Home > 10 habits of effective stress managers
stress busting habits of effective stress managers
The following is a short list of habits to help you reduce your stress levels, read it, print it, and put a star next to those areas where you need to improve.
1. Know how to relax. You need to know how to let go of tension, relax your body and your mind.
2. Eat right and exercise often. You are what you eat, make sure you eat healthily and take some form of exercise at least once a week.
3. Get enough sleep. Don't overdo it, give your body enough rest, and make sure you go to bed at a regular hour.
4. Dont worry about the unimportant stuff. Categorise what is truly important, and what isn't.
5. Don't get angry often. Avoid losing your temper, and if you do, make sure it's not destructive by remaining in control.
6. Get organised. Spend time organising your life, be in control over your schedule and environment.
7. Manage your time effectively. Time is ticking, make sure you plan your priorities accordingly.
8. Get and make full use of a strong support system. Spend time with family, friends and acquaintances. Have people in your life that listen and care for you.
9. Live according to your values. Make sure your goals are significant and worthwhile.
10. Have a good sense of humour! Life will often throw difficult things at you, be able to laugh at yourself and the annoyances it brings
Print this list out, and stick it up somewhere where you can read it daily, and if you're still stressed, check out our Assertiveness and Stress Management course!.
Our new book on why presentations fail
Why do over 80% of business presentations fail? this new book takes an insightful look at why we have to endure so many dreary presentations.
Testimonials
Working with Oatmeal opened our eyes to the many pitfalls of poor presentations. In accessible language, they showed us what to do, and what not to do, and gave us a series of practical guidelines and tools to ensure we inform, educate and inspire our audiences.
Oatmeal’s commitment to providing a first class service to its customer has been second to none and I have been extremely pleased with their openness and commitment to understanding the needs of Equalities training in relation to Business Support in Wales.
Since working with the Oatmeal team our staff have increased their productivity but more importantly their confidence and self worth has really improved. The business has benefited in financial terms with increased revenue coming into the club as a direct result of adopting the Oatmeal way of working.
As a company that has benefited from Oatmeal’s marketing consultancy I can say unreservedly that they are second to none with regard to their knowledge, flexibility, good advice and strong management.
Oatmeal opened our thoughts and got us to work in a new, better, more exciting way. The results for the business have been beyond our expectations. Our sales presentations are now twice as effective as before. We now regularly work with Oatmeal to ensure we don’t lose the edge.
The level of service has just been outstanding and John’s wealth of knowledge and experience has just shone through. The Oatmeal group not only come up with great ideas but work very closely with you to implement and evaluate them.
From the outset, the Oatmeal Group,has enlightened our views on what marketing really involves. I would not hesitate to recommend the Oatmeal Group and as a company, we are looking forward to a long and fruitful business relationship with them.
The Oatmeal Group came highly recommended to us. Their direct approach and commitment gave quick and tangible results.
John Davies of The Oatmeal Group has delivered a number of training workshops on 'Creating Presentations with Impact' for WIBF. These workshops tend to be hugely successful with an attendance of approximately 70, these events were very well presented and exceeded my expectations.
Tel: 0843 289 1249 Email: info@oatmealgroup.com