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Stress is a natural response to events that the mind considers as threat in order to maintain focus during emergencies. However, stress beyond a limit affects your health and productivity and takes a toll on your personal and social life. Chronic stress can lead to memory problems, poor judgment and eating disorders.

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It is not just excess workload that can lead to stress. Experts say that noise, lack of privacy, poor ventilation and lighting etc. can also contribute to work stress. Further, unimaginative office designs, poor communication and frequent organizational changes also created stressed out employees. Stress can be handled by avoiding, altering, adapting and accepting the stressful situation. You can read on to know more about how well you can do that:

Avoiding

Unnecessary stress can be easily eliminated if you can recognize it. Prioritizing things can improve clarity and prevent unnecessary tension. Preparing a list of tasks to be performed every day will help manage time better. There are online tools and organizers to help you manage and track your daily tasks.

Interruptions are unavoidable in a workplace. You should therefore learn to identify the factor causing interruption and see whether you can prevent or ignore it.

Piling up of clutter inadvertently adds to your stress. It slows you down and if you can spend some extra time reorganizing things, then it would pay off in the long run. The same maxim applies to your email inbox. There is no substitute for a well organized inbox.

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Altering your space

The key idea behind alteration is to put yourself in the comfort zone. You may personalize your workspace by bringing items such as photographs, inspiring artwork, small toys or decorative accessories to your desk. You can change the layout of your office or at least your cubicle. You may change the color of the area to something intellectually stimulating such as yellow or green.

Adding plants to your workplace is also a good idea. There are many indoor plants that you can keep in pots inside the office. You can change fluorescent lighting for a more ambient form, which is soft on your eyes. You can also get a decent ergonomic chair and desk

Adapting to the Situation

If changing your environment to suit your needs doesn’t work, you can try the opposite. Try changing yourself to see whether you can adapt to the stressful situations. You should stop getting anxious about changing technology or organizational patterns.

Improving communication can help you adapt to people. If your colleagues do things that annoy you, it is better to talk to them. Good communication also reduces confusion and eliminates unwanted stress caused by it. If others are not communicating well, you could consider asking for clarifications so that things are clear.

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Acceptance

If nothing can be done about the situation, then it is better to accept it as it is. It is pointless to fight a situation if there is nothing you can do about it. Further, fighting against an inevitable situation will be inviting unwanted stress.

Regular exercise can keep your mind clear and give you more tolerance to stress. This will also give you the courage to accept situations as they are.

In addition to the four aspects mentioned above, you can counteract stress by taking proper diet and getting enough sleep. A well nourished body can adapt to stress better than an undernourished one. Further, sleep deprivation is directly linked to stress and therefore you should get enough sleep. Substance abuse should be avoided as much as possible. Caffeine, nicotine and alcohol may numb your nerves and give an illusion of relaxation. However, they do nothing to eliminate your stress.

Personality Development

Some people build a strong network of friends and have good relations with their family members. A supportive environment is an important ingredient in relieving stress. The more you feel that you can control the situation, the less likely you will be stressed. A sense of powerlessness can easily put you in stress. Become an optimistic person who embraces stress as a challenge to improve further. You should also develop a good sense of humor because it is a great stress buster.

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Unable to control emotions can leave a person vulnerable to stress. You should learn to bring your emotions to balance. Further, your knowledge and preparation in dealing with a situation will decide how stressed you will be in that situation.

Companies can also invest in stress reduction methods because it can improve employee retention, employee engagement, productivity and growth. Further, it can reduce workplace accidents and injuries and boost employee morale. Stylus serviced office spaces are ergonomically and aesthetically designed so that employees remain stress free. They are customizable to suit various requirements and hence many stress relieving alterations are possible.

Source : http://www.stylus.in/creating-stress-free-work-environments/

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