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STRESS MANAGEMENTSTRESS MANAGEMENT
STRESS MANAGEMENT
1. DETECTING THE SYMPTOMS OF STRESS.
2. INEFFECTIVE WAYS OF COPING.
3. EFFECTIVE WAYS OF COPING.
4. STAYING HEALTHY.
5. STRESS AND LIFESTYLES.
DETECTING THE SYMPTOMS OF STRESS
TYPICAL SYMPTOMS
1. NERVOUS TWITCHING.
2. DRY MOUTH AND THROAT.
3. HEADACHES.
4. INDIGESTION.
5. SWEATING.
6. TIREDNESS.
7. BREATHING IRREGULARITIES.
8. TENSE MUSCLES.
9. FIDGETING.
10. DIARRHOEA / CONSTIPATION.
• KAROSHI- is death from overwork• Karoshi represents a sort of extreme that can shade
off into burnout,malingering ( to pretend to be ill or injured in order to avoid duty or work ) and to use a recent buzzword ‘Presentism’, which happens when people are stressed but too afraid to call in sick: while they show up, they are still to buzzed to be productive.
• BURNOUT- cognitive impairment and excessive fatigue or lassitude (tired,weary)emerges only in the long term. Affects people who are over sensitive or over committed to work.
• PHENOMENON called ‘success induced malaise’ show, achievers can also lose their fire.One fine day he wakes up and is unable to go to work.May take a few days off but is unable to bounce back.
• CORRECTIVE MEASURES -• Resetting of goals• Compulsory breaks• Shorter hours and sabbaticals• Morale boosting meditation• Workouts at workplace• Undisturbed sleep
THERE ARE OTHER REASONS FOR CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN BESIDES GETTING TO THE TOP
BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS1. FEELING RESTLESS.
2. FEELING EASILY IRRITATED.
3. FEELING QUICK TEMPERED.
4. FEELING MISUNDERSTOOD.
5. FEELING A FAILURE.
6. FEELING UNABLE TO COPE.
7. FEELING UPSET, WORRIED, TEARFUL.
8. FEELING DEMOTIVATED.
9. DIFFICULTY IN CONCENTRATING.
10. DIFFICULTY IN MAKING DECISIONS.
11. DIFFICULTY IN THINKING CLEARLY.
12. LOSS OF MEMORY.
13. LOSS OF CREATIVITY.
14. LOSS OF INTEREST IN SELF AND OTHERS.
THE STRESS VULNERABILITY TESTStatement True - False
1. I have many friends/ acquaintances. 1 2 3
2. I eat regular meals.
3. Most days I get a good night’s sleep.
4. I drink one alcoholic drink per day.
5. I do not smoke.
6. I exercise regularly.
7. I rarely drink coffee.
8. I am an affectionate person.
9. I make enough money to be comfortable.
10. I am in good health.
11. I get strength from my spiritual beliefs.
12. I set aside some time for fun each week.
13. I am open about my feelings.
14. I belong to at least one club or social group.
15. I am neither overweight nor underweight.
WORK PLACE SYMPTOMS
1. REDUCED PERFORMANCE.
2. COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN.
3. LOWER JOB SATISFACTION.
4. POOR DECISION MAKING.
5. FOCUS ON UNPRODUCTIVE TASKS.
INEFFECTIVE WAYS OF COPING
1. SMOKING.
2. ALCOHOL.
3. DRUGS.
4. DIET AND EATING.
5. OVER WORK.
EFFECTIVE WAYS OF COPING
1. TALK IT OUT.2. ESCAPE FOR A WHILE.3. WORK OFF YOUR ANGER.4. GIVE IN OCCASIONALLY.5. DO SOMETHING FOR OTHERS.6. TAKE ONE THING AT A TIME.7. SHUN THE SUPERMAN URGE.8. GO EASY WITH CRITICISM.9. MAKE YOURSELF ‘AVAILABLE’.10. PLAN YOUR RECREATION.
