Stressed out on the job?

Job stress, caused often by overwork and increasingly by job insecurity, is a major factor in poor employee health. Stress increases absenteeism as well as direct illness and disease in the body. I got this tip today from the Mercola website: 17 Ways to create the perfect work day. Here are the top 5 for me:

1. Do Less. Read a book like Brian Tracy's Eat That Frog and learn how to highlight the top few things that will have greatest impact on your productivity. Learn to recognize the fillers and unimportant tasks that we tend to clutter our day with. Remember that Less is More when its done right!
2. Create a clutter free environment - you will feel better and your colleagues will think you are more productive
3. Focus on the present, really focus on what you are doing now, especially after prioritizing your work as per #1
4. Roll with the punches. Sometimes you are a windshield and sometimes you are a bug. Stand back and get a new perspective. Hitting a windshield (if you're having a "bug" day) can put you on a trajectory to greater things if you use the opportunity right. Read or listen to some of Willie Jolley's inspirational motivations on having the right attitude (I love his bug and winshield story!)
5. Work when its quiet. Try to maximise your productivity at a time when you will have least interruptions.

I also highly recommend the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to keep calm and cope with work stress. If you want more information about the Health Highway Stress Buster program, contact me.