We spend most of our time at our offices or doing professional work. With competition becoming fierce day by day the level of stress is also rising simultaneously. Stress is not good for health and hence working stress free is very important. Though it is difficult to escape the stressful environment of our professional lives but we can take certain measures that will make the impact of stress little-less. Below are few takeaways for a stress free professional life.

 

1) Start early: This is one of the simplest yet effective ways to keep stress at bay. When you reach your workplace on time and start early then you don’t have to rush to do things in the evening when you will be leaving for home. This will also not allow piling up your work. Many successful people started their work early and enjoyed stress free work.

 

2) Prioritize your work: Prioritizing your work helps you to achieve more in your everyday work. It also lets you do more without getting into stressful condition. Once you reach office find out the work which requires immediate attention and complete it first.

 

3) Plan your work: It is always good to plan your work in advance this gives you plenty of time to think how you can accomplish the work in the best possible way. When the work you need to do is overwhelming then plan your work in a day advance and you will be amazed by the result it will produce.

 

4) Work hard and party harder: Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO of GE strongly believed in work hard and party harder philosophy. When you mix business with pleasure you can have a great time at work. Have a weekly dinner after work, have a small free-time. Enjoy fun filled quarterly party at any happening location, have a small cooking day contest at spare time etc. Like this you can find your spare time to mix with pleasure.

 

5) Don’t put everything for last minute: It is not possible for you to complete everything at once. But it equally important not to rush to do things at last minute while you are leaving for the day. When you follow the above steps for the stress free work then you won’t have to face this last minute rush problem.

 

6) Take a pause: When things start to seem out of control and work overwhelm you then just give a break to yourself. Take a pause and relax, or take a walk, have a refreshing snacks or juice. This will make you fresh and rejuvenate you to take the challenge in more systematic way. This will bring your stress level down and make your work more interesting and fun.