Just A Kind Piece Of Advice From One Warrior To Another...

I work in an outbound marketing position for a large construction company when I'm not fiddling around here.

"What the heck is outbound marketing?"

I basically talk to people, strengthen leads, close sales, etc. That's all that needs to be known for the rest of the story to be understood.

So I was taken to one of the company's leads and the gentlemen, a scruffy fella, ended up being this extremely smart individual. He had all sorts of degrees and was beyond well spoken.

We end up talking about the most random of topics.

He's 65 and his Father, still alive, is 95. He (the gentlemen I was talking to - the 65 year old one) is still is in great shape and looks like he's 45.

He told me that he lives a completely stress-free life. He enjoys every day, takes vacations when he can, and loves every moment of his life because he, nor anyone, doesn't know what the future will bring. (Granted his Father was very successful financially allowing him to live perhaps more stress-free than some others.)

Following our 30 minute-ish conversation, he encouraged me to remember to live stress-free... or as stress-free as possible. After all, this was what he attributes his wonderful health to. Being as intelligent as he came off as and with the many health-related degrees and certifications he's received, I nodded.

Now...

Over the last 2 hours I've been trying to get all sorts of things integrated with one another. AWeber, JVZoo, e-Junkie, PayPal, a WSO... this, that, and the other thing too. It's been stressful! I've been beyond focused on completing it and felt my blood pressure rise every time something was messed up (which was rather frequent).

Then I remembered what the man told me (after the 2 hours of stress ended and things finally seem to be working, that is)... to not stress out. It's unhealthy and unnecessary in most cases unless we let a situation or lifestyle take over our well being.

That's why I'm posting this long thread (I wasn't planning for it to be long initially, I swear!)

Sure you'll mess things up with your campaigns/ventures, work some long hours, have ups and downs, but... try to not stress out too much. Stress is indeed a factor of bad health. Many studies have shown that it can lead to premature death even.

If you're feeling stressed out or you realize something is just taking too much out of you, your PC won't vanish if you step away for a little. Just go take a breather, enjoy the nice weather, grab a cold drink, whatever will make you happy.

And that way, our community can be more healthy and our kids (well, I don't have any yet - I'm only 22!) can enjoy their Grandmothers and Grandfathers more (or, if you're not one for kids, at least your family, friends, and animals!)

That's all.

Ross Cohen