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• this book, we are not suggesting that you try to fight stress, or even to manage it. Instead, the overall strategy is to build stability.
• This step of commitment is a choice to evolve beyond being bullied by stress. It’s a choice to value and protect your life and to live in balance, even if your external world is in crisis. You could say it’s a choice of the heart to appreciate and enjoy your life no matter what.
• In any situation, there are innumerable possible places to put your attention, but the best place to begin is with what I call the critical variables of that situation. I define a critical variable as anything that changes and that is crucial to your desired outcome.
• Simply put, when you place your attention on the critical variables, you can move in synchronicity with your goal.
• Not all critical variables are external. Some of the most powerful places for attention to be focused are within—for example, on your attitude, your hopefulness, your intentions, and your enjoyment. In fact, the doctors tell me that from a medical point of view, the critical variable of stress is the extent to which you are enjoying what you are do...