  Today i've been looking through my stress pages. Yes, it sounds bad but there's actually more than one page! I've found them very useful in not only highlighting the areas in which i can get stressed and what my needs are. Oh no, these pages go one step further and give suggestions on how to manage my stress behaviour and find ways to meet my needs. There are specific suggestions which can be applied to your daily life. For example, I have high stress and needs scores for Esteem and Acceptance, which results in a stress behaviour in the area of Interpersonal relationships.
I tend to need acceptance, approval, genuine respect and recognition from others. When these needs aren't met, for example, if somebody is quite blunt with me and i don't feel accepted or appreciated, I will tend to get my feelings hurt quite easily. The stress pages suggested things like spending more time with that special person who makes you feel good about yourself. It made me realise that although it seems like common sense to do these things, i'm most likely to acknowledge how i'm feeling and not do anything about it!
However when you have suggestions sitting straight in front of you, it seems obvious that you are much more likely to take action to resolve the problem. I just wanted to highlight the usefulness of these pages as i think that at first sight you may only see one or two things which you could implement.
However given more attention and as usually happens when you re-read information, you'll tend to absorb more of it and find yourself able to apply suggestions to further areas of your life. Hopefully resulting in smoother runnings! It's great to be aware of our behaviour but isn't it even better when we find ways of managing unproductive behaviour? Make sure you get the most out of your Birkman profile! Elaura - take your people to the top 
