The Joy of Stress by Dr. Peter Hanson

I think this is the 2nd book finished this year, yay! Picked up the book long time ago from UNSW’s book fair for $2 or so. And never really had the interest to read it until now.

It was a good read, understood a bit about stress and what to do to manage it better.

Couple of quick points:

  • Stress is caused because you are losing control.
  • (Try) ignoring things that are outside of your control and focus with what you can do with things that you can control.
  • Both too much and too little stress is detrimental to your health.
  • Eating right helps with stress management (a big chunk of the book is dedicated on the food and nutrition.. ).
  • The secret to long life is a balance in the 4 quadrants: financial, personal, health and job.