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 In the short-term, you may experience pressure to meet a deadline or to fulfill a challenging obligation. But when <keyword id="32784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="work-stress">work stress</keyword> becomes chronic, it can be overwhelming — and harmful to both physical and emotional health. However, if handled properly, one can sail through problems without being too hard on themselves, and what could be better than trying a few tried and tested methods to deal with stress. 
 Here’s Heidi Grant Halvorson, associate director for the Motivation Science Center at the <keyword id="127671" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Columbia-University">Columbia University</keyword> <keyword id="107736" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Business-school">Business School</keyword>, giving out some life saving advice. She says - the difference between those who are successful and those who aren’t is not whether or not you suffer from stress, but how you deal with it when you do. 
 
So, here are scientifically-proven strategies for defeating stress whenever it strikes. 
 
1. Have self-compassion 
Self-compassion is, in essence, cutting yourself some slack. It’s being willing to look at your mistakes or failures with kindness and understanding — without harsh criticism or defensiveness. Studies show that people who are self-compassionate are happier, more optimistic, and less anxious and depressed. That’s probably not surprising. But here’s the kicker: they are more successful, too. Most of us believe that we need to be hard on ourselves to perform at our best, but it turns out that’s 100 percent wrong. A dose of self-compassion when things are at their most difficult can reduce your stress and improve your performance, by making it easier to learn from your mistakes. So remember that to err is human, and give yourself a break. 
 
2. Remember the “Big Picture.” 
Anything you need or want to do can be thought of in more than one way. For instance, “exercising” can be described in Big Picture terms, like “getting healthier” — the why of exercising — or it can be described in more concrete terms, like “running two miles” — the how of exercising. Thinking Big Picture about the work you do can be very energizing in the face of stress and challenge, because you are linking one particular, often small action to a greater meaning or purpose. Something that may not seem important or valuable on its own gets cast in a whole new light. So when staying that extra hour at work at the end of an exhausting day is thought of as “helping my career” rather than “answering emails for 60 more minutes,” you’ll be much more likely to want to stay put and work hard. 
 
3. Rely on routines. 
The major causes of stress in your work life would probably be things like deadlines, a heavy workload, bureaucracy, or your terrible boss. You probably wouldn’t say “having to make so many decisions,” because most people aren’t aware that this is a powerful and pervasive cause of stress in their lives. Every time you make a decision — whether it’s about hiring a new employee, about when to schedule a meeting with your supervisor, or hunting a dress while shopping— you create a state of mental tension that is, in fact, stressful. The solution is to reduce the number of decisions you need to make by using routines. If there’s something you need to do every day, do it at the same time every day. 
 
“You need to remove from your life the day-to-day problems that absorb most people for meaningful parts of their day… You’ll see I wear only gray or blue suits. I’m trying to pare down decisions. I don’t want to make decisions about what I’m eating or wearing. Because I have too many other decisions to make. You need to focus your decision-making energy. You need to routinize yourself. You can’t be going through the day distracted by trivia,” said President Obama during one of hisinterviews. 
 
4. Take five (or ten) minutes to do something you find interesting. 
If there were something you could add to your car’s engine, so that after driving it a hundred miles, you’d end up with more gas in the tank than you started with, wouldn’t you use it? Even if nothing like that exists for your car just yet, there is something you can do for yourself that will have the same effect… doing something interesting. It doesn’t matter what it is, so long as it interests you. Recent research shows that interest doesn’t just keep you going despite fatigue, it actually replenishes your energy. And then that replenished energy flows into whatever you do next.FYI: Interesting does not have to mean effortless. The same studies that showed that interest replenished energy showed that it did so even when the interesting task was difficult and required effort. 
 
5. Add where and when to your to-do list. 
Do you have a to-do list? And do you find that a day or a week (or sometimes longer) will frequently pass by without a single item getting checked off? Stressful, isn’t it? What you need is a way to get the things done that you set out to do in a timely manner. What you need is if-then planning (or what psychologists call “implementation intentions”). Nearly 200 studies, on everything from diet and exercise to negotiation and time management, have shown that deciding in advance when and where you will complete a task (e.g., “If it is 4pm, then I will return any phone calls I should return today”) can double or triple your chances of actually doing it. 
 
So take the tasks on your to-do list, and add a specific when and where to each. Now that you’ve created an if-then plan, your unconscious brain will start scanning the environment, searching for the situation in the “if” part of your plan. This enables you to seize the critical moment and make the call, even when you are busy doing other things. And what better way is there to cut down on your stress than crossing things off your to-do list? 
 
