The DQ Life Blog
Less Stress,
More You.
Here's how that actually happens.
Our most damaging stress isn’t self created – it’s contagious, absorbed from the people around us. Building your differentiation, your DQ, is how we stay calm, clear and connected even under pressure. This is where both halves of that story live.
Less Stress
Understanding contagious stress
The science of how stress spreads between people, and the patterns it moves through – from the Social Nervous System to SCARFF, Grip and Give, and more.
Your stress isn't just yours. Here's the science.
You can do everything right and still burn out. Here’s what most stress advice completely misses.
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More You
Building your DQ - being distinct, together
DQ, your Differentiation Quotient, is built through four capacities. Each one strengthens your ability to stay yourself, while staying genuinely connected.
The core idea behind The DQ Life
You can do everything right and still burn out. Here’s what most stress advice completely misses.
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React
Calm the reaction, commit to the response
Feel
Confident in yours, comfortable with theirs
Think
Clear on self, curious about others
Connect
Candid in speaking, couragous in listening