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Choose to Approach Problems in a Cool, Calm, Collected Manner

“Relax. I can handle this in a calm, effective manner.”

The main idea behind Daily Power Choice 1 is to use normally stressful events to instantly trigger a more relaxed, more effective, in-control response, instead of your usual automatic, out-of-control stress response.

Once you get the hang of this, you’ll find it really fun to use. You almost go around looking for stressful situations and problems so that you can show off your new cool, calm, collected, “relax, I can handle this” approach.

How It Works

By instantly replacing your automatic stress response with a cool, calm, collected response, you are able to deal with the problem situation and the people involved in a low-stress, ...

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