An earthquake is caused by the shaking of the ground due to an abrupt shift of rock along a fracture in the Earth, called a fault. Within seconds, an earthquake releases stress that has slowly accumulated within the rock, sometimes over hundreds of years. Most earthquakes are caused by slow movements deep in the Earth that push against the Earth’s brittle, relatively thin outer layer, causing the rocks to break suddenly.  To see more…

How Engineers define Stress:

The concept of stress originated from the study of strength and failure of solids. The stress field is the distribution of internal “tractions” that balance a given set of external tractions and body forces.  To see more…

Can you test your Stress?

Stress testing is a form of testing that is used to determine the stability of a given system or entity. It involves testing beyond normal operational capacity, often to a breaking point, in order to observe the results. Stress testing may have a more specific meaning in certain industries.  To see more…

Stress comes in all different forms, avenues, symbols, relationships, factors and definitions.  For as many solutions exist for releasing stress, I have found just as many definitions for stress.  The one common link I find in all the definitions for stress between each environment is strength vs. failure.  The concept of beating the normal, only the excel at the maximum unknown.

We, as humans, tend to look at stress in our daily life as a point of contention.  We tend to get all uptight when stressed.  What if we were to look at this stress differently, what if we were to realize we are just being pushed to see our maximum potential, not failure.  To see if we can succeed at a higher pace of living, a higher sustainable state of being.  Next time you are stressed, take a deep breath and realize, there is a deeper purpose then the frustration you have chosen to feel.  Turn your attitude around and look for the maximum unknown, instead of the normal.