Positive attitudes are contagious and helps performance with employees. Even when challenges are great a positive outlook keeps people on a winning road. The quickest way to not achieve at a high level is to be negative.
I have always advised my students that the best job is one that doesn't seem like a job. If you can get up each moring and love to go to work and and see it as work it is the perfect job. Stress levels are reduced but even when you have challenges they are met with a positive force rather than a fear factor. In John Medina's book "Brain Rules" he mentioned the 10 rules for a healthier work environment. The best motivators are the ones that touch you internally.
I find my workplace to be a low stress environment because the work is something I love and the people I work with are supportive and excellent at their jobs. When the occasional stressful situation arises we usually smooth out the situation with humor and a sense of connectedness. We all work in the same industry and have faced the same issues multiple times and find that laughing about the sticky points takes the sting out of them.
I chose to maintain a positive attitude and try and encourage ithers to do the same.
I try to exercise regularly. The physical activity provides an outlet for stress and seems to help clear my mind from worry since I have to focus on the physical activity.
The other thing that helps is to take action, where possible. Even if I can't control the situation completely, positive action helps to reduce stress.
Creating a healthy work environment keeps some rationale into your day. By organizing your schedule in a healthy way with support systems can help you deal with stress in a calm sensible way. If a person can practice good physical, mental and spiritual balance you will deal with stress in a healthier manner.
I have two hours between teaching class. I used to drive home thinking I can acomplish house chores, cleaning or cooking for example. I stressed more than I accomplished in that short time. I now bring a healthy lunch, sit by the window in the sun at school. I enjoy the quiet in between class and even get school work done there instaed of driving and trying to stuff all into a short time. I therefore also distributed the "house chores" more among my family. I love it.
This is what we often refer to is time/out. We all need these moments at some time. It is like getting a refresh for our thoughts and emotions. We can sometime see the issue much better after we take these steps. People who don't know how to do this are the ones we comment on as "they can't see the forest for the trees".
Bad stress causes us fear and good stress motivates us in a way to extend us beyond where we have gone before in achievement. Your direction to your faculty is a strong message to keep stress in perspective and deal with it from an intelligent calculated manner if possible.
I have just gone in my office, shut the door and took deep breaths and relaxed. complete quiet. Uninterupted for at least 10 minutes. I have also gone for walks.
A calm approach will often give you the tools to resolve most issues. People will reduce their fears when their leader shows confidence. Perserverance with strong leadership will open others with their solutions.
take a deep breath and relax. I tell my teachers to step back and evaluate the situation. Keep the emotion and fear out of it. that is what causes us to react irrationally or with panic. There is a solution and we will focus on the solution instead of focusing on what will happen if we don't get it resolved. positive thinking.
It is a well known fact that exercise at any age is a way to relieve stress. It not only helps you cope with stress but conditions your body to be healthier in general. Please go to "You Tube" and look up "Brain Rules" by John Medina. The book is available in all book stores. You will see the benefit of exercise in the book and the You Tube video.
I am a big advocate of exercise. That is my stress reliever of choice. I exercise daily for at least 30 minutes and it is a great stress reliever. I not only do it to maintain a healthy body but to also maintain a healthy mind. I find if I miss a day, I can really tell a difference in my mood and mental capapbilities at work.
Some of the ways I have personally handled workplace stress is to take a moment to reflect on the situation, and seeking out an action plan. I have definitely reversed the basic equation of worry. Taking control definitely works in decreasing my sense of feeling helpless and vulnerable. If it is a difficult work situation, I do not have a problem brining it to my supervisor’s attention. Communication and support from colleagues is key to reducing my workplace stress as well. I have also used a method similar to the four step process (stop, breathe, reflect, choose). In stressful situations, I have found reacting immediately only makes the situation worse. When I feel anxiety or pressure, I do often stop, walk away, breathe, and distract myself. I then reflect on the situation and find that actions to choose from come much easier when one takes time to respond. The final step is implementing the best action for the situation. I also have a general rule for work and life balance, I do not allow myself to take work home or allow my personal life to affect the quality of my work. The two must be separated and balanced as best as possible. Exercise and getting plenty of rest also help me clear my mind of both personal and work stress. Sometimes I can foresee I will be elected to work on a project on top of my work load. What I have done in the past is plan, prepare, and organize my days so I will not fall behind on my work and open up my mind to taking on the extra work. I enjoyed reading the “evaluate, plan, and remediate†method which is similar to my approach. I will definitely be utilizing some of the suggestions from this course. Lastly, when I have a ton of work to complete and feel discouraged I make an effort to reassure myself that I CAN complete the workload. The feeling of accomplishment builds confidence and reduces stress for me. I have helped others deal with stress by remaining neutral, pointing out positives within the situation, and listening to their concerns. Someones we just need to vent in order to reduce stress.
Taking time to reflect is a good practice. There are many techniques for getting this refelection time. Hasty decisions often come back to haunt us. Your style fits you well unless you live in Nebraska in January. If walking can't be done then occupying yourself with another task or conversation will give you time it takes to come back and be better at analyzing your decision or actions.
You are on the right track. Keep up your journey to great decisions.
When things get too hectic at work, I tend to walk outside and around the block a couple of times. In California, we can do that sort of thing year round (good thing)! I find that I can see the issues much better once I've walked away for a bit.
Team players are very important to performance. Each can contribute with their expertise to lessen the anxiety. If you have this type of team it will serve you well.
I think the best way to avoid stress levels from getting too high is to build the team together. By that I mean have everyone on the team know they aren't alone and that everyone gets stressed at times and everyone is there to help out everyone else.
I'm a chef and part of the training I did in my restaurants was to have the FOH and BOH cross trained. Not only does this make the restaurant stronger, but it makes everyone realize that everyone else works very hard in the restaurant. It creates a sense of empathy to everyone can empathize with everyone else's job, and if someone sees someone getting overly stressed they can help that person out.
There is good stress and bad. Exercise is good stress. In John Medina's book, "Brain Rules"he explains the value of exercise.
