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In a 2008 interview with Marie Claire just before President Barack Obama was elected, Former First Lady Michelle Obama said exercise was important for managing her stress.
- In honor of International Stress Awareness Week, Business Insider has compiled techniques for managing stress from eight leaders across tech, entertainment, and politics.
- Stress management is important for everyone. According to a survey of 1,600 workers in the US and UK by work management platform Wrike, 94% of workers reported having at least some stress at work.
- Here's how Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Michelle Obama, and other celebrities and leaders deal with stress.
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Everyone gets stressed, even Michelle Obama.
Stress can bubble up when individuals believe that the demands of their external environment exceed their capacity to perform. According to a survey of 1,600 workers in the US and UK by work management platform Wrike, almost one third of workers say their work-related stress level is high to unsustainably high. 94% of workers reported having at least some amount of stress at work.
While some structural causes of stress may be unavoidable, like poor management or too many responsibilities, the mindset that professionals adopt towards stressful situations impacts the way they process and adapt to sources of anxiety.
In honor of International Stress Awareness Week, Business Insider has compiled advice from tech moguls, actors, and other leaders in the public eye on how to manage stress.
Lindsay Dodgson contributed to this report.