There is no question in my mind that as a society, we are experiencing an extraordinary amount of stress brought about by an extraordinary amount of change. The challenge we have all been facing since the mid-eighties, has really come from the unfolding of the communications revolution.

Since that time we have experienced major re-organizations at work, while learning to adapt and use micro-computers, faxes, cellular phones, voice mail, e-mail and the Internet. The integration of these technologies in the workplace has progressively turned us into a society, which is "continually-in-learning" as well as a society, which expects "spontaneous results".

In order to learn to adapt to the changing world and to serve our customers efficiently, a large number of us are now working longer hours, and are taking work home with us. In fact with the laptop computers, and the cellular phones, we are perhaps taking our whole office, home with us every night.

This can be fun and exciting at the beginning, but when it becomes part of our daily routine, we then start to burnout and to question the meaningfulness of our work and our life. This is why managing stress and developing good daily habits, which do in fact begin with nutrition and exercising, is so important today.

However, while nutrition and fitness, are very important, it's not enough. We do also need to truly love our work and to find it meaningful. And the only way we can find meaningfulness in our work is to ensure that we are involved in an occupation which we love and through which we have the opportunity to regularly use our special gifts. It is also essential that we learn to once again to balance our work and our personal life, even if it means saying no from time to time.

Finally, we need to learn more than ever to "live in the present" and we can do this best by becoming regularly involved in activities we enjoy and which absorb our total attention.