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We&#8217;ll focus on three of their recommendations for incorporating stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out Stulberg and Magness&#8217;s recommendations below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/hub\/personal-life\/health\/mental\/stress-guide\/\">Shortform\u2019s guide to stress<\/a>. If you like what you read here, there\u2019s plenty more to check out in the guide!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-strategy-1-partake-in-challenges-at-the-edge-of-your-comfort-zone\">Strategy #1: Partake in Challenges at the Edge of Your Comfort Zone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stulberg and Magness argue that <strong>challenges that push us out of our comfort zone\u2014without making us lose control\u2014are a crucial type of stress, but they also show how stress can be good for you. <\/strong>According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, these challenges strike a perfect balance between stress that\u2019s too strenuous and stress that\u2019s not strenuous enough. Tasks that are too easy, Stulberg and Magness point out, aren\u2019t challenging enough to stimulate growth, while tasks that are too difficult prevent us from focusing and thus hinder our growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/flow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Flow<\/em><\/a>, Csikszentmihalyi explains that a similar principle applies to the <em>number <\/em>of stressors that we experience on a daily basis. He writes that when faced with too few challenges, we <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/flow#study-our-paradoxical-relationship-with-work-and-leisure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tend to become complacent and thus stop improving<\/a>. By contrast, when we\u2019re overwhelmed by too many challenges, we become too anxious to grow from these challenges.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-strategy-2-focus-intensely-during-stress\">Strategy #2: Focus Intensely During Stress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stulberg and Magness report that <strong>experiments from behavioral scientist K. Anders Ericsson confirm that intense focus is essential to optimize our training. <\/strong>For instance, in one experiment, Ericsson examined the practice schedules of expert violinists at the Global Music Academy in Berlin. He found that, though all the violinists practiced for roughly the same <em>amount <\/em>of time, they spent that time differently\u2014the truly elite violinists practiced with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/focus-on-one-thing\/\">singular focus<\/a>, whereas the more \u201caverage\u201d violinists tended to practice inefficiently because of distractions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Although Stulberg and Magness focus on Ericsson\u2019s claim that effective stress must be free of distractions, Ericsson himself clarifies that optimal training requires much more than just freedom from distractions. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/peak\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Peak<\/em><\/a>, he explains that optimal training\u2014which he calls <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/deliberate-practice-definition\/\">deliberate practice<\/a><\/em>\u2014requires a <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/peak\/chapter-3#principles-of-deliberate-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">host of precise conditions<\/a>. For example, training should involve precise measurement to see whether you\u2019ve met a concrete goal. Moreover, training should include teachers and coaches who can ensure that your training regimen is effective.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-strategy-3-use-short-periods-of-stress\">Strategy #3: Use Short Periods of Stress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stulberg and Magness emphasize that periods of focused training shouldn\u2019t last indefinitely. On the contrary, they argue that <strong>stress should occur in short periods lasting around an hour<\/strong>. In addition to Ericsson\u2019s own research, which found that top performers generally work in 60- to 90-minute bursts, Stulberg and Magness cite findings from the Draugiem Group, a social networking company that examined its most successful employees. The group found that on average, its best employees spent 52 minutes working intensely before taking a 17-minute break. In a similar vein, Stulberg and Magness report that the most efficient workers in a meat processing plant worked 51 minutes before taking a 9-minute break.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Experts explain that one reason <em>why <\/em>it can be helpful to take breaks of approximately 15 minutes after about an hour of work is psychological: The knowledge that a break is imminent <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/3518053\/perfect-break\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">motivates us to work wholeheartedly during that hour<\/a>. On the other hand, when we work without a definitive end in sight, our motivation is more likely to wane, leading to lower productivity.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can stress be good for you? What are ways to take advantage of stress, rather than let it defeat you? Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness say that a combination of stress and rest is essential for growth, and discuss the optimal way to structure these cycles. 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