How to Stay Cool, Calm and Collected

2

What Is Your Current Approach? What’s Missing?

“Life is a series of problems. To confront them is often painful; yet it is only through solving problems that we grow . . . and give meaning to our lives. Many of us try to avoid our problems and the emotional suffering they involve, and this tendency is the primary basis of all mental illness.”

—M. Scott Peck, M.D., The Road Less Traveled

Since a constant flow of problems is a fact of life, it seems appropriate to have a really effective approach for dealing with the problems, right? What is your approach? How do you handle the problems, pressures, frustrations, rejections, setbacks, and disappointments in your life? What’s your approach for dealing with events that don’t go your way or attacks ...