I was watching a video of the CEO of a well-known firm addressing a class of university students. Stress came up as a topic of discussion several times because the CEO's job involved dealing with big-ticket clients, which came with their share of turmoil and frenzy.
"How did you handle such a stressful and anxiety-prone job for so many years?" asked a student.
The man said that there was one thing he did every night, irrespective of how the day had panned out. He went for an intense run. He particularly looked forward to this nightly run on his bad days. It helped in pushing away anxious thoughts about the future and brought him back to the present. I call this — his nightly run — an anchor point.
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