6. Use if-thens for positive self-talk. 
Another way to combat stress using if-then plans is to direct them at the experience of stress itself, rather than at its causes. Recent studies show that if-then plans can help us to control our emotional responses to situations in which we feel fear, sadness, fatigue, self-doubt, or even disgust. Simply decide what kind of response you would like to have instead of feeling stress, and make a plan that links your desired response to the situations that tend to raise your blood pressure. For instance, “If I see lots of emails in my Inbox, then I will stay calm and relaxed,” or, “If a deadline is approaching, then I will keep a cool head.” 
 
7. See your work in terms of progress, not perfection 
You can think of it as the difference between wanting to show that you are smart versus wanting to get smarter. 
 
When you have a Be-Good mindset, you expect to be able to do everything perfectly right out of the gate, and you constantly (often unconsciously) compare yourself to other people, to see how you “size up.” You quickly start to doubt your ability when things don’t go smoothly, and this creates a lot of stress and anxiety. Ironically, worrying about your ability makes you much more likely to ultimately fail. A Get-Better mindset, on the other hand, leads instead to self-comparison and a concern with making progress — how well are you doing today, compared with how you did yesterday, last month, or last year? When you think about what you are doing in terms of learning and improving, accepting that you may make some mistakes along the way, you experience far less stress, and you stay motivated despite the setbacks that might occur. 
 
Put some or all of these strategies for fighting stress, and you will see real changes not only in the workplace, but in every area of your life. 
 
(Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. is associate director for the Motivation Science Center at the Columbia University Business School and author of the bestselling Nine Things Successful People Do Differently. Her latest book is No One Understands You and What to Do About It, which has been featured in national and international media.)

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Every one of us faces the problem of focusing at work and has tried everything from listening music to loading on cups of coffee. You have missed on the simplest yet most effective things like eating on time and sitting straight. Yes, these matter too. Here’s a guide to stay on track throughout your work time to get the best results. 
 
