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5 Top Tips To Deal With A Stressful Workplace
The following 5 tips may help to relieve some of that built up stress… 1. Smile It’s a simple fact that smiling makes you feel good. Not only that, a genuine smile can help brighten the day of those that receive its good wishes. Not many simple acts can help lift your mood as quickly as a smile and as well as being completely free, its benefits are shared with those around you. Don’t feel like smiling? It doesn’t matter as it’s the physical act of smiling which helps reduce stress and helps you to feel better. Just try it! 2. Breathing exercises At times when your stress levels become excessive instead of venting your steam at your unwitting colleagues, try slowly counting to 10. Whilst counting try to slow your breathing by taking deep breaths. Not too deep mind you as you don’t want to end up either passing out or hyper ventilating as although this may temporarily reduce your stress levels, chances are you’ll end up being given the kiss of life by Keith from your I.T. department… 3. Have a massage at work Sitting for up to 8 hours a day in front of a computer can take its toll on the human body. Although the benefits of massage have been well documented, it’s often difficult to find the time to fit in an hourly long massage treatment in the evenings or weekends. Luckily there are now companies that specialise in providing qualified massage therapist services in the workplace. Treatments durations can range from 5 – 30 minutes and can either be delivered at the desk or in a separate meeting room and are an ideal way for companies to increase employee morale and motivation. 4. Adopt a positive attitude The great philosopher Marcus Aurelius once said “Our life is what our thoughts make it”. Therefore if we think that we are stressed at work, we will inevitably feel stressed at work. Changing how we feel through adopting a positive internal dialogue can help ensure that all problems are viewed as challenges that can and will be overcome. 5. Listen to some relaxing music Music can have a deeply calming effect on us all and there are a whole host of relaxation CDs available to create a stress free environment. To prevent you’re co-workers from complaining about your choice of relaxation music you may need to use head phones plugged into your PC or ipod. If you’ve already tried all of the above techniques and you’re still feeling close to assaulting your co-workers with the contents of your in-tray it may be worth taking a 10 minute walk in the fresh air to help put things in perspective. Sometimes it’s worth remembering Richard Carlson’s wise words “Don’t sweat the small stuff… and that it’s all small stuff”. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com About the author: David Moore is the Managing Director of Five Minute Angels Ltd, a leading provider of tailor-made corporate massage solutions at offices and events across the U.K. Website: www.5minuteangels.com Get your free online quote today www.5minuteangels.com/forms/enquiryform.html |
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