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Dealing with Job Stress

Dealing with Job Stress

Job stress is on the rise. In this new reality, what's needed are skills and knowledge that allow you to cope with job-related stress on a day-to-day basis. Try the following stress reduction techniques:

Gain control of what you can, let go of what you can't. Many stress inducers are the result of feeling helpless and uncertain. And sometimes there is little or nothing you can do about it. So let go. Instead focus on the things you can control, even if they seem small and insignificant.

Nobody's perfect, so stop blaming yourself for not being perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. The stress comes when your job, whether due to management or yourself, does not permit a mistake. Put your mistake into perspective. How big of a mistake is it? Can you do anything to correct it?

Broaden your horizons. Another method for gaining control and confidence is to see beyond your current job situation. Take classes. Attend seminars. Read business and trade journals. By being better informed, you'll broaden your job skills and lower your job stress.

If you feel threatened, change your perceptions. A common source of stress is the feeling you are being threatened in your job. Ask yourself: is it reality or the work of an overactive mind? It's your choice to perceive something in a certain way. Seeing your situation in a new light can greatly reduce your job stress.

Learn to relax. For centuries, people have relied on techniques like yoga, meditation and biofeedback to reduce the stress of daily living. It should come as no surprise that those very techniques can also do wonders to reduce job stress. For example, try taking deep breaths and slowly letting them out. Or visualize the object of your stress in the past tense.

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