Problem 1: How would you define stress and stressors? Identify two sources of eustress, and two sources of distress, relating them to your own life.
Problem 2: Suppose you are driving to work one day on your usual route past the City Zoo when a giant grizzly bear escapes, runs out of the entrance, growling and roaring, and heads straight toward your car. Describe the physical and chemical changes that you would experience, according to the general adaptation syndrome (GAS).
Problem 3: Based on your reading this chapter, adopt new, personal strategies for reducing harmful stress in your life.
Problem 4: How does the speaker describe the purpose of Zappos? Examine how this fits with what you have learned in this chapter?
Problem 5: "Success does not create happiness, but happiness creates success in life." Do you agree? If you do or do not, explain either way.
Problem 6: Examine the factors in the "happiness framework" described by the speaker, discussing how these capture the essence of your own work and life journey.