On world mental health day I have decided to share some tips on identifying and managing stress.
Firstly please tell yourself you are great and believe it.
Stress occurs when the demands of our life outweighs our ability to cope. It kicks in because it’s a survival strategy to try to keep us safe, the problem is we are living our lives at 100 miles an hour we don’t realise it, until its too late.
Stress can have short term benefits but devastating long term effects.
Many of the most stressful situations come as a result of unplanned changes in our business and personal lives. Changes that we could have seen coming down the track but we did not have the self- awareness to identify it.
It’s important to understand that different events and situations cause different levels of stress for each individual. What stresses you may have no effect on me what so ever.
In business stress can be caused by
-to many interruptions
-to many fixed deadlines
-little guidance or coaching
-to many stressful situations in work
-clashes with boss
To reduce stress try the following.
-Write down your thoughts and priorities and be honest.
-take time out to step back,
-focus on what’s important to you and be grateful for what you have.
-set short term goals for yourself and keep track.
-get some exercise
-build your emotional strength
-identify your core values
-clarify your roles and responsibilities
-build your relationship with your boss
-work on having a positive attitude and laugh a lot.
-ask for help.
Slowing down in life by living in the present moment can help you build a work/ life balance and reduce your worry and stress.
Meet some people you admire and say hello.
Believe you can do it and you will.
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