Are You Weird About Stress?

Running Around Like A Chicken With It's Head Cut Off?

Chicken anyone?

We all have the occasional – what I like to call “Headless Chicken Moment” from time to time. You know what I am talking about… those crazy, out of control days when you feel like you are running around like a chicken with his head cut off. The truth is that you are not alone. Not by a long shot.

In a recent poll, I asked 100 people, what were the top three things they stressed over. I found the results very surprising and you may as well.

42% said that work causes the most stress in their life. However, it wasn’t the #1 cause… more on that later.

26% said they reach out to their friends and other people to relieve their stress and I was personally surprised to find that only 6% have ever actually thrown objects or hit things during a headless chicken moment.

36% said that stress has made them cry.

Here are the TOP three things I have found that causes our stress:

#3 – Work
Stress in the work place is a common cause of high blood pressure, stroke and heart attacks.

#2 – Relationships
People can be stressful. However, your personal level of coping skills can make all the difference in the quality of communication in these relationships. Which ultimately is the difference.

Finally… the NUMBER ONE cause of stress for most of those polled was…. (can you guess? – No peeking)

#1 – Obsessing Over Money
Almost 94% of those polled said that they stress most over their finances and feel it to be “a very significant source of stress.”

In the coming weeks… I will be revealing a series of financial tips and tricks to help ease the burden of money woes. When you make a plan and take action there is a lot you can do to relieve a ton of stress you are living with right now.

I would love to hear how you deal with your own stress.

Leave a comment and tell me what you personally do when you either have a headless chicken moment or feel one coming on?