STAYING HEALTHY
1. EXERCISE.
2. SLEEP.
3. RELAXATION.
4. MASSAGE.
5. YOGA.
6. MEDITATION.
7. PLAY.
STRESS AND LIFESTYLE
1. LIFE EVENTS.2. DAILY EVENTS.3. BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES.4. SOCIAL SUPPORT.5. MEANING IN LIFE.6. ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS.7. STRESS AS NECESSARY MOTIVATION.8. STRESS AS GLAMOUR.9. MEN, WOMEN AND STRESS.10. EGOISM.11. COMPETITIVENESS.12. AMBITION.13. SELF - WORTH.14. ANXIOUS PERSON.15. NON ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOUR.
STRESS BUSTERS
A college freshman at Valparaiso University to Dr.
O. P.Kretzman – “ What advice would you give new
freshman as we face all the choices and uncertainties
ahead of us ?” Reply was “Take one bite out of the
apple at a time.” No more, no less.
Stress busters to maintain a healthy life:
1.Change your priorities
2. Take stretch breaks
3. Step back and observe
4. Review your purpose
5. Get a massage6. Leave five minutes earlier7. See a comedy8. Use affirmations9. Let go and let God!10. Organize your space11. Share your feelings12. Smell some flowers13. Ask for acknowledgement14. Listen to your intuition15. Help someone else16. Rub your feet and hands17. Visualize positive out comes
18. Take care of your
health
19. Don’t judge; bless
20. Work in the garden
21. Create a budget
22. Be empathetic, not
overly sensitive
23. Be still & meditate
24. Use time saving
technology
25. Carpool and enjoy the
ride
26. Set aside time for
planning
27. Count your blessings28. Don’t forget, write it down29. Simplify, simplify …30. Talk it out with co-workers31. Eliminate destructive self-talk32. Schedule play time33. Change your environment34. Go with your natural rhythms
35. Find an easy place to give your gifts
36. Fully express your-self
37. View problems as opportunities
38. Let go of “what ifs”
39. Be clear what is expected of you
40. Ask the experts
41. Do your best and then stop
42. Trust divine timing and order
43. Develop patience
44. Breathe deeply
45. Take a walk
46. Complete things
47. Take a nap
48. Sing a tune
49. Take a warm bath
50. Talk out your worries
51. Delegate
52. Talk with your mom and dad53. Say no at times54. Shift deadlines55. Follow your passion56. Tell a joke 57. Play out your fears58. Drink lots of water59. Create a support sys60. Divide up big projects61.Seek advice
62.Be gentle with yourself63. Don’t “enable” others64. Pray for openings65. Tell the truth66. Get more restful sleep67. Forgive and move on68. Prepare food ahead69. Fix or get a new one70. Be prepared to wait71. Don’t always be right72. Focus on the movement
73. Take a lunch break
74. Read a book
75. Shift your attitude
76. Laugh each day
77. Develop self- esteem
78. Take vitamin
supplement
79. Stop the “should”
80. Avoid excess
81. Plan a special outing
82. See through illusions
83. Relax your muscles
84. Slow down & notice
85. Nurture good friends
86. Be in nature
87. Listen to music
88. Limit caffeine &
sugar
89. Go on fast or cleanse
90. Be spontaneous
91. Love your partner
92. Get some fresh air
93. Be pampered94. Volunteer95. Join help networks96. Maintain good posture97. Respect your limits98. Exercise routinely99. Go dancing100. Sigh occasionally101. Do yoga 102. Have a good cry103. Limit work time
104. Make time for hobbies105. Comprise/cooperate106. Don’t procrastinate107. Unplug your phone/TV108. Relax your standards109. Journal your thoughts110. Take a vacation111. Organize your desk
112. Develop flexibility
113. Allow for
imperfections
114. Don’t over schedule
115. Expose your secrets
116. Build a strong body
117. Nurture your faith
118. Open a savings
account
119. Take in the sun
120. Love and be loved
121. Get the facts
122. Work as a team
123. Smile – open your
heart
124. Validate yourself
125. Day dream
126. Know God loves
you !
