15 Tips to Remove Stress at Work

 

1. Plan your day realistically.
2. Have clear, agreed priorities and goals
3. Do not be a slave to your plan, there is always another day.
4. Try and alternate your stress-points with opportunities for reflection, and relaxation, or just different work
5. Postpone the decision until your feelings subside when you feel highly positive or highly negative
6. Take breaks, even if brief ones
7. Do difficult work when you are feeling your best
8. Enjoy something in your work
9. Be friendly when you do not want something
10. Be natural
11. Do not over-react
12. Remove the cause of stress if you can
13. Return stress to its rightful owner(s)
14. Cultivate "stability zones"
15. Remove yourself if the stress is recurrent, or too much to cope with

 

 SHARED FROM:

Bob Ferdinand, 1988, "STRESS MANAGEMENT", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 20 Iss: 4 pp. 14 - 17