Robert Sapolsky Quotes

Stress is the spice of life.

Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's time to do The Work.

By putting yourself in that intense form of stress, it makes regular life more peaceful.

Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least.

People around the world now complain about stressors everyday, and the word shows up throughout professional and lay literature. But in reality there is no such thing as a stressor. Why not? Because nothing has the inherent power to provoke stress.

But the majority of things that one could get stressed about, they?re not worth getting stressed about.

Our brains are wired such that it's difficult to take action until we feel at least some level of this emotional state. In fact, performance peaks under the heightened activation that comes with moderate levels of stress. As long as the stress isn't prolonged, it's harmless.

I've been one of those people that hold on to a little bit more stress than others. People take certain situations a little bit differently.

I react to stress badly. I handle it better these days. But I'm a very straightforward person.

I don't really let the pressure get to me.

I am not afraid of the word tension.

The greater the tension, the greater is the potential.

The only thing that relieves pressure is preparation.

Stress is a form of suffering, but it is accepted as normal. And it is normal in our world.

Everyone's under pressure and you just have to learn how to deal with it. And I deal with it through prayer and staying busy.

I like pressure. It's that kind of thing that will actually help me perform to the best of my abilities. It will help me with training. It'll help with everything.

A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.

Just because we're in a STRESSFUL situation doesn't mean that we have to get stressed out. You may be in the storm. The key is, don't let the storm get in YOU.

I know how to deal with pressure.

It will not matter, the pressure I always had it, I was mediated early, I learned to handle it, I got used to it and it's part of my environment.

People always like to hear that they're under stress, makes them feel better. You can imagine what they'd feel if they were told they weren't under stress.

First you have to witness that you are stressing out: Oh, my trigger is here. The news is stressing me out or This line is so long. Let yourself feel it. You don't want to spiritually bypass these problems. Give yourself a couple of minutes to sit in the feeling. Acceptance sets you free from the stress of expectation.

You'd have to be kind of a bonehead not to feel pressure.

Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.