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Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

Allison Graham

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Calling everything that goes wrong “stress” is a cop out. The blanket term is a slippery slope that can contribute to feeling you have no control over your “stressful” life. You do!”

“Your to-do list is not a predator. If it’s causing you stress, then finding a state of peace is out of your reach.”

“With a few small tweaks to your workday, spinning in the vortex of stress can stop!”

“What if you worked without destructive stress? How much better would your life be?”

“We need downtime to recover. When we work for hours on end, even when we’re on a roll, performance can dwindle.”

“Want to feel less stressed? Then you need to make friends with stress. Leverage good stress and minimize typical destructive stress.”

“Want to be more productive? Uncover the subtle nuances that steal your productivity and fix those.”

“Typically, when we face a challenge, we immediately look for a solution. It feels logical, but solution-first thinking is not the best way to solve problems. First, you need to go to the heart of the issue. Then solutions have a fighting chance to stick.”

“To completely eliminate natural distractions from the workday is unrealistic. It’s better to embrace human nature and allow for these distractions in a way that accentuates your natural rhythms.”

“To Take Back Your Weekends you have three choices: 1. Work longer hours during the week. 2. Stop doing some of the tasks you’re doing. 3. Change the way you approach the work you do. Option three is the most powerful.”

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Book Keywords:

overwhelm, mindset, personal-growth, grief, time-management, productivity, happiness, self-awareness, stress-management

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