Stress kills productivity, motivation & quality. If you are a good team leader, you should care about this. And you should be helping your team care about it too.
Stress is a complicated subject because it very rarely comes from a single source. And when we are stressed, our brains can feel like a complicated tangle of webs that are hard to dissect & manage.
On top of that, there is a whole industry that has been built & is thriving off of the back of stress. Wellbeing has become a buzzword cast around that both helps & complicates in equal measures. There is so much information and advice out there that sometimes this can even end up compounding our stress. Because suddenly we end up with a totally new list of all the things that we should be adding to our lives in order to manage stress!
The great thing is that many stress management techniques are completely free, easy to use & easily accessible. We don’t need an expensive course, consultant or product to manage our stress.
Sometimes we have to go back to basics. So if you are feeling stressed & you want to change that fast, here ere are some tips & techniques that you can try that have been scientifically proven to help reduce the effects of stress. Try them out & let me know how you got on!
- Exercise
- Turn off notifications
- Reduce sugar intake
- Try being technology free for the first 20 minutes of your day
- Hug a friend
- Reduce caffeine intake
- Play with a pet
- Take a break from social media
- Get artsy
- Listen to some music
- Eat some dark chocolate
- Put on a song & DANCE
- Talk a walk
- Hug a tree
- Eat a FROG (metaphorically of course ;P)
- Write down 3 thigns that you are grateful for
- Take a moment to zoom out & find some perspective
- Set boundaries
- Reflect back
- Talk to someone you trust
So there we have it. 20 simple, easy & free techniques that you can use today to manage your stress & get started on the path to ‘project success without stress’.