The Secret To Not Getting Stressed

Simpler than you think, and a game-changer once you apply it…

Andy Taylor
5 min readJul 11, 2022
Photo by Anna Shvets: https://www.pexels.com/photo/stressed-woman-looking-at-a-laptop-4226218/

The best piece of advice I got from any of the many bosses I have had throughout my career consisted of just two words:

Do less.

It seems counter-intuitive. Surely the idea is to do more. Make more. Get more. Be more.

No.

The aim is to progress. And that’s different. The line of thinking that lies behind that boss’s piece of two-word wisdom is the key that unlocks leaving stress behind forever.

The annoying thing is that most of us exist in such a near-constant level of stress that we never have the time, energy or headspace to learn to avoid it in the first place.

It’s a self-perpetuating negative feedback loop.

I hope what I am writing here helps. Spend 5 minutes reading this article now, then make some changes. It can be that simple…

Back To The Bare Bones

Do you ever wonder what you would do if you lost everything? If you had to start again from scratch?

Earlier this week I attended a talk by a Syrian refugee who arrived in the UK with two suitcases — that’s it — 5 years ago.

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Andy Taylor
Andy Taylor

Written by Andy Taylor

I want to learn. I try to grow. I’d love to help.

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