Have you recently moved or started a new job? Do you feel you have too much to do and not enough time to do them? Do you worry about your financial situation? Do you worry about your future? Do you feel your efforts at work or at home go unappreciated?
If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, you are experiencing stress but you're not alone.
Two surveys indicate that worker anxiety is rapidly rising. According to one survey by The Gallup Organization dated October 2002, the vast majority of the employees attribute their stress to the job itself; and the data from a second survey that an employee assistance program provider CompSyche researched shows:
? 48% of employees report high levels of stress.
? 38% report constant but manageable, stress levels.
? 14% report low levels of stress.
Is it safe to say that if you are breathing, you are experiencing stress? YES, because stress is a powerful force in the form of positive and negative influences and is necessary for life. Without it, we often feel empty. We all need to feel excitement, experience enrichment even frustration and thrive under a certain level of stress.
Stress is mentally and emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition when occurring in response to adverse external influences and can create positive and negative feelings. Stress is the "wear & tear" our bodies experience and can attribute to debilitating consequences to our mental and physical health.
In summary, stress is how you react to pressures and is inevitable as long as pressures exist. Keep the pressure and get rid of the stress.
So how do you know you're stressed out? Here are some common signs for burn out. See how many of them you are experiencing.
? You are missing deadlines and unable to make decisions.
? You are not as productive even though you feel like you are working twice as hard.
? You are feeling blue or in a depressed mood for several days without specific reason. You are lacking self esteem, and feeling unable to live up to expectations. You are feeling unappreciated.
? You have weakened relationships at work. You are constantly opposing management decisions and isolating yourself away from your team.
? You have increased level of absenteeism because of poor health. You are experiencing pain in your neck, shoulders and lower back. You are suffering from constant headaches. You can't concentrate and you are tired even after a good night sleep.
To create a stressless lifestyle, you have first to learn to eliminate stress and second manage the stress that you have left.
Apply these tips and practice these techniques to eliminate stress:
? Condition your mind and body to eliminate stress and positively affect the way you perceive the world.
o Get Enough Sleep
o Eat a balanced & nutritious diet
o Exercise
? Avoid adverse external influences that trigger responses that then cause stress
o Don't procrastinate
o Be organized
o Delegate
o Learn to say NO!
o Resolve Disputes
o Like what you do
o Be efficient
o Prepare for next day
o Triage your to do list
o Count to three
o Create a kind commute
o Expectation for yourself
o Talk to someone
o Take a vacation
o Do nice things for someone (unexpected)
And as the final attempt to overcome stress, manage what's left of your stress by focusing on these methods:
o Identify stress factors in your life.
o Avoid alcohol, caffeine and artificial stimulants.
o Muscular relaxation
o Visualize
o Laugh
Vera Haitayan, Principal Consultant of The Leadership Laboratory, a California-based employee development and process improvement consulting firm and is the senior editor of The Stepping Stone Newsletter featuring leadership and process improvement best practices. http://www.1leadershiplab.com mailto: http://www.1leadershiplab.com
move in cleaning service Glencoe ..One of my favorite stories about change is the story... Read More
Several studies, including one of medical students around exam time,... Read More
Who hasn't experienced "worry" at one time or another? Almost... Read More
Recently the well known American news anchor Peter Jennings died... Read More
More than two-thirds of visits to doctors' surgeries are for... Read More
In order to free ourselves from the pain of anger... Read More
One of the best ways to combat stress and depression... Read More
Whether we are at work, traveling, or at home, we've... Read More
How much attention is paid to one of the biggest... Read More
Have you ever noticed what occurs when you are suddenly... Read More
Tough leaders are usually seen as ogres. Their exacting demands... Read More
Meditation seems to have arrived in the mainstream of late,... Read More
We all know what it's like coming home from a... Read More
When September rolls around, does it generally hit you like... Read More
Positive self-esteem is very important for our general health and... Read More
This is a tool to measure the amount of stress... Read More
Think back a few years to the nine coal miners... Read More
Do you feel tense and anxious at work? Do your... Read More
My work often deals with proactive, preventive means to Overcome... Read More
Don't wait to have a life-threatening disease to learn what... Read More
The Problem You don't need me to tell you how... Read More
Comedian George Carlin once remarked, "Have your ever noticed? Anyone... Read More
Have you been feeling so stressful and almost losing your... Read More
If you find symptoms of anxiety disorder in any of... Read More
Do you ever feel stressed? Is stress a regular component... Read More
disinfecting cleaning services Winnetka ..Did you ever feel like your "get-up-and-go" got up and... Read More
Life is so busy and as mothers we spend so... Read More
One of my favorite stories about change is the story... Read More
Whether we are at work, traveling, or at home, we've... Read More
With how busy we keep ourselves on a day to... Read More
We are currently living in a capitalist society where money... Read More
Ask a hundred different people how to deal with stress... Read More
This is the time for daydreaming about your annual vacation.... Read More
Use these simple tips to minimize stress in your day... Read More
In a hectic world, it's all too easy to reach... Read More
Today's workplace produces plenty of stress. Life's little hassles mount... Read More
Everyone worries. As bothersome as it is, worry isn't all... Read More
For those of you who have been living in a... Read More
CHICAGO - According to a recent article in the September... Read More
It was one of the first words you learned to... Read More
Do you ever feel stressed? Is stress a regular component... Read More
Have you been feeling so stressful and almost losing your... Read More
If you are an anxiety and panic sufferer, then you've... Read More
The World Health Organization calls stress "the health epidemic of... Read More
If you've recently experienced loss or are going through a... Read More
Stress management is a hot topic; stress-related illness and suffering... Read More
Shit happens. I know this to be a fact, because... Read More
Of all the forms of stress in today's world, computer... Read More
The number one most popular issue that users of a... Read More
If you have never tried combining your breathing exercises with... Read More
Stress Management |