James Redfield Quotes

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

Yes, I go a little bit crazy when I'm not working, which is an issue for me. My background is you go to work; that's what you do.

Americans of all backgrounds and in all kinds of circumstances are stressed out by feeling overwhelmed and being over-committed.

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.

The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up.

In the past, I had workaholic issues.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

More and more of us feel like emergency-room physicians, permanently on call, required to heal ourselves but unable to find the prescription for all the clutter on our desk.

Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work.

I would rather not work than be a neurotic mess.

I always have stress.

I was working, like, 14-hour days on 'Fargo,' and now if I schedule more than two things in a day, I'm like, 'Whoa, you guys. That's two train rides, and I have to plan for an hour-and-a-half lunch with my cat.'

I like normal life, but I will go crazy if I'm not working.

Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride.

When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be able to spend a day reading a book, the realization dawns that perhaps the situation has become a little more stressful than you would like.

I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.

I have absolutely no rituals or routines other than I work obsessively and think constantly about my work, to the dismay and discomfort of everyone I employ. And my family.

One of the stated values at IronPort was 'work/life balance,' but I wasn't living it. I was rarely home. And when I was home, well, let's just say I wasn't particularly helpful or cheery.

I don't get ulcers. I give 'em.

I think the stress will kill me. I think it will be the stress.

I was losing sight of myself and started to get anxiety and stress. You work at such a pace and you don't have time to sit with yourself and think.

I don't have a real life. I just work all the time.