A little bit of anxiety won't kill you.  You don't always have to be carefree.  Worrying may heighten your awareness of a situation and point out the small problems before they become huge ones.

- Tabatha Coffey, Own It!

Consider everything as a work in progress and don't panic if it doesn't work right yet.  Remember Mosher's Law: "If everything worked right, you'd be out of a job."

-Pablo Guevara

I like to do this exercise with people starting a new business venture--it's a great way to troubleshoot any future problems.  Basically, you're going to brainstorm potential mistakes you and/or your staff might make in the future.  Be brutally honest:  Where could you possibly screw up?  What could go wrong if all hell broke loose?  Then talk through how you would handle it.  You are proactively avoiding these mistakes by anticipating them ahead of time.  No one likes to imagine the "what-ifs," but it gives you greater piece of mind knowing you have a plan to handle them.

-Tabatha Coffey, Own It!

People who handle stress well tend to employ what stress experts call an "optimistic explanatory style." They don't beat themselves up when things don't work out in their favor.  So instead of using statements that catastrophize an incident, like "I'm a complete failure," they might say to themselves, "I need to work on my backhand."

-Shape.com, 20 Simple Stress Relief Techniques

Flight attendants in the United States have asked for special federal legislation, called ‘air rage laws,’ to protect them against unruly passengers.  It could be that airlines (both management and cabin crew) need to look at how to make the whole flying experience more friendly, rather than blame their customers of which it is estimated only one in three million engage in air rage.

- Janelle Barlow and Dianna Maul, Emotional Value

Surely you have heard Oprah talk and write about "being your best self," "living your best life," and "living in the moment."  Once I had my kids, I found that these messages meant so much more because I found myself constantly being swallowed by the chaos of balancing work and family, and I was not appreciating each moment as it was occurring.  Like many working parents, I continue to struggle with my balance and worrying about where I am falling short rather than focusing on what I am excelling at and what I did to the "best" of my ability that day.  Now how do these messages of being our "best self" in our "best life" while being fully present in the moment apply to how you do business and work each day?  I firmly believe that how you show up at work directly reflects who you are and how you live, so Oprah's lessons are extremely important for your professional life and in your business.