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The stress of life

Book by Hans Selye

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Oct 12, 2026

Tom O'BryanGUEST
3:41
Uh, there was a famous researcher at McGill University in Montreal who wrote a book for the general public on his work.
Tom O'BryanGUEST
3:53
He was nominated for a Nobel Prize for this work, and he wrote a book for the general public called "The Stress of Life."
Nadia ElkhatibHOST
4:02
Mm.
Tom O'BryanGUEST
4:03
It was written in 1956, and it's still so relevant today, 70 years later.
Tom O'BryanGUEST
4:35
That's what the word stress was.
Tom O'BryanGUEST
4:37
How much can they take before they bend? That's stress.
Tom O'BryanGUEST
4:42
Well, Selye coined that term with humans, and the book is called "The Stress of Life." And in the introdu- no, in the dedication to the book, and this is the exact quote, "This book is dedicated to those who are not afraid to live a stressful life, nor so naive to think they can do so without intellectual effort."
Nadia ElkhatibHOST
5:14
Hmm.
Tom O'BryanGUEST
4:47
But that's not today's talk.
Tom O'BryanGUEST
4:48
But that got me started, so my entire career has been being open to more than what the textbooks were telling me.
Rob LutzHOST
4:58
Mm-hmm.
Rob LutzHOST
5:00
I love it.

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