Boot Camp
I discovered this useful technique for dealing with those pesky irritations we encounter day by day. You know what I'm talking about, dealing with negative individuals, or being exposed to annoying and counterproductive behavior that can break your own positive momentum.
The way to get over it is to put things in proper perspective, stop whining, and start fighting for our lives. Think about it, during times of great stress such as major wars, illness, or alien invasions, we would focus all our concentration and abilities on the conflict, and everything else would be petty or even silly annoyances. If you were literally fighting for your life, you wouldn't even sweat the small stuff.
That's why I believe those in the military have a mental and physical edge over your typical 9 to 5 office worker. They have been exposed to the rigid US Army basic training and survival program. They have been put through life and death situations and decisions. They're used to getting up at 5 in the morning, doing pushups, breakfast, the 5-mile jog under rain and mud, more physical training. And all this takes place before noon. Makes pesky problems such as that gossipy co-worker or neanderthal neighbor seem kind of lame by comparison.
I particularly like the core seven US Army values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. You just gotta admire those guys. I need to start my own personal boot camp in the coming year. Give myself a kick in the ass.