.............."What choice does a person have if her fiancée meets with an accident? If her only child gets three red marks despite heavy expenses on tuition. Her sister-in-law comes for dinner with her family unexpectedly when she is running high fever and the servant is on leave.

In spite of her best efforts her subordinate becomes her boss. Half of the staff suddenly goes on leave when there is an urgent assignment to be completed. Does the person really have a choice?".............

Chapter 4 | Do we really have a choice? | Page 79

............."It was the fourth consecutive meeting of all the board members in one month. The agenda was to re-discuss the new multi crore oil project with the group president."

"I feel nobody is worried how things are progressing. If the board members don't feel the stress of this new project then how can the consultants, engineers, and technicians?" said the worried group president in a disappointed voice.

"This clearly portrays that nobody around here is feeling the responsibility. Aren't you worried if the prestigious project is not completed in time? In that case, we would be nowhere", he displayed more of his emotions in an endeavor to generate motivation. Like other three meetings, this one also ended with an emotional lecture from the worried group president who completely forgot his responsibility to discuss the constructive and essential details concerned with the project.

Most people confuse responsibility with worry. Do they really go together? Is worry unavoidable when there is responsibility? Do the journey of life and the journey of worry have a common goal?"..................

Chapter 7 | How not to worry? | Page 149-50

............."Let us look back at the good old days. When we passed class I, we didn't repeat class I but instead preferred to go to class II. Needless to say, class II was tougher than class I. Had somebody forced us to repeat class I, we would have felt insulted and humiliated. Even in early childhood, we had all preferred to undertake something tougher than before. It seems as if we loved problems.

Something tougher, something bigger, something grander than you have thought of or felt is indeed a complement on the competence you have shown in the past! And you sure feel honored for the complement. Of all the people, you were the only one selected for that bog a task.".............

Chapter 10 | Give me problems please! | Page 205

A Glance into 'Stress Cyclone"
Possibility Exercises

Purpose
To identify the track on how to make and follow your STRESS Chart.
What To Do?
Make a list of your current stressors. Label it from "0" to "10" SUD (Subjective Unit of Distress). With "0" being 'no stress' and "10" being the 'maximum' you can imagine. Maintain the weekly follow-up.

Chapter 11 | Peace of mind, Nowhere or Now here |Page 230

Purpose
To identify that negative feelings multiply very fast while positive feelings add up gradually.
What To Do?
Identify 10 situations from your past where your initial negative feelings had multiplied in totally irrelevant directions. Feel the loss which could have been avoided.

Chapter 1 | What are we facing- Problems or Situations| Page 30