TIME MANAGEMENT
• There is no mystery about managing time.• Everyone has 24 hrs each day and 168 hrs each
week to eat, sleep, work, relax, exercise, attend class, and study.
• There is nothing magical about getting the most from these hrs; it just takes planning.
• But TM does require self- discipline and control until the behavioral changes are internalized and TM becomes an everyday habit.
• Plans and schedules for managing time are useless if one does not follow them.
TIME
• Take time to THINK
It is the source of power.• Take time to READ
It is the foundation of wisdom.• Take time to PLAY
It is the secret of staying young.• Take time to be QUIET
It is the opportunity to seek God.• Take time to LOVE and be LOVED
It is the god’s greatest gift.
• Take time to LAUGH
It is the music of soul.• Take time to WORK
It is the price of success.• Take time to PRAY
It is the greatest power on earth.
“ THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING ”
“STUDY WHILE OTHERS ARE SLEEPING,
WORK WHILE OTHERS ARE LOAFING,
PREPARE WHILE OTHERS ARE PLAYING,
AND SOW SEEDS,
WHILE OTHERS ARE WASTING TIME”.
William A. Ward.
TIME MANAGEMENT• Effective time management necessitates a sense of balance. - Either extreme along the time management skills continuum can be problematic. - On one hand, perfect time management skills do not make one a perfect student or employee. - On the other hand, poor time management skills do not make one a stooge.• Then why bother with time management?• The main reason for managing time is to provide structure
to one’s life and, in turn, piece of mind.• Time management skills are your abilities to recognize and
solve personal time management problems.The goal of time management workshop is to show you what you can do to improve your skills.
• With good TM skills you are in control of your time and your life, of your stress and energy levels.
• You make progress at work. You are able to maintain balance between your work, personal, and family lives.
• You have enough flexibility to respond to surprises or new opportunities.
• All TM skills are learnable.
• If you already know how you should be managing your time, but you still do not do it, don’t give up. What you may be overlooking is the psychological side of your TM skills, psychological obstacles hidden behind your personality.
Value of time cannot be measured in terms of money only
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed in his/her class. To realize the value of ONE MONTH ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly magazine. To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the mother who is waiting for her child. To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who has missed a plane. To realize the value of ONE SECOND ask the person who has just avoided an accident. To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask a person who has lost a goal medal in the Olympics.
Importance of time
A day comprises two 12-hours periods, a total of 24hours. An hour consists of 60seconds. Seconds are sub-divided on a decimal system into hundredth of a second or millionth of a second. There are 86,400 seconds in a day. A second is officially defined as 9,192,631.770 oscillations of a cesium,133 atoms in an atomic clock. Scientists have divided a second into the following parts:
1) Decisecond(one tenth of a second) the blink of an eye.
2) Centisecond(one hundredth of a second) the time it takes for a stroke of lighting to strike.
3) Nanosecond(one billionth of a second) a home computer takes 2 to 4 nanosecond to execute one software transaction.
4) Picosecond(one trillion of a second) the shortest period of time that can be measured accurately.
Time is always running out…….
• Time cannot be manufactured.• Time cannot be purchased.• Time cannot be retrieved.• Time wasted is lost forever.• Time cannot be created whereas time can create
everything.
Just 10 years We have limited time at our disposal. N average person gets only 10
years of active life to make or unmake his/her career. Here we see how an ordinary man/woman spends his/her whole life(we have taken the average of 75yeras):
Time spent to attain educational qualifications and start career: 25years.
Time spent in sleeping in the remaining 50years(one third of our life):17years.
Time wasted in routine activities like taking bath,getting ready for work, traveling from home to office and back to home and for others social obligations:12years.
Time of active life spent on Sundays and holidays:8years.
Time of active life wasted by illness:3years.
