Personality and Personal Growth:
​Stress-Causing Traits

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There are a few traits that tend to make stress more difficult to cope with. Knowing these traits will help you to determine if you possess them so that you can take the steps necessary to both reduce your stress and work with the traits that are so ingrained in you. It also helps you to determine the best stress-relieving techniques for you.

You Constantly Strive to be Perfect

Perfectionism is something that many people strive for, but you already know that it is not possible. However, many people know perfection is not possible while simultaneously striving to accomplish it. It is important that you create goals that help you to know when you have exhausted your efforts. This will improve your ability to do things at your best ability without being overly hard on yourself.

You Constantly Focus on the Past

Dwelling on the past is something that many do, but you know that being focused on the future and the present is in your best interest. The next time you start to keep your focus on the past, take a few minutes to realign your thoughts. It is critical that you are in the here and now and that you forget what once was so that you can focus on doing greater things.

You Constantly Feel Like You Are Not Good Enough

It is not uncommon to sometimes feel like you simply do not have enough to give, but if this is a constant feeling for you, you have to learn how to change your thinking. Remember that everyone has great things to give and even if they do not seem like much, to some people, they are more than they could ever ask for. The next time you do not feel good enough, take a few minutes to think about the great things you do each day. Sometimes as simple as holding a door for a stranger makes a difference.

You Significantly Lack Confidence

If you have ever done any research into personality types, personal development and personality traits, you understand the importance of confidence. No one is born confident, but this is a trait that everyone can possess with the right amount of work and focus. Remember that increasing your confidence is not something that you can do overnight, but with constant effort, you will start to notice that your confidence is increasing.

You Find it Hard to Relate to Other People

There are all different types of people in the world that you come across each day. You have to be able to relate to and empathize with all sorts of people in order to be successful in life. Some experts say that have a strong hold in this trait is one of the most important things that you can have. This is also something that you can work on so that you find it a lot easier to work alongside people of all different cultures and backgrounds.

You Do Not Feel the Need to Adapt to New Situations

As you go throughout your life, you will be tossed into a variety of situations, many of which are far harder to deal with than others. You have to be adaptable so that you are always comfortable productive no matter what. If you cannot adapt quickly, this will cause a significant amount of stress.

Make sure that you make note of these traits and the troubles that they might be causing you. This ensures that you are able to make a personal development plan for stress that includes goals that focus on all of these traits. You should create different goals that address the problems that these traits might be causing you. Even though traits are not something that you can eliminate, they are something that you can work on and improve with focused effort. This ensures that your plans for greater personal development work with your personality type.

References:

http://www.truity.com/view/tests/personality-type

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