Whether it’s our personal lives or professional stress has become a part and parcel of it. However, the topic at hand is about stress management at the workplace. Professional life differs greatly from a personal one. You can handle or mishandle things in personal lives but you aren’t answerable to anyone but messing up things at the professional side is just another story. The place where you work, you owe to deliver. Regardless of the monetary factors, it’s your ethical obligation. But stress can interfere in your productivity.

Which factors cause stress at the workplace and how to handle it?

A little bit of stress is never bad. It keeps you active and charged. But, too much of it can become destabilizing. It starts taking a toll on your physical and emotional well-being. It’s better to control it before it goes out of hand.

1. Do only what you love most

No workload, tight deadlines, multitasking or any pressure will seem challenging if you choose what you loved. It will keep you motivated enough and enthusiastic to take up more challenging tasks. Following one’s passion is always a key to productivity. Never opt for something that doesn’t resonate with your soul. You will feel drained soon even that without reason sometimes.

2. Workplace politics

Let’s admit it, it exists everywhere. You can’t escape it and pursuit to find a flawless workplace with angelic colleagues can only materialize in Heaven as angels exist there only. Therefore accept reality. However, if it starts causing you mental torture, talk to your supervisors or seniors to sort it out. Remember that changing your coworkers should not be your priority. You might get somebody more terrible than existing ones. So try to modify their behaviors, that is the only viable solution for stress management.

3. Avoid multitasking

Don’t try to act over smart. If you piled up a plethora of things and start doing them at the same time. You might not be able to complete any of them on time. It will cause you to regret and even make you question your abilities. That will ultimately make you freak out and thus affecting your employee productivity. Take one task at the time and complete it at an optimum level. Quality should always precede quantity.

4. Be organized

Staying organized saves you from many troubles later on. If you keep procrastinating and postponing important tasks. In the end, there is a long list waiting for you for execution. Even this idea will stress you that you have to handle so many things near the deadlines. Stick to your time-frame and execute tasks when they are due, to stay trouble-free by the end of the day.

5. Lack of control

It’s another predominant factor that you start losing productivity. When you lack autonomy in your work and there are always unnecessary dictations from all the sides. Your motivation begins to drop in a fear of constant criticism or somebody meddling into your affairs. Accountability is good as long as it’s to the person concerned not the entire workforce.

6. Perfectionism is the faulty perception

When you start thinking too highly of yourself, your inflated ego put you in trouble. You start seeking perfection in any form of work that you undertook. But remember nobody is capable of performing at one consistent level for every piece of work, all the time. Be realistic. Setup expectations that you are able to meet, otherwise you will get frustrated with your own work before anyone else would.

7. Personal life can add to stress at work

At times its so subtle that you don’t even recognize it yourself. But many times our personal challenges start occupying us to the level of distraction. If such a situation arises. make sure you talk to your seniors and explain its just a phase while trying to tackle the situation in your best of abilities. Your job shouldn’t suffer due to personal situations because the workplace serves as an outlet from domestic troubles as well.

8. Improve your lifestyle

An unhealthy junk diet, oversleeping or lack of it and absence of physical exercise can all contribute towards your affected performance. Like the mind, the body can get stressed as well. Learn to keep it healthy. Do workout regularly, eat nutritious food and sleep well. You will feel a lot more energetic at work.

Family members, friends, and colleagues can be another form of support in moments of stress. Don’t bottle up your emotions and share with reliable people to seek advice and comfort.

Conclusion

Everyone in life gets multiple phases when they feel low or stressful. But the real guts lie in an ability to face such situations calmly and rationally. A level headed person will always emerge successfully from all such crisis, only losers lose hope.

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