Stress Management: Strategies for a Better Work Life Balance

This assignment focuses on stress management, particularly in a workplace context. It begins by defining stress and its impact on individuals, emphasizing the need for effective management strategies. The author, working in a company that provides car navigation services and deals with customer inquiries, identifies stress as a significant factor in their work life. The assignment highlights the importance of stress management in maintaining personal well-being and professional effectiveness. The author proposes specific techniques such as meditation, maintaining a positive attitude, and accepting work conditions as essential components of a stress management plan. The assignment also includes references to relevant resources that provide additional insights into stress management.

Running head: STRESS MANAGEMENT
Stress Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Notes:

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In lay man’s terms, stress refers to the pressure of tension that is exerted by a material
or an object. There are various activities that might lead up to stress in the life of individuals.
Stress is something that can take a toll on the activities that an individual is associated to,
hence, the latter must be managed effectively in order to manage the ill-effects that are
suffered as a result of presence of the same. It can be thus said that management of stress is
important as it allows individual to gain effectiveness in terms of operations that an
individual is associated to.
I work in an organization that develops car navigation services. There are condition
that comply with call center services with the help of which the navigation related queries are
solved by the consumers. Thus, the latter is an aspect of my work that results in stressful
situations. As a result my stress, I have been able to identify stress management techniques
that can help me relieve myself from stress. Meditation, keeping a positive attitude and
accepting things as a part of work can help in mitigating or reducing stress.
Meditation is an activity that is close to Japanese culture. I will be able to incorporate
the same into my stress management plan. Being able to maintain a positive attitude will help
me in justifying the difference between stress and non-stressful situations. Furthermore,
acceptance will of work as it is will help in effective management of stress

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Robinson, L., Smith, M., & Segal, R. (2018. Stress management. HelpGuide.org. Retrieved
from https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/stress-management.htm.
Malik, S. (2016). Stress management tips for students. PsychCentral. Retrieved from
https://psychcentral.com/blog/stress-management-tips-for-students/