“The reason why you’re always stressed is because
you want this moment to be something that it’s
not. You just stop and you accept this moment for
what it is. Just breathe right into that moment and it
takes the anxiety and the pressure away of wanting
this moment to be something it’s not. Just this
moment, one moment at a time. It is a process. It is
not just one thing. You don’t wake up one morning
and you suddenly have it all together.”—OPRAH WINFREY A media mogul, talk-show host, self-help guru, author, publisher,
motivational speaker, actress and philanthropist, Winfrey keeps a busy schedule
balancing her many endeavors and a constant stream of challenging situations. In
2017, the pop-culture icon told Entertainment Tonight her philosophy for handling life’s
endless sources of stress.“We weren’t calm.
We couldn’t be calm.
The stress was too
intense, but we had
that focus... to be
able to do the job in
spite of how stressful
it was.”
—CHESLEY SULLENBERGER
On the frigid afternoon of Jan. 15,
2009, US Airlines Flight 1549 took
off from New York City’s LaGuardia
Airport en route to Charlotte, N.C.
Moments later, the plane struck a
flock of Canada geese and began
plummeting toward the Hudson River.
Sullenberger and his crew managed
to make an emergency landing on
the water and facilitate a rescue of
everyone on board. A decade later,
“Sully” explained on Good Morning
America how the familiarity with
stress that comes with being a pilot
enabled the crew to pull off the
“Miracle on the Hudson.”