When considering what approach is best-fit, one should think about exactly what outcome is obtainable and within reason. Neck and Manz (2013), suggested that this approach allows the individual more control over the outcome thus more control over the desired or undesired behaviors. In addition, Neck and Manz (2013) advised implementing short term goals leading to longer term goals. This strategy allows the individual to realize and appreciate the immediate results thus motivating them to continue towards the longer term goals.
• Mental Imagery: Conditioning your mind to believe or imagine what is to be a better you will make a huge impact on your how successful your regimen will be.
• Self-talk: Self-talk is just as it seems, verbally speaking to yourself in order to reiterate or retrain your thoughts to positive motivation. This particular strategy consists of utilizing a positive frame of thought that encourages movement by removing doubt from the thought process. For example, instead of saying “I’m too fat to run” considering saying “I will keep walking until I can …show more content…
Folkman and Lazarus (1985) defined stress as, “a relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised by the person as relevant to his or her well-being and which the person’s resources are taxed or exceeded” (as cited by Houghton, Wu, Godwin, Neck, and Manz, 2012). Houghton, Wu, Godwin, Neck, and Manz (2012) wrote that stress along with diet and exercise can have an unmitigated effect on the quality of health. Coping with daily stressors can become burdensome. Houghton et al. (2012) pointed out that some of the same mechanisms utilize to achieve more effective self-leadership could also be utilized to cope with stress. How and individual responds to certain stimuli (stress coping) is determined by the level of emotional intelligence present. Houghton et al. (2012) also implied that stress coping is an element of self-leadership that focuses on a cognitive aimed strategy. In other words, stress coping is a tool that can only be effective if both emotional intelligence and cognizant awareness of behaviors are