STRESS AT WORK?

TIPS TO REDUCE AND MANAGE JOB AND WORLKPLACE STRESS


Tip 1 : Recognize warning signs of excessive stress at work

Signs and symptoms of excessive job and workplace stress:

• Feeling anxious, irritable or depressed
• Apathy, loss of interest in work
• Problems sleeping
• Fatigue
• Trouble concentrating
• Muscle tension or headaches
• Stomach problems
• Social withdrawal
• Loss of sex drive
• Using alcohol or drugs to cope

Tip 2 : Reduce job stress by taking care of yourself

Get moving

Make food choices that keep you going

Get enough sleep

Tip 3 : Reduce job stress by prioritizing and organizing

Time management

Task management

Tip 4 : reduce job stress by improving emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence in the workplace has four major components : 

• Self-awareness
• Self-management
• Social awareness
• Relationship management

The five key skills of emotional intelligence :

• Realize when you're stressed
• Stay connected to your internal emotional experience
• Recognize and effectively use the nonverbal cues
• Develop the capacity to meet challenges with humor
• Resolve conflict positively

Tip 5 : Reduce job stress by breaking bad habits

Eliminate self-defeating behaviors

• Resist perfectionism
• Clean up your act
• Flip your negative thinking
• Don't try to control the uncontrollable

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by Ahmad Huzaini