Total time spent: 65years.
That leaves us with only about 10years of creative time in our entire life, I.e. 87,600 hours. So there are only 10active years in which one can either make or unmake ones career. So every hour of the day and every minute of it counts.one success in life depends upon the time one saved and spent wisely.
EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
1. Reduce frustration. Many of the frustrating situations can be avoided with effective planning and organizing techniques.
2. Get a sense of achievement and piece of mind. Much of dissatisfaction and anxiety comes from that you are not sure where going, or you feel like you are not going nowhere.
3. Overcome the guilt. We are often burdened by subconscious guilt for those undone things we should be doing or should have done.
4. Increase your energy level. The undone things circulating in your mind cost you much more time and energy than the things you have done or are doing.
5. Get more of quality time. There are many things that don’t get you much forward, but you still have to do them to survive.
PERSONAL TIME SURVEY
1. Number of hours of sleep each night -------X 7 = -------2. Number of grooming hours per day --------X 7 = -------3. Number of hours for meals / snacks per day ----- X 7 = ------4. Total travel time weekdays --------- X 6 = ---------5. Total travel time weekends --------6. Number of hours per week for regularly scheduled functions
( clubs, temple, get-together etc.) ----------7. Number of hours per day for chores, errands, etc.--- X 7 = --8. Number of hours of work ------------9. Number of hours in class / office per week --------10. Number of average hours per week socializing, etc. ---------11. Add up the totals: --------------12. Subtract the above number from 168 - ------ = -------- The remaining hours are the hours you have allowed yourself
to study / activity
STUDY HOUR FORMULA
• To determine how many hours you need to study each week to get “Distinction”, use the following rule of thumb.
• Easy class hours -----x 2 = -------
• Average class hours ------ x 3 = ------
• Difficult class hours ------x 4 = ------
• Total ------------
• Compare this number to your time left from the survey. Now is the time the students might find themselves a bit stressed. Just a note to ease your anxieties. It is not only the quantity of study time but also its quality. This is a general guideline. Try it for a week, and make adjustments as needed.
PERSONAL GOAL SETTING• From the TM perspective, your life is a sequence of big
and small choices and decisions. It is those choices that you really manage, not the flow of time.
• Most of the time, you go through many small choices, mostly subconsciously.
• Personal goal setting is the wisdom that comes out of a lot of practical experience and psychology research to help your direct your conscious and subconscious decisions towards success.
• Personal goal setting helps not only your productivity and motivation, but also your self-realization, self-image, self-esteem and confidence.
How personal goal setting gets into your mind
HOW PERSONAL GOAL SETTINGS GETS INTO YOU MIND
• CONSCIOUS MIND
• Responsible for your current awareness and
• Decision making
• 12% of your mind
• You have quite good & direct control over it.
• SUBCONSCIOUS MIND• Your personality• Feelings & thoughts come• Your memory, with all
your personal values, beliefs and habits ,is there.
• 88% is your subconscious mind.
• It takes more effort & sophistication to direct & reprogram it.
• The first step towards successful goal setting is to realize that you are in control of your life.
• Typically we are quite sure about having full control over our choices. Yet, we hardly notice how opinions and beliefs of different people around us penetrate deep down into our subconsciousness.
• There are many subtle ways how we can be manipulated to serve somebody else’s misbeliefs or selfish interests.
• When you set your goals and objectives you should feel totally sure that this is indeed your goals, and you really want to reach these goals.
• You are achieving much more if, instead of trying to control uncontrollable and predict unpredictable, you concentrate on factors that depend on you.
• It is strongly recommended that in your goals & objectives, you focus on conditions and odds for a desired outcome, rather than on the the outcome itself.So, just remember that performance goals work much better than outcome goals.
GOAL SETTING GUIDELINESSet SMART goals.• SPECIFIC – You actually program your subconscious
mind to work for you.Then your feelings and thoughts will lead to your goal instead of pointing at the obstacles.