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<ul><li>Over the years, the advertising industry has normalised in-human working hours. Last week, the advertising industry lost a young gem due to cardiac arrest, which was induced by <keyword id="32784" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="work-stress">work stress</keyword>.</li><li>We speak to a few young copywriters to find out how stressful the job is, why does the problem exist and what kind of policies we need to execute to change the situation around. </li><li>We also spoke to a few agencies that have managed to create a healthy workplace and addressed examples of overworked and stressed employees at work. </li></ul>Last week, the advertising industry lost a young professional due to cardiac arrest, which was induced by stress. We were all left aghast to hear that she was only in her 40s. Many CEOs and Creative Directors sent their heart-felt condolences to her family members and to the agency she worked with. But did they make any concrete changes to make sure this is not repeated or did it start a much-needed conversation on how toxic advertising culture can get? This unfortunate incident has taken us back to the same problem/question that keeps popping up every year but it is never addressed. Will the stress level in the advertising industry ever subside and can copywriters ever dream of having a work-life balance? Over the years, the advertising industry has normalised inhuman working hours. In 2017, Tadashi Ishii, CEO, DAN Japan, had to resign after the suicide of an overworked junior employee. It did raise some questions back then but the topic was brushed under the carpet as always. This time, in India, we have lost another life to advertising's work stress. It is time we realise the severity of this problem and start talking about it. <div type="javascript" title="Custom" contenttype="Text"><cdata><![CDATA[]]></cdata></div> Nikhil Narayanan, Creative Director at Ogilvy, took to LinkedIn to share this angst against people who take their job too seriously. He wrote, “I am no expert on other industries, but advertising is one that has normalised inhuman working hours. People flaunt dark circles caused by a lack of sleep like a badge of honour. When you leave work at 6 in the evening, you are asked whether you are taking half a day off. Jokingly. "If you aren't willing to work 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, you aren't cut for this, dude," some say with condescension. Well, sc*w that.” With work from home, the stress levels, tough deadlines, demanding clients and high pressure have all quadrupled. The person who does have the ‘audacity’ to prioritise a personal task over work, is frowned upon. People boast about how many hours they work, depth of dark circles under their eyes and for treating work like their life-time partner. There is a series called Thinkistaan written by N Padmakumar, who has spent 17 years of his life in the ad industry, that aims to talk about the <keyword id="2312133" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Toxic-work-culture">toxic work culture</keyword> that the advertising industry has built over the years. I reached out to a few of the top agencies of our country including DAN, GroupM, OML, The Glitch, Leo Burnett and all of them denied to comment. Agencies that did agree to speak to me told me all is well now. They do offer flexible working hours to their employees. But ground reality is not the same. I spoke to junior copywriters from the same agencies and they painted a different picture altogether. They said that they are overworked, constantly in-between calls and do not have the time for their families even if they sit right next to each other. They eat their meals as they work and even have to keep their personal life aside on the weekends. So why do we still continue to pressurize our employees and deny them their dues? Young copywriters and art directors told me it all boils down to the notion that you cannot say no to your client. Clients are treated like God in our industry. Agencies, on the other hand, are often treated like the client’s extended family, who can be cut out if one thing goes wrong because there are too many fish in the sea who would even agree to do the work at a lesser price. A young copywriter at a digital agency, Yesha Shah, describes the toxicity in the industry saying, “Working in an ad agency is like getting back with your toxic ex-boyfriend. You know that it is so toxic but you just can’t let it go.” She resigned last week due to the ever-increasing workload. Many creative people have resigned over the years and never looked back. They have decided to settle for a 9 to 5 job instead and kept their passion aside for peace of mind. People who do survive in the industry have to accept the fact that they cannot have a life apart from work. Shah has never kept her phone on silent and attended calls even at 3 am due to a false sense of emergency created by her clients about a mundane task. She has nightmares about getting fired by the client, she lives and breathes work. She says that she feels guilty for taking an off when she is unwell. She also tried to discuss it with her HR representatives and Client Managers, who did understand her problem but let it slide by saying, “This is how it is. We cannot say no.” “A colleague of mine once worked from 10 am to 7 am and that is the benchmark they have set for us now. I once left at 11 pm on a Friday night because I was done with my work and the entire team paused and frowned -- like I did something wrong. We are expected to stay until 4 am on a Friday night. Now, I don’t even have the time to eat food. I have roti, kapda, makaan but not the time to enjoy these basic rights I deserve. Eating food is a privilege here. I used to love writing but if I continue working like this, I will be dead when in my 30s,” shared Shah. Shah is 22 and has reached her burn out level already. She is going to leave the advertising industry and is reconsidering her life goals completely now. Another intern with an integrated agency spoke to us on the condition of anonymity. He told us about a pitch he and his team worked on for a month. The client (a digital wallet app) created a false sense of urgency at first and kept postponing the meeting later. When he did set a date to meet with the agency, he sat through the presentation for five minutes and walked off mid-way. Jay Morzaria, Creative Partner, Atom commented on Narayan’s post talking about a similar problem he faced. He said, “It's also a lot to do with boundaries which many ad agencies have failed to set with their clients. In a bid to 'maintain relationships', we have turned ourselves into slaves. Till now, out of all the 'urgent' jobs I have done, most of them eventually got cancelled or delayed.” Where does the buck stop? “How do we change this toxic culture? Need to plan work better, stand up to clients and learn to say NO. When we succumb to survival fear, we open ourselves up to exploitation,” said Hamsini Shivkumar, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting. A lot of agencies have introduced HR policies that allow employees to consult an in-house counselor for free, take an off on Monday once in a month or stamp in on a time-sheet that alerts the HR representative when they overwork. But are these policies religiously followed? A seasoned Creative Director, Nazim Ahmed (name changed to maintain anonymity) who has nearly 15 years of advertising experience and is currently working at one of the top <keyword id="1015861" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="advertising-agencies">advertising agencies</keyword> of our country, also said that agencies do offer the right HR policies but the ground-reality is quite different. “There are no boundaries at work or fixed timings. In advertising, you walk in at 10:30 am but there's no fixed time to leave. Before COVID, signing off from office meant you’re done for the day. But when at home, you cannot leave for the day. Now, because we are working from home, all hours are working hours. To address stress-related concerns, our HR started an activity called townhall where employees were allowed to raise their concerns but the entire team is on the call. You cannot really discuss your issues in front of the entire agency so people chose to speak about smaller issues. The biggest reason behind all this workload is that agencies can only do so much and clients are very demanding. At the end of the day, if you don’t deliver, the client will tell you they have other options available. During this lockdown, we have done a lot of work under this false sense of urgency created by clients and a lot of that work never saw the light of the day. They call it off, not even having the decency to inform us at times. Work stress has always existed in the industry but the problem has magnified now. The boundaries are completely blurred,” said Ahmed. In case an employee does muster the courage to say no and breaks the chain, he/she is either fired or someone else in the team is assigned the task. The pressure is passed from one person to another but there is no end to it. Learning from a few examples We spoke to a few agencies that have managed to find basic solutions to ease the workload. MediaCom has taken a few measures to reduce burnout and stress amongst its employees. Navin Khemka, CEO, MediaCom South Asia said, “We are encouraging employees to take leaves, emphasizing on the importance to give rest to ourselves, reduce our stress, be resilient and ensure our mental well-being. This is an agenda which is being accentuated in all our leadership calls and town halls. We have, in fact, highlighted employees who have not taken a single leave in the entire year, and reported them to their respective managers, to encourage employees to take breaks and avoid burnouts. Khemka also lets his employees take a week off after a hectic schedule. He said, “This was implemented with the team members being given time off on a rotation basis. This has been very well appreciated by both teams and clients. We have also spoken to our employees to go back to their hometowns and WFH. This also ensures that they get quality time at home and are not staying all alone in a big city. They have been told that they will be given at least 2 weeks’ notice before we reopen offices.” Gozoop was ranked on No. 20 amongst India’s top 50 Great Mid-Size Workplaces in 2019 by a publication. Its Chief Happiness Officer, Bansi Raja, told us a few problems they decided to address to create a healthy workplace. She said, “Life in the advertising industry is as stressful as someone working in the stock market or even the telecom industry. Instead of focusing on reducing the stress, let’s shift our lens to providing a strong work culture and helping build resilience within your team. Enabling constructive feedback conversations, having each other’s back through tough times, leading with compassion and empathy balanced with tough love, pushing back unnecessary deadlines, being real, and extending professional help around mental breakdowns are ways to build a culture that stands strong in the face of adversities and strengthens your team from within. When you truly care for your team as your own, you’ll know exactly what will make them thrive. So focus within and build a culture that you wished you had in your early years. That’s the only way we’ll build a future that we’re proud of.” Sudish Balan, Chief Business Officer, Tonic Worldwide also said dealing with <keyword id="32785" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="work-pressure">work pressure</keyword> is never easy but it’s worse when you don’t get support for dealing with it. Talking about a few policies they introduced to address problems related to work stress, Balan said, “The HR team at Tonic sends out frequent communication to our clients on the working hour policy that we have. Sometimes it’s to express our gratitude to the clients in helping us ensure the work hours are maintained. As soon as lockdown was announced and working from home became the mode of operation, we initiated a Timesheet system. The sole purpose of the timesheet is to track overworking teammates. We have a Red Flag algorithm incorporated in the time sheet to track based on the number of hours. The Team lead is held responsible if the flag is raised. Our HR team monitors this system closely on a real time basis and takes actions on a weekly basis. As a creative person myself, I consider myself as a lamp which can burn brighter if I spend more time switched off than when I am switched On. It’s the same logic we have for our people at Tonic 'Switch OFF so that you can Switch ON and be awesome.'” BBH &amp; Publicis Worldwide India has also introduced mental wellness programs for its employees. Subhash Kamath CEO, BBH &amp; Publicis Worldwide, India said, "Working from home, though it cuts down travel time etc, brings its own stress and problems. A lot of people have felt that the lines between working hours and personal time have started to blur, and they feel they’re putting in more work time at odd hours as well. Plus, people living alone can feel isolated and anxious, having to do everything in the house while coping with work. As a group, we’re acutely aware of this and we’ve always maintained that people safety and health come first. So, a number of initiatives have been introduced for the benefit of our employees. We’ve tied up with a professional organisation, which has many years of experience in this. It gives our employees and their dependents free access to trained, independent counsellors who can help deal with personal or professional issues. The areas of counselling not only include mental wellbeing but also physical wellness and nutrition. And all if it is done in complete privacy. And the Employee Assistance Programme Hotline is available 24x7. In addition, we’re encouraging all team leaders to be in regular touch with their teams. And every now and then we all meet online informally, as well as continuing with cultural activities like music jams, guest speakers etc.” Famous Innovation’s Creative Director, Ketan Sudhir Kadam, says he has been privileged to find an agency that allows him to maintain a balance between personal and professional life. “I accepted an offer letter from Famous Innovations and just a day after the lockdown announcement was made. To be very honest, I was worried about how I would blend in a new agency without even meeting anyone in person before, except Raj Kamble whom I met at a few industry events before joining. Since my joining, I did not find any kind of work pressure and it is just because of the culture we have here. The situation is new to everyone, we all have to work together and make it better for anyone who is affected by the pandemic. I believe, we all should, without hesitating, take a break whenever we feel that the work has reached a point where it isn’t keeping us happy but causing stress. At Famous, we have breakthrough sessions where we play housie, charades, or listen to international award-winning creatives, every Friday to just forget about work, connect with each other, and enjoy a day without worries. I hope agencies find ways like these to keep their employees motivated during this tough phase. Because at the end of the day, our work is a reflection of us. And if we don't feel great, the work won't be as great,” shared Kadam. Nazim Ahmed (name changed) said it isn’t just agencies that need to put their foot down if their client pressurises. The whole industry has to come together to flag off toxic clients. He explained, “We're at gunpoint from the client’s side. The industry should take a collective stand and refuse to be treated this way. They will say they will move on to the next agency but that shouldn’t happen. The next agency should put their foot down and say we heard you treated your previous agency poorly and we don’t want to be on your side. It should be a chain reaction. Just like the credit card industry, we should blacklist clients that exploit agencies for pitches - they call 100 agencies and take the best ideas to the agency that charges the least. No agency should participate in those pitches. We need to stand together, everyone is fighting for survival after all.” Ogilvy’s Narayan reminded in his LinkedIn post that the advertising industry doesn’t save lives. Its job is to sell products, which can wait. He wrote, "The thing is, advertising isn't as important as people in the industry make it out to be. We are not out there curing bloody cancer. At best, we are trying to convince people to choose a fancier hospital through messages that often create false hope. That's about it. We might be needed, but we aren't indispensable. We might be creative, but we are not artists. We might be necessary, but we are not that important. So slow down. It's just a job. Treat it like that.” Update: The DDB Mudra Group reached out to us and spoke to us about the issue and the responsibility that agencies play in addressing it as well as coming up with effective solutions. Aditya Kanthy, CEO &amp; MD, DDB Mudra Group said, “The first step is to acknowledge that stress, burn-out and work-life balance is a problem and has been for some time. It is simply not acceptable to say that this is how things are and we should just live with it. We also have to understand that it is a complex problem and there isn’t a silver bullet to solve it. While, we have put in place policies which help our employees cope better, such as the Employee Assistance Program which provides free mental health counselling for all our people; compulsory leave to help them switch off; and tools like Asana and Sunday Trackers to help manage and safeguard their time; but we know that policies can only do so much. We get the outcomes we want when everyone involved makes a serious effort to change. This includes a push from our side in building a culture of empathy and transparency that empowers our employees to voice their issues, ask tough questions of us and assert their life choices beyond work. It also includes bringing our clients into the conversations, setting boundaries and building partnerships with mutual respect for each other’s time. We’ve got to hold hands on this one and make it better one step at a time - every moment, every day.”

