How Successful People Beat Stress

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Businessman wearing boxing gloves, portrait, close-up
Businessman wearing boxing gloves, portrait, close-up

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By Robin Madell

If it feels like everything is more stressful these days, that's because it is. Recent research by the University of Cambridge has shown that more than a third of people feel overwhelmed by technology today, including 34 percent of tech-savvy millennials.

A separate study, conducted by Nielsen, found that 80 percent of American workers feel major stress in the office. A few reasons employees cited for feeling stressed out included long commutes, low pay, unreasonable workload, problematic co-workers and limited work-life balance.

But there's no need to suffer in silence. Keep chaos at bay by practicing these proven solutions to boost your energy, ratchet down your stress level and help you become a top performer:

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