• MEASURABLE – You need a way to measure the progress and some specific criteria that will tell you when you can stop and the goal is achieved.
• ATTAINABLE - They are chosen as ambitious as possible, but still reachable.Goals that work best have a challenge in them.
• REWARDING - A goal is rewarding when you have clear reasons why you want to reach that goal. Have your specific reasons and expected reward in writing /pictures.
• TIMELY – Your goal should have a specific time limit. Setting the deadline will protect you from paying higher price than the goal is worth. This is also your protection from procrastination and perfectionism.
TM TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
Decision making skills and techniques: Decision making can be hard. Almost any decision
involves some conflicts or dissatisfaction.Decision making skills are also a key competent of TM skills. Yet, making your own decisions and accepting the consequences is the only way to stay in control of your time, your success, and your life. Main decisions making techniques can be summarized as:
1. Identify the purpose of your decision – what and why!2. Gather information – what factors does the problem
involve !3. Identify the principles to judge the alternatives – what
standards and criteria should the solution meet?4. Brainstorm and list different possible choices – generate
ideas for possible solutions.( write them on paper!)
5 Evaluate each choice in terms of its consequences – use your standards and criteria to determine the cons & pros of each alternative.
6 Determine the best alternative .7 Put the decision into action – execute your plan.8 Evaluate the outcome of your decision and actions steps- what
lessons can be learnt? Prioritizing effectively Prioritizing your responsibilities and engagements is very
important. Prepare ‘to do list’.What is planning and why you need to plan A plan is like map.Remember the 80/20 rule. It is well
established that for unstructured activities 80% of the effort give less than 20% of the valuable outcome.
Beat procrastination Basically, procrastination is putting off the things that you
should be doing now.( waiting for the right mood or the right time)
TIME MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
1. Identify “Best time” for studying. Everyone has high and low periods of attention and concentration.
2. Study difficult subjects first.When you are fresh, you can process information more quickly and save time as a result.
3. Use Distributed Learning and Practice: Study in shorter time blocks with short breaks between.
4. Make sure the surroundings are conducive to studying.
5. Make room for entertainment and relaxation; college is more than studying. You need to have a social life, yet , you need to have a balance in your life.
6. Make sure you have time to sleep and eat properly; students use sleep as their TM “bank”.
7. Try to combine activities
TIME MANAGEMENT ISSUES1. Shifting priorities and crisis management – Mgt guru
Peter Drucker says that “ crisis mgt is actually the form of mgt preferred by most managers”.
2. The telephone3. Lack of priorities / objectives.4. Attempting too much – many people today feel that they
have to accomplish everything yesterday and do not give themselves enough time to do things properly. It leads to half finished projects.
5. Drop in visitors.6. Ineffective delegation.7. The cluttered desk – be able to see 80% of the desk8. Procrastination.9. The inability to say “ no”.10. Meetings – Average manager spends 17 hrs a week in
meetings and 5 hrs in the planning time and untold hours in the follow up.
Time Management
TIME: Its Major Attributes
Time is neutral : It is neither good nor bad by itself.• Therefore, to blame the time for any inaptitude for
failure will be quite unfair• Time can not be saved for future use : Time once
lost , is lost forever. Therefore, don’t waste even a single second
• Each activity requires a minimum quantum of
time, no amount of ‘hurrying up’ can hasten the process , beyond a limit. Therefore, accord requisite time duration for any action to fructify .
• Time has value like currency : Therefore ,be prepared to pay the price for your achievements ,
and like the financial management it can be organized to get more with less .
• Time is cumulative in nature : Seconds become minutes, minutes turn into hours, hours into days , days make months and months to years, years to decades, and centuries when its small units continue to accumulate.
Plan your time• Time to eat
• Time to exercise
• Time to rest and relax
• Time to study
• Time for silent contemplation
• Time for spouse and children
• Time for recreation and amusement
• Time to serve the needy
• Time to Pray
HOW YOU RELATE TO TIME
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TIME MANAGEMENT
• Time management need not be obsessive, soul-less, unachievable, or ethnocentric.
