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Spurts of acute stress (known as “eustress“ in research, if you like learning new words) can increase your memory, concentration and more. Learning to embrace stress is beneficial, so start by watching this video. If you’re actually reading this, you REALLY care about good stress 👏 and there is further reading below.
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