Some amount of stress is good. It motivates us and makes us stronger. Too much stress is bad. It can cause severe health problems and, in extreme cases, even death.
There are certain things you can do to reduce your stress:
1. Take care of yourself. Start paying attention to your physical and emotional health. Get enough sleep, start going to the health club, choose food that keeps you going and makes you feel good.
2. Stay away from conflicts. Try to avoid people that are hard to get along with and those who don’t work well with others. Don’t gossip, don’t share your opinions about co-workers and don’t tell too much personal things about yourself.
3. Prioritize and organize. You can reduce job stress by prioritizing and organizing your responsibilities. Leave on-time in the morning, maybe even earlier. You don’t want to stress yourself by running late. Plan your day in advance: analyze your schedule, responsibilities, and daily tasks, avoid scheduling too much tasks in one day, plan regular breaks. Prioritize tasks and start from the more important ones.
4. Delegate responsibility. You can probably delegate certain work to your co-workers. If other people can take care of it, why not let them?
5. Say ”Bye” to bad habits. Do you stress yourself by running late every day or cannot find an important document on your desk because it is a mess? Or maybe you set unrealistic goals for yourself? Do something about it! Set your watches fast and give yourself extra time and organize your work place. Do your best and you’ll see the results.
6. Forget multitasking. If you have too much stress, don’t multitask. Do one thing at a time. Otherwise you can get even more overwhelmed by doing a few things at a time.
7. Improve emotional intelligence. The more control you have over your emotions, the more stress you can avoid in the workplace. We need to learn and develop the ability to control the emotions and behaviors (self-management), the ability to connect to others and manage conflicts (relationship management) and the ability to understand and react to other’s emotions (social awareness).
8. Relax and breathe deeply. Studies prove that simply learning how to breathe correctly can increase energy, improve blood circulation and reduced swelling. Deep breathing is one of the best ways to lower stress in the body. This is because when you breathe deeply it sends a message to your brain to calm down and relax.
9. Take a long vacation - it’s a great way to relax and recharge. Forget about the problems and enjoy yourself.
Remember, there are some things that just aren’t worth worrying about and there are some things you just can’t change. Don’t waste your time on them.
Good article Katia. I would add that you can also ask your company for an outside neutral mediator. If they value your work and the work of your boss, the company might be willing to pay for a mediator. A mediator who specializes in workplace situation can provide coaching for both you and your boss to improve the communication between you. As a mediator I have worked with dozens of employees who claimed their boss was a bully. During mediation, they both gained an appreciation of the other's style. The "bully" boss was surprised to be perceived that way and despite the employee's initial skepticism, was actually willing to change.
Larisa Miller
The article is a very usefull. But from my past experience, it is really difficult to pass the stress if the company - you and your boss, and his style is out of the mind. My mistake was to hope the more you know and do - the boss would appreciate you more and change the behavious. It was never happened. When you see this situation, you have to look another job as soon as you can.
Thanks Katia - Great points! I would like to add another one that I struggle with All of the time! Leave the job (as much as possible) when you leave the office. It is very difficult, especially in Sales & Marketing, and in this economy. While we all expect and have a necessity to work at home a lot of the time, it is important to let it go at least once in a while. We make ourselves crazy (and our families!) - at least I do! Every once in a while, we need to step back and enjoy ourselves and remind ourselves of why we work!
txs
Oh gr8 points for reducing stress and its very useful in the present working environment. Thank you so much Katia for sharing this. bye n take care.
cheerssss !!!
People worry about all sorts of things at work - making sales goals, increasing competition, hiring new employees, outsourcing jobs to other countries, 
