Kaızen and intuıtıon in stress management

Kaizen is a Japanese word for ‘continuous improvement’. “One small step can change your life” is the gentle but potent way to effect change. “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. If the steps are small, the stress mechanism is quiet and the brain develops new habits from the repetition of small steps. The term “kaizen”, also provides benefits in decision making. If someone has difficulty finding the purpose, the best Kaizen technique is asking a question each day, opening up the heart to hear the answer. Stress is an inevitable fact that’s why there is stress management. Kaizen (small steps) and innovation (large steps) are both worthwhile strategies. Using big steps is fine but if the stress is too great or the motivation too little, Kaizen technique is necessary. The term of “intuition” means an ability to understand or know something immediately based on the feelings rather than facts. Intuition means direct knowledge. Intuition has a metaphysical aspects. Intuitive decisions may be necessary against stress. Intuition is positively correlated with willpower and whereas it is also negatively correlated with stress. Intuition isn’t always good. Sometimes intuition is insufficient to think about the situation. Therefore kaizen and intuition are complement techniques. © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.