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Stress is becoming the silent poison of the Western world. Pressures which are facing working families are mounting more and more and it's not just down to the present economic condition, it is down to the fast-paced world in which we find ourselves drawn into more and more. However, it is not all negative, stress can be overcome with a little patience and practice on behalf of the individual and what's more it doesn't cost a thing to overcome this familiar and increasingly dangerous condition.

*Mastering our life

If we really want to master our own life and totally eliminate stress then we need to examine the root causes of stress which lay at the very heart of the problem. There are ways in which we can help eliminate stress by exercising, socialising with friends, taking a yoga class or learning to meditate. These are good ways to tackle stress but these methods are only ever going to mean that we reduce stress in the short-term. What we really want to do is dig deep down and tackle the problems and to get rid of it for good once and for all.

*Everyday worries

In my own case I used to worry that I wasn't getting on in life as I felt I should be. I felt I wasn't earning the sort of money that I could be or in the position I felt I deserved. What's more I used to look around and see others getting promotions while I stayed in the same role. Naturally this made me feel quite low spirited, add this together with the things I wanted to buy, or the places I wanted to go on holiday and this feeling magnified itself tenfold.

* Root causes

Part of the root cause of this problem is that we all try to find our place in the world as a social being and constantly worry what other people think of us; this is the first barrier to overcome. The root issue is that we work for money, but we also work for the status that comes with our position in that work, thus status worry or status anxiety, is one of the major problems in which to overcome.

* Eliminate stress forever

How can we eliminate the stresses connected with status? Such is our first question in which Socrates provides a living example on how to achieve this. Socrates despite being one of the wisest humans ever to have existed, wandered around Greece in old, dirty old clothes questioning everything, believing in nothing without first giving it rationalised thought, and never being swayed by public opinion or caring of what others thought of him. Through following in Socrates' method we can learn to look

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