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Ten Tips to Cope With Stress
The following Top Tips are to help you cope with stress in the
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ASE works with many companies undergoing change. Everyone has different
ways of coping with stress but these are ten tips that may help you.
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Tip 1
Take physical exercise, even if it's only walking. Your physical health
affects how you experience stress.
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Tip 2
Don't be tempted to work longer and longer hours. Try to work more
effectively. Tiredness increases stress.
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Tip 3
Break up your work into smaller chunks. Complete a job before you start
the next one. The satisfaction of seeing a
job done reduced stress.
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Tip 4
Make an effort to keep up outside interests. If the only thing left in
your life is your work, your worries will get out of proportion.
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Tip 5
Pay attention to your social life. Talking to people who care about you
is an important safety valve.
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Tip 6
Don't lose your confidence. People in work always under-rate their
knowledge and skills. Sometimes it's only when they lose their
job that
they discover exactly how much they know!
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Tip 7
Take regular breaks from work, especially if you
work at a screen or are in long meetings. You work BETTER if you take a
short break every 20-30 minutes and if you do take a break over lunch.
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Tip 8
Take time for your family if you have one. Close
emotional relationships - particularly with partners and children -
suffer greatly when someone is stressed.
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Tip 9
Stress isn't a guilty secret. See how your
company can help. Good companies want you to work at optimum
levels....and they have a duty of care to your physical and mental
health. Around 40% of large companies now have stress care programmes.
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Tip 10
Set yourself targets for these areas; e.g. at
least one walk a day; going to a club once a week. You'll feel a
greater sense of control over your life.
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Finally..
Stress can have alarming symptoms. Some of these
symptoms can also be caused by physical conditions. If in doubt,
consult your doctor.
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| This
article was supplied by www.ase-solutions.co.uk, a Human Capital
Consultancy. |
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