Stress on Work
Most of the time people feel overloaded. They feel that they need to handle too much pressure that they cannot keep going. Work, school, children, taxes, are just a few examples of what surrounds a regular person that defines his whole situation as stress. It is defined as anything that challenges or threats our well-being.
There are many causes of stress. The most important deal with financial problems, workplace stress, personal relationships, health and irritants.
Financial problems have always been the common factor for almost every human being. Interests, taxes, quotes, government regulations, etc., play a very important role in the daily lives of people. A balance should always be kept in our personal and corporate finances and the feeling that we cannot cope our financial responsibilities develop a high level of stress because most of the cases a person needs to maintain a whole family and his responsibility is even greater. That increase in stress makes the person start a series of calculations in order to know how much money will be left to cover his regular expenses or pay debts, his liquidity is being affected and with it his standard of living.
Stress also appears in the places were we generate what we are. Workplaces are meant to be locations where you can have the necessary concentration to do your job and get paid for it. However, there are some of them in which bosses and even co-workers don’t get along with each other. This affects the performance of the employee in the way he won’t feel free to ask questions, talk to another worker, or have any positive interpersonal relationship. The employee will feel very stressed about going to work every day on these conditions, and once again become less productive for the organization.
Health is definitely something to worry about. Trying to loose weight, gain weight, deal with heart diseases or any particular illnesses pretty much make us have a certain level of stress. If somebody feels that he cannot
There are many causes of stress. The most important deal with financial problems, workplace stress, personal relationships, health and irritants.
Financial problems have always been the common factor for almost every human being. Interests, taxes, quotes, government regulations, etc., play a very important role in the daily lives of people. A balance should always be kept in our personal and corporate finances and the feeling that we cannot cope our financial responsibilities develop a high level of stress because most of the cases a person needs to maintain a whole family and his responsibility is even greater. That increase in stress makes the person start a series of calculations in order to know how much money will be left to cover his regular expenses or pay debts, his liquidity is being affected and with it his standard of living.
Stress also appears in the places were we generate what we are. Workplaces are meant to be locations where you can have the necessary concentration to do your job and get paid for it. However, there are some of them in which bosses and even co-workers don’t get along with each other. This affects the performance of the employee in the way he won’t feel free to ask questions, talk to another worker, or have any positive interpersonal relationship. The employee will feel very stressed about going to work every day on these conditions, and once again become less productive for the organization.
Health is definitely something to worry about. Trying to loose weight, gain weight, deal with heart diseases or any particular illnesses pretty much make us have a certain level of stress. If somebody feels that he cannot
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