Simple Tips To Beat Stress In The Office

Does your average day in the office have you pulling out your hair by mid-afternoon? Here’s how to get the most out of every day and boost your happiness.

- Michelle O’Connor

Few things can slow down your productivity at work like stress. It affects everything from our physical well-being and emotional state of mind to our relationships with the people we work with and beyond. Worse of all, stress can even lead to burnout and a host of health problems in the long run. but relieving the burdens of stress, especially when we spend a large chunk of time at the office, is often easier said than done. With the help of experts, we explore the damaging effects of stress before, during and after you clock in for work.

The Wake-Up Test

What’s your immediate reaction to your goals set out for the morning? If you consistently have a sense of dread, restlessness and anxiety towards them the moment you wake up, motivational speaker David Lim says there’s a problem. “If you’re failing the test on a regular basis, you need to think about what you really want out of your work life. When work goals don’t match your realities that is when stress emerges and causes long-term systemic problems that can’t be reversed.”