 Stress and the 3 Step Test to Find Out if You Hate Your JobPublished Date: 2010-02-08 03:35:33 WorkOnInternet.com
But how do you really know as an individual if you are experiencing work stress? How do you determine this? Here is a simple but powerful 3 step test to help you recognize whether you are experiencing negative work stress. Grab a paper and pen and get ready to take this test. On the paper draw two columns. Name the column on the left hand side words and the column on the right hand side feelings. STEP 1 WITH YOUR DESCRIPTIVE WORK WORDS Step 1 in determining whether your stress is work related is to consider the words you use when describing your job. For the next 3 minutes, write down the words you would use to describe your job or work in the left column. Do not think too much about what you are about to write. Just quickly write as many descriptive words as you can think of. WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR WORK? Did you find yourself using words like grindstone, slogging, drudgery, servitude, toil and more to describe your work life? These are very negative descriptions of your working experience and are very stressful words. Compare these words to other examples of positive words that can be used to describe your work. Words like endeavor, challenge, commitment, undertaking, assignment, production and performance. Just from these words alone you are able to gain an understanding as to whether your job is a positive or negative experience for you right now. STEP 2 WITH YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT WORK Step 2 in deciding whether you are stressing at work is to explore your feelings about the words you wrote down in step 1 to describe your job. Your own words when linked to your emotions and how you feel are extremely important indicators of work stress. Look at the list of words you wrote down. Next to each of those words write a word or 2 to describe how you feel in the right column. Again, do not think too much about this just write the first words that come into your head. WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS? If your written list has many negative words then you most likely have written words about negative feelings too. Such as frustration, strain, pressure, worry, anxiety, stress and more. These words about feelings are very emotional and powerful for you in deciding whether you are stressed out at work. STEP 3 IN COMBINING WORDS AND FEELINGS Step 3 is to have a look again at your list of work related words and your emotional words about your feelings in both columns. If the words about your work are predominantly negative and your emotional words are also negative, then you are certainly experiencing negative work or job stress. The more negative your words are, then the more likely you are to hate your work. The more you hate your job, then the more work stress you will often experience. WORK STRESS MANAGEMENT AND STRESS RELIEF Now this quick test is only a start and an indication for you. But if you are feeling very negative about your job then it is definitely time to consider a range of stress management and stress relief strategies to help you to reduce stress in your working environment. Life is really too short to spend it being totally stressed out at work. ------------------------------ Are you dealing with stress or concerned about others experiencing stress? At the Global Organization for Stress our mission is to bring you the best stress strategies from around the world. We would like to invite you to get your free copy of our 101 WAYS TO LESS STRESS GUIDE. You can grab your copy right now at this link http://www.gostress.com
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