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Workers around the world were more stressed than ever in 2021, according to a new <keyword id="12658440" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gallup" source="Orion">Gallup</keyword> report.</li><li>In addition, 60% reported being emotionally detached at <keyword id="11896063" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="work" source="Orion">work</keyword> and 1 in 5 said they were miserable.</li></ul>Every year seems to be another chance to feel new levels of stress on the job. Workers around the world were more stressed in 2021 than ever before, according to a new Gallup report, <a href="https://www.gallup.com/workplace/349484/state-of-the-global-workplace.aspx">State of the Global Workplace: 2022.</a> Worldwide, 44% of workers reported having daily stress at work, up slightly from 43% in 2020, which was its own record at the time.In addition, Gallup found that 60% of workers around the world are emotionally detached at their jobs, and 19% are plain miserable. Worldwide, just 9% of workers are thriving and engaged, while the majority of the global workforce, specifically 57%, are neither engaged nor thriving at their jobs.The effects can be harmful to all areas of employees' lives, well beyond work itself.Workers who regularly reported high levels of <keyword id="11937119" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="burnout" source="Orion">burnout</keyword> on the job said their work hurt their ability to meet their family responsibilities. These people were also 23% more likely to go to the emergency room, Gallup found. So what's the answer to your workplace woes? One area for employers and employees alike to direct their attention is improving management, says Gallup CEO Jon Clifton."The real fix is this simple: better leaders in the workplace," Clifton wrote in a letter preceding the report. "Managers need to be better listeners, coaches and collaborators. Great managers help colleagues learn and grow, recognize their colleagues for doing great work, and make them truly feel cared about. In environments like this, workers thrive."

