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Vibration Analysis & Balancing handle stress. Imagine what it would be like to spend your entire work day dealing with nothing but an endless stream of sick folk. Doctoring people like us must be stressful. It prompted David B. Posen, M.D., to write “Stress Management for Patient and Physician,” which appeared in the April 1995 edition of The Canadian Journal of Continuing Medical Education. Posen offers practical advice on 10 factors that can help reduce stress. He starts by recommending abstinence from caffeine. Most of the others are less radical and disruptive to a common morning routine. He ends with a recommendation to add a bit more humor to your daily regimen. Anyway, kick the desk rodent over to www. mentalhealth.com/mag1/p51-str.html and read about his approach to total mental calmness. Ooooommm. laughter yoga. His mission in life is to foster an awareness of the benefits of laughing for no reason. His Web site, www.laughteryoga.org, is a little over the top in pushing his concept, but it has at least one section you might find humorous and stress reducing. Check out his postings and click on “laugh” in the row of words across the upper part of the page. Then, select “fun zone” from the list of online resources and scoot down to the link for “Top 10 Funny Thought.” Most of the items found here feature a clever play on words. Enjoy. A guide to real stress Power of the giggle It’s been said that simultaneously holding two contrary, contradictory, Let me leave you with what I think is the most important Web advice you’ll find on this topic of stress. Even if you don’t investigate any of the other sites mentioned this month, please look at this one. Direct your attention to www-psych.stanford. edu/~pinto/stress.html for a piece titled “How to Stay Stressed.” Reputed VIBXPERT® It’s hard to feel stressed when you’re chuckling over something that strikes you as funny. mutually exclusive beliefs is difficult. Similarly, I think it might be just as difficult to experience two disparate emotions at the same time. For example, it’s hard to feel stressed when you’re chuckling over something that strikes you as funny. Laughing provides benefits, says Dr. Madan Katariya, inventor of a concept he calls to be from De Anza College Health Office, it’s posted here by John Pinto, who teaches at the Stanford University Department of Psychology. Read it and contemplate the significance of the advice it offers. E-mail Executive Editor Russ Kratowicz, P.E., CMRP, at russk@putman.net. h Watc O DE VI ne Onli VIBSCANNER® More resources at www.PlantServices.com/thismonth Self-determination - “Resources for self-determination” Personality inventory - “Know thyself” Office politics - “Making it look good” People skills - “Turn on the charm” Keeping healthy - “Forgotten resolutions” For more, search www.PlantServices.com using the keywords stress, coping and feeling. The right tool for every user, job and budget 305-591-8935 • www.ludeca.com November 2007 www.PLANTSERVICES.com 61 http://www.laughteryoga.org http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p51-str.html http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p51-str.html http://www-psych.standford.edu/~pinto/stress.html http://www-psych.standford.edu/~pinto/stress.html http://www.PlantServices.com/thismonth http://www.ludeca.com http://www.ludeca.com http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com

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Plant Services - November 2007 Contents New Tools Letters Let Us Know Where to Put the Gas Up and Running How are you Fighting Crisis? What Works Why is the Best Practice Transfer so Hard? Who are you Going to Call? Chained to Power Mobile Mindset Making Money in the Lube Lab Grabbing a Moving Target Bagging the BTUs Keeping Mellow Preserving Health and Safety The Power of Reliability Excellence

Plant Services - November 2007

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