In our desire to manage our stress as leaders, a global perspective helps.

We tend to stress about “First World Problems” which makes sense since most who read this live in a “first world” country.  However, when put into a global context, those “first world problems” can be kept in perspective in comparison to “third world” problems.  This contextualizing of my problems helps me manage my stress.I have found that visiting a third world country every couple of years helps this process immensely.  However, so can paying attention to the evening world news with this new insight in mind.