Feeling stressed? Of course you are. You have too much on your plate, deadlines are looming, people are counting on you, and to top it all off, you still have food shopping to do. You are under a lot of pressure — so much that at times, you suspect the quality of your work suffers for it. This is life in the modern workplace. It is more or less impossible to be any kind of professional these days and not experience frequent bouts of intense stress. The difference between those who are successful and those who aren’t is not whether or not you suffer from stress, but how you deal with it when you do. In the spirit of Nine Things Successful People Do Differently, here are nine scientifically-proven strategies for defeating stress whenever it strikes. 1. Have self-compassion. 2. Remember the “Big Picture.” 3. Rely on routines. 4. Take five (or ten) minutes to do something you find interesting. 5. Add where and when to your to-do list. 6. Use if-thens for positive self-talk. 7. See your work in terms of progress, not perfection 8. Think about the progress that you’ve already made. 9. Know whether optimism or defensive pessimism works for you. So, do you spend your life pursuing accomplishments and accolades, reaching for the stars? Or are you busy fulfilling your duties and responsibilities — being the person everyone can count on? Start by identifying your focus, and then embrace either the sunny outlook or the hearty skepticism that will reduce your stress and keep you performing at your best. Put some or all of these strategies for fighting stress, and you will see real changes not only in the workplace, but in every area of your life. With the holidays around the corner, you might want to work on creating a few if-thens for dealing with the relatives, too. “If I’m about to lose my mind, then I’ll go to gym,” works wonders for me.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:44:31 +0000
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