You've gotta be a bit of a badass to dominate stress and if you want to overcome it, you have to look at it strategically and unemotionally. In today’s episode, Chris challenges you to call five people today and explains why calling your friends can often melt away the jagged edges of your emotional landscape and create a more balanced frame of mind, reducing your stress and allowing you to lead a much happier life in general.

You need to find time in your busy schedule to connect with the people that make you happy and find out how they really are and what's actually going on in their lives. When you scroll through your address book you'll discover so many people that you haven't spoken to in years. But remember life almost always improves when you spend time with those that you love and that unexpected actions of spontaneity can be so powerful and so meaningful.

Remember “Stress is the enemy and you are the killer.”

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Speak with five people and form a connection. This is lost when all we do is scroll through social media so make sure your calls are spontaneous, don't pre-warn or pre-frame just call and make a personal commitment to yourself to ensure all of your calls are about the other person so that you can discover what challenges they're facing and see if you can help them out and offer a solution.
• Chris discovered that everyone was dealing with a personal challenge of some kind. It's easy to isolate yourself when you're going through some stuff, but calling others and hearing they're problems will give you a healthy dose of reality and reduce your own anxiety around your issues or stresses.
• A phone call can make a difference and draw people into conversions and pull the real stuff out. As humans, we need to keep our connections with others open at all times. By calling you're able to remind your friends on a much more personal level that you're there for them and that you can help them.

BEST MOMENTS

“This is especially important if you're not using social media. All you need to do is call five people and talk to them for 10-15 minutes per day”

“Our social devices and media platforms give us the illusion of a connection with others but a phone call can mean the world to someone.”

ABOUT THE HOSTAfter many years of dealing (badly) with personal stress for over 20 years, Chris Hackett is on a mission to help people understand and overcome stress and anxiety by tackling the problem head-on.

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