• Compulsive behaviors often are not worth the time and energy we devote to them.
• Time management is an effective shield against stress.
• Spontaneity and joy can coexist with organization.
• A company’s efficiency is affected by everyone in the organization.
• Time management styles vary among people and cultures.
PRIORITIZE YOUR ACTIVITIES
• The ABC system is the grandfather of prioritizing strategies
• The Index Card / Post -it system.• The Inventory System.• The Payoff System.( Now, with the flood of
information, duties, and events that overwhelm people every day, time has become a far more valuable commodity)
• The Pareto Principle - 80 / 20 formula for e.g. 80% of a company’s sales come from 20% of its client and 20% of a company’s employees take 80% of their sick leave
Nature’s Basic LawsThe law of universal interconnectivity • There is ultimate ‘unity in diversity’• All living things have the same common
element-soul(atma)- interconnecting them like the common thread of a garland with flowers of different colours, sizes, shapes and fragrance
• All living things remain connected to the source (Paramatma) as long as they live
• The above fact is the genesis of infinite potential in human beings
• We are never alone
• Lesson: We first harm ourselves when any
harm is done to others by our thought ,word or action
• Therefore : In order to be happy, let us generate happiness all around us
The Law of Synergic Cooperation
• Co-operation is nature’s way of doing things
• Competition or confrontation is an unnatural phenomenon within nature (There is never any competition in various systems in the human body which generally function in perfect harmony)
• Lesson : When the human endeavour at physical, intellectual and spiritual levels is synergised , the resultant outcome is much greater than the quantum of effort put in separately
• Therefore : Successful management means involvement of the maximum number of participants and their intrinsic interests, for optimum results; for instance ,individual concerns of customers ,employees,suppliers and the employer in a business
The Law of Cumulative Goodwill
• Goodwill is cumulative in nature
• Results or effects of goodwill may not be seen immediately
• Goodwill of apparently insignificant people is equal, if not more important
• Even small , but regular , deposits in the ‘good will bank account’ will pay handsome dividends ,sometimes in the least expected but most needy circumstances
• Lesson: Goodness never goes waste or unrewarded
• Therefore : Ensure that you ‘Do one good act a day’ and make a daily deposit in your goodwill bank account
The Law of Supremacy Of Time
• Time is eternal,Time is God!
• Time cannot be saved
• Time once lost (wasted) is gone forever
• Opportunity missed once is lost forever
• Even haste makes waste
• There is need to allocate time for all activities, for instance , work, play, prayer and rest etc.
• Managing time is managing life
• Let not the time-clock chase you
• Lesson : It is never to early nor too late to start
• Therefore : Live in the present - you have absolutely no control over the past, nor any authority on the future
The Law Of Harmonised Balance
• All things in the nature exist in perfect harmony and balance
• There is natural equipoise between the pairs of opposite, for instance ,between positivity and negativity
• Nature has balanced the three basic ‘gunas’(attributes) namely, Saatwik (pure/spiritual), Raajsik (action-oriented) and taamasik (darkness/inertia)
• Nothing is absolutely good or totally bad
• Excess of anything ,either good or bad ,is unnatural and therefore avoidable
• Like poles repeal ; unlike poles attract
• Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalent benefit
• Lesson : Life is a ‘package-deal’ with sum total of assets and liabilities, remaining generally the same for all
• Therefore : It is advisable ,not to disturb nature’s balance in life by indulging in excesses
The Law of Action and Results
• Thoughts provide the genesis of all actions
• Without actions,there can be no results
• Right actions should result in right results
• Action is always preferable to inaction
• Inaction and disuse lead to decay and death
• To get , one must first give
• If you give nothing , you get nothing in
return
• Lesson : You have a right on action only - never on the results.
• Therefore : Perform action (do your duty) to the best of your ability, for the good of maximum and not for what is meant for me in it?