brain and Become a Better Leader

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

The good news is we are capable of over-riding our primitive reactions that don’t serve us well, and creating new neural pathways that reduce stress and irritability and generate more happiness and wisdom in our lives. The brain continues to learn and change itself throughout our life.

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Ten Tips for Delegating – The Best Time Management Tool

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

He was overloaded with work and was starting to get stressed. Jerome said his biggest problem was time management. Jerome was the head of his department and considered a “high potential” and had been referred for coaching by his boss. When I asked how his team was doing, Jerome said that managing them was a huge time drain.