hi
i m wrting an article on workplace stress. if you have had any incidents that were a major cause of workplace stress, please recount. i may even quote you if the story is good.
i will need stories related to the following types of stress:
1. strainful relationships with colleages
2.job dissatisfaction
3.demands of the job
4. too much competition
5. family tensions which reduce productivity at work

thanks
dinsa

Dinsa,

My Dad is a psychiatrist who has spent three decades researching and recording the use of humor to relieve stress (among many other things).

He wrote an article recently about using fun, rather than stress, to motivate one's self at work. You can read it for free at http://www.natural-humor-medicine.com/creativity.html

Perhaps it will give you some inspiration? He also has at least five other free articles dealing directly with stress.

I'm not sure from what angle you're approaching stress relief, but I'd like to read your article when you're finished!

My own best work stress story has to do with the high school where I'm an assistant principal:

We are one of the top achieving high schools in America (and certainly the top in our state). Yet because our state has a rigorous yearly student achievement test (and a certain level of progress is expected regarding our test scores each year) it was possible we could still be the highest scoring school in the state...and actually be called a "school in decline" because we didn't have a significant enough improvement from the previous year.

Our entire faculty was stressed out...as was our Principal. It spread to the students quickly. I know that stress both leads to, and comes from, fear. And fear is a terrible long-term motivator.

In an effort to "break the spell" of stress, I made a pledge in front of a school test "pep rally" to break dance for the students if they achieved the required scores.

All during the test week, students were seeking me out and saying, "We're working hard to see you break dance, Mr. Kuhn!"

We didn't beat our scores from the previous year, but our students scored well enough that we both retained our top position in the state AND stayed out of "school in decline" status.

Was my break dancing pledge responsible? Most likely not. But it did help get the focus off of "not losing" and back on winning. And it alleviated the stress we were all feeling.

I hope that's useful.

Dinsa,

My Dad is a psychiatrist who has spent three decades researching and recording the use of humor to relieve stress (among many other things).

He wrote an article recently about using fun, rather than stress, to motivate one's self at work. You can read it for free at http://www.natural-humor-medicine.com/creativity.html

Perhaps it will give you some inspiration? He also has at least five other free articles dealing directly with stress.

I'm not sure from what angle you're approaching stress relief, but I'd like to read your article when you're finished!

My own best work stress story has to do with the high school where I'm an assistant principal:

We are one of the top achieving high schools in America (and certainly the top in our state). Yet because our state has a rigorous yearly student achievement test (and a certain level of progress is expected regarding our test scores each year) it was possible we could still be the highest scoring school in the state...and actually be called a "school in decline" because we didn't have a significant enough improvement from the previous year.

Our entire faculty was stressed out...as was our Principal. It spread to the students quickly. I know that stress both leads to, and comes from, fear. And fear is a terrible long-term motivator.

In an effort to "break the spell" of stress, I made a pledge in front of a school test "pep rally" to break dance for the students if they achieved the required scores.

All during the test week, students were seeking me out and saying, "We're working hard to see you break dance, Mr. Kuhn!"

We didn't beat our scores from the previous year, but our students scored well enough that we both retained our top position in the state AND stayed out of "school in decline" status.

Was my break dancing pledge responsible? Most likely not. But it did help get the focus off of "not losing" and back on winning. And it alleviated the stress we were all feeling.

I hope that's useful.
that was really helpful, i hope to post the article soon

hi
i m wrting an article on workplace stress. if you have had any incidents that were a major cause of workplace stress, please recount. i may even quote you if the story is good.

Hi Dinsa

Good luck with your article. I have a whole load of my stress-related articles archived on my main website (PM me for the details if you're interested), and a number of them over at Ezinearticles as well if you'd like to use any of them for research.

Best wishes and may every day bring you closer to your optimum life

TANJA

Hi Dinsa

Good luck with your article. I have a whole load of my stress-related articles archived on my main website (PM me for the details if you're interested), and a number of them over at Ezinearticles as well if you'd like to use any of them for research.

Best wishes and may every day bring you closer to your optimum life

TANJA
thanks Tanja for the infor :)