According to Peter Bregman in this Harvard Business Review piece he notes two choices when it comes to dealing with stress, "either change the reality around you or change your expectations."
He goes on to say that why it is rather difficult to change reality your best option to reduce stress is to change your expectations.
Bregman goes on to say, "Imagine a scale from 1-10 with 10 being the worst reality you can imagine. Like living in a war zone or being in the World Trade Center on 9/11. Maybe 9 is a serious illness that most probably will result in death. Perhaps 8 is something that will forever alter your life, like going to jail or an accident that puts you in a wheelchair. Let's say 7 is something that temporarily alters your life like losing your job or having to move out of a home you can no longer afford."
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