To maximize the positive use of stress energy:
- believe you can succeed [as Napoleon Hill taught - What the mind can conceive and believe the mind can achieve.],
- know how to bring your personal talents and strengths to bear, “The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- know your personal values [and understand how they can support positive use of stress energy],
- anticipate stressful situations and prepare your reaction to them,
- gather the tools and support you need prior to the event, and
- practice self-talk/autosuggestion aimed at bolstering your self-confidence and courage.