Strike a balance.
Jobs are more than a source of income for most people-your job is your identity.
You spend almost half of your life at your workplace.
You spend at least eight hours working, and if you add the time you take to commute and the extra hours that you put in at work, you could be putting in more than 10-12 hours on an average into your work-life in a day.
Wrapped-up in your routine of existence, this is something you may have never thought about.
And if this large portion of your life is being spent unhappily due to stressful conditions at work, you are at the risk of letting that discontent spill into your personal life.
That doesn't make much sense, does it? They say small amounts of stress at work can actually motivate you to perform better and keeps you on your toes.
It adds that bit of excitement, warms up your blood and acts as a powerful force that moves you in the direction of achieving your targets.
A totally stress-free life is a life of languor.
The human mind needs to be stimulated to be productive.
You need to get the adrenaline flowing.
It is about finding that state of equilibrium where you are able to balance your emotions with reasoning.
However, an excessive amount of stress tends to affect your productivity and can take a toll on your physical or psychological well-being.
When you are highly stressed, little things can be very irritating, and you may tend to take out your annoyance on your immediate family and friends.
Stress also surfaces in the form of impulsive acts or an indecisive behavior or it could be a tendency to avoid colleagues and friends.
Your productivity at work will get affected and it is all a downhill journey from there onwards.
You fall sick when you are stressed.
An unhappy mind leads to an unhealthy body.
Stress has been known to cause significant health problems ranging from conditions that degrade your quality of life such as headaches, digestive disorders, fatigue, and loss of sex drive to the more serious life-threatening conditions such as heart problems and blood pressure.
Research proves that more than 70 percent of visits to health centers are the result of work related stress.
Stress not only affects how you live, but also how long you live.
You have to act before it is too late.
It is very easy to get caught up in the daily grind and miss the signs of how your work related stress is affecting you.
You may have noticed that you have been acting a bit odd, but would have never questioned yourself on why that was so.
Rather than waiting and allowing stress to fester and weaken your core, you've got to snap right out of it.
Your ability to recognize and cope with job-related stress will decide the outcome-whether you succeed or fail.
While it is impossible to control your work environment, it doesn't mean that you don't have the power to overcome stressful situations.
You really don't need to search for ways in which you can change the issues or people who are making your work life stressful; you need to focus on the one thing that is always within your control.
You.
It all begins with you.
Only you can recognize your body's signals and identify the causes of your distress.
And once you acknowledge the reason, you will find that it really is not that difficult to tackle any of the trying situations that you come across at your work place.
You have to begin with controlling yourself-controlling situations and people around you will only cause you frustration and lead to more stress.
Accept the fact that though you cannot change the situation you are in, you can always change the way you respond to it.
That's when you stop wasting emotional energy on issues that are not in your control.
Remember, the world is a happy place to be in if you chose to have a positive outlook.
Be mindful, be present.
It is impossible to totally eliminate stressful situations at work.
But you can start by getting a grip on your life and get moving before stress overtakes you.
It is crucial to be aware that stress can be overcome by being mindful and paying attention to your body, mind and the environment.
Taking good care of your body by exercising regularly, eating healthy and making positive lifestyle choices help you to stay calm amid storms.
Controlling your emotions and your mind may be a little harder, but certainly not impossible.
It helps to believe that any difficulties, challenges, criticism or job-related changes that you face are just what is happening at your work place and is in no way a negative response to you as a person.
Allow thoughts to pass through your mind calmly and acknowledge them as unavoidable situations that are not personally connected with you.
Finally, though you cannot control your environment-your careless bosses, unreasonable deadlines, competitive coworkers - you should try and develop your own method to be insulated from these external factors that are not in your control.
Though you cannot completely eliminate stress, learning to control how stress affects you will enable you to lead a productive and rewarding life.
Jobs are more than a source of income for most people-your job is your identity.
You spend almost half of your life at your workplace.
You spend at least eight hours working, and if you add the time you take to commute and the extra hours that you put in at work, you could be putting in more than 10-12 hours on an average into your work-life in a day.
Wrapped-up in your routine of existence, this is something you may have never thought about.
And if this large portion of your life is being spent unhappily due to stressful conditions at work, you are at the risk of letting that discontent spill into your personal life.
That doesn't make much sense, does it? They say small amounts of stress at work can actually motivate you to perform better and keeps you on your toes.
It adds that bit of excitement, warms up your blood and acts as a powerful force that moves you in the direction of achieving your targets.
A totally stress-free life is a life of languor.
The human mind needs to be stimulated to be productive.
You need to get the adrenaline flowing.
It is about finding that state of equilibrium where you are able to balance your emotions with reasoning.
However, an excessive amount of stress tends to affect your productivity and can take a toll on your physical or psychological well-being.
When you are highly stressed, little things can be very irritating, and you may tend to take out your annoyance on your immediate family and friends.
Stress also surfaces in the form of impulsive acts or an indecisive behavior or it could be a tendency to avoid colleagues and friends.
Your productivity at work will get affected and it is all a downhill journey from there onwards.
You fall sick when you are stressed.
An unhappy mind leads to an unhealthy body.
Stress has been known to cause significant health problems ranging from conditions that degrade your quality of life such as headaches, digestive disorders, fatigue, and loss of sex drive to the more serious life-threatening conditions such as heart problems and blood pressure.
Research proves that more than 70 percent of visits to health centers are the result of work related stress.
Stress not only affects how you live, but also how long you live.
You have to act before it is too late.
It is very easy to get caught up in the daily grind and miss the signs of how your work related stress is affecting you.
You may have noticed that you have been acting a bit odd, but would have never questioned yourself on why that was so.
Rather than waiting and allowing stress to fester and weaken your core, you've got to snap right out of it.
Your ability to recognize and cope with job-related stress will decide the outcome-whether you succeed or fail.
While it is impossible to control your work environment, it doesn't mean that you don't have the power to overcome stressful situations.
You really don't need to search for ways in which you can change the issues or people who are making your work life stressful; you need to focus on the one thing that is always within your control.
You.
It all begins with you.
Only you can recognize your body's signals and identify the causes of your distress.
And once you acknowledge the reason, you will find that it really is not that difficult to tackle any of the trying situations that you come across at your work place.
You have to begin with controlling yourself-controlling situations and people around you will only cause you frustration and lead to more stress.
Accept the fact that though you cannot change the situation you are in, you can always change the way you respond to it.
That's when you stop wasting emotional energy on issues that are not in your control.
Remember, the world is a happy place to be in if you chose to have a positive outlook.
Be mindful, be present.
It is impossible to totally eliminate stressful situations at work.
But you can start by getting a grip on your life and get moving before stress overtakes you.
It is crucial to be aware that stress can be overcome by being mindful and paying attention to your body, mind and the environment.
Taking good care of your body by exercising regularly, eating healthy and making positive lifestyle choices help you to stay calm amid storms.
Controlling your emotions and your mind may be a little harder, but certainly not impossible.
It helps to believe that any difficulties, challenges, criticism or job-related changes that you face are just what is happening at your work place and is in no way a negative response to you as a person.
Allow thoughts to pass through your mind calmly and acknowledge them as unavoidable situations that are not personally connected with you.
Finally, though you cannot control your environment-your careless bosses, unreasonable deadlines, competitive coworkers - you should try and develop your own method to be insulated from these external factors that are not in your control.
Though you cannot completely eliminate stress, learning to control how stress affects you will enable you to lead a productive and rewarding life.