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<ul><li>The growing ‘always on’ work culture has cost employees their mental health. </li><li>Nearly 46% received stress management backing from their employers, but most others feel lack of employer support. </li><li>Several companies in India including EY, Hindustan Unilever, WeWork are stepping up their employee policies for a healthy work-life balance and controlled attrition rate. </li></ul>The growing ‘always on’ work culture has cost employees their mental health. And, it isn’t helping productivity either. “The underlying motivation for working all these hours is not actually to produce high-quality work. In fact, there’s a lot of evidence to suggest that it’s going to undermine the quality of the work,” said an article <a href="https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/women-pay-a-higher-career-price-in-today-s-always-on-work-culture">published</a> in Administrative Science Quarterly. The Indian work culture As workplace stress continues to be a universal issue, a well-being survey report titled ‘2019 Cigna 360 Well-Being Survey’ revealed that <a href="https://wellbeing.cigna.com/360Survey_Report.pdf">stress</a> has adversely affected Indian working professionals. Working extra hours have made employees better compensated and financially sound, but it has also affected their mental and physical health across companies, the survey analysing Indian working professionals noted. Performance pressure and fear of losing jobs are the major reasons for burnout among employees. According to the <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/indian-companies-need-to-provide-sick-leave-for-mental-health-3145961.html">National Mental Health Survey of India</a> (2015-16), around 15% of Indian adults need support for one or other mental illness issues. The respondents of the survey felt that they lack of support from employers. Nearly 46% received stress management backing from their employer companies, the report noted. Working women are found to be more stressed than men. Switching On The ‘always on’ working conditions have stressed employees due to technological advancements and leading to burnout, TOI reported citing a cross-cultural coach Shital Kakkar Mehra. This has lead to work absence, the HR professionals reportedly said. “In order to promote engagement, it is crucial to provide employees with the resources they need to do their job well, feel good about their work, and recover from work stressors experienced through work,” noted Emma Seppala and Julia Moeller in Harvard Business Review. ‘Work from home’ an alternative? Working from home reportedly reduces workplace stress and anxiety caused by the 24x7 work culture. While ‘working from home’ allows to get away from workplace pressure, it adds to the ‘always on’ work policy, remotely. In spite of this, employees believe that remote work options helps them maintain a better<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/in-india-flexibility-overpowers-pay-hike-on-job-change/articleshow/67975325.cms"> work-life balance</a>, thereby reducing stress. Several companies in India including EY, Hindustan Unilever, WeWork are hence <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/companies/were-off-duty-will-not-reply-to-email-wework/articleshow/69087683.cms">stepping up their employee policies</a> for a healthy work-life balance and controlled attrition rate. India, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Indonesia showed the strongest improvement in overall wellness with a rise of between 2.1 and 4.4 points, according to the Cigna well-being survey. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/working-night-shifts-adversely-affecting-health/articleshow/67738903.cms">Working night shifts can do irreversible damage to your DNA, says study</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-ranked-as-the-most-vacation-deprived-country-in-the-world-survey/articleshow/66749566.cms">India ranked as the most vacation-deprived country in the world: Survey</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indians-are-expressly-downbeat-about-their-work-and-find-it-socially-useless-says-study/articleshow/66986382.cms">Indians are expressly downbeat about their work and find it ‘socially useless’, says study</a>

