In the fast-paced workplaces and productivity-focused societies we inhabit today, many people share the unspoken belief that anxiety is the price of success. Emma Seppälä, a Stanford researcher on human happiness, recommends tapping into the parasympathetic nervous system instead—“rest and digest” rather than “fight or flight”. Aiming for energy management rather than time management will give you the resilience you need to excel at the things that really matter in your life and career.Build inner resilienceThere’s a misconception that in order to be successful, we have to be stressed.We tend to rely on adrenaline to meet the demands that come our way. We over-caffeinate, overschedule, and procrastinate. As a result, we exhaust our system. We burn out.Rather than relying on your “fight-or-flight” stress response, learn to tap into your parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). The idea is to strengthen your “rest-and-digest” response to promote self-restoration. Activating t...