Stress management
The stress of work can be overwhelming at times, but there are many stress management techniques you can implement to deal with stress in a manageable way. In this section we look at ways of dealing with stress at work, setting boundaries to reduce stress, strategies to deal with anxiety in business and overwhelm, and lots more. And to reveal whether you are susceptible to work stress related illness, take our stress test. Check out our step-by-step course to solo success.
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Productivity
8 tips for handling anxiety through crisis
I have no doubt you’ve been feeling it during this 2020 Australian bushfire crisis. As we sit and watch the devastation unfold, even though we are probably far removed - maybe hundreds or thousands of kilometres away from the threat - and yet that anxious feeling of worry and hopelessness is still overwhelming.
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Stress management
Soloist self-care: How I stopped putting myself last
Anne George shares four simple steps that brought her back from the brink of business burnout.
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Decision making
When making a big decision honesty trumps all
Good decision-making has a lot more to do with keeping true to who you are than most people realise, writes Lucy Kippist.
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Stress management
Writing down your wounds: A morning ritual to transform your business
In the first episode of her new podcast Kikki.K founder Kristina Karlsson shares her unlikely antidote to business burnout.
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Stress management
Rest, rinse, repeat: The real recipe for resilience
Everything you love about holidays can be intrinsically linked to business success, if this research is to be believed, writes Lucy Kippist.
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Stress management
How to manage stress better: Be the egg, not the potato
Stress and challenges are part and parcel of the solo life. While we can’t control the challenges themselves, we can learn how to manage stress better.
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Stress management
What to do when you are overwhelmed by work
Is your brain spinning faster than a chocolate wheel at a school fete? Here are some practical strategies for dealing with overwhelm and getting back into life.
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Stress management
Feeling stressed? 2 quick questions to overcome overwhelm
Next time you feel stressed and overwhelmed, try asking these two questions. The answers will help you feel instantly empowered.
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Attracting new business
Our entire course, now part of membership!
We’ve condensed all we’ve learned into our comprehensive step-by-step course and bundled it into Premium Membership, for just $99. Check out Flying Solo membership.
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Stress management
The year I lost my business mojo. And 7 warning signs.
Years ago, an old friend – having had a little too much truth serum – took me aside at the pub, put his hand on my shoulder and said “You’ve lost your mojo man. What happened?!” It was a wake up call.
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Stress management
My client fired me – here’s what I learned
For the first time in 20 years in business, I faced the appalling prospect of being fired by a client. Here’s how I got through the most difficult time of my career.
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Stress management
Managing stress: How to take control of stress before it controls you
Harnessing your inner stress-control functions allows you to convert it into a powerful driver of productivity and progress, sharpening your focus and unleashing a more creative, positive, resilient ‘you’.
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Stress management
Why the new unfair contract laws are good news for soloists
When Brendan’s client cancelled his contract he tried suing to get justice. The new unfair contract laws? They would have saved Brendan a lot of time, money and stress.
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Stress management
When life throws you a curveball
Warrick Bidwell helps tradies get off the tools and develop a business that’s less stressful, more profitable and a lot healthier. But sometimes things don’t go to plan. This is how he coped.
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Stress management
Responsibility anxiety – is it just me?
In small business, the hours can be more flexible and the rewards more satisfying, but the stakes are higher. The fear of business failure can be a constant anxiety, as Matthew White explains.
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Stress management
A different way to manage stress
When you’re a soloist it’s hard to reduce the amount of stress you’re under and manage stress. Which is why it might be better to manage your stress response instead.
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Stress management
Kelly McGonigal: how to make stress your friend
Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case.
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Stress management
Four tips for soloist stress management
Australians are a stressed out bunch, and it seems our stress levels are rising. Find out why you might be stressed, and how to get your life back on track.
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Stress management
Podcast – Managing anxiety while managing your business
Scarlett Rugers runs a business helping people bring their book to the world. She also suffers from anxiety. In this podcast she shares her story and how she copes.