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The philosopher and political economist <keyword id="283034" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="John-Stuart-Mill" source="Orion">John Stuart Mill</keyword> once wrote about why he didn't take holidays. "No holidays allowed," he explained, "lest the habit of work should be broken, and a taste for idleness acquired." It is certainly true that when people take holidays and then return to work, they tend to feel "instant stress". All the rest and recreation they got from the laid-back lifestyle of lounging by the pool, can disappear within hours of returning to the office. Whether we're mainly office-based or work from home, our working environment can be frenetic, full-on, fast-moving, unrelenting and exhausting for many - especially after some time off. Two top US cardiologists in the 1970s, Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman, defined the consequences of most work environments as "hurry sickness". The UK's most recent <keyword id="22816883" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Health-Safety-Executive" source="Orion">Health &amp; Safety Executive</keyword> report on sickness absence showed that "stress, depression or anxiety" accounted for 51% of all work-related ill-health cases, and 55% of all working days lost due to work-related ill health. In a nutshell, most work is stressful, requiring bouts of respite and serious rest, relaxation and recuperation. So, how can we learn to manage the stress of returning to our desk, to ensure we retain some of the benefits that breaks from work provide, and avoid the post-holiday stress trap? Here are seven suggestions. <h2>Reconnect with your colleagues</h2>On your first morning back at work, use your first hour(s) to reconnect socially with your colleagues, sharing your <keyword id="19903992" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="holiday" source="keywords">holiday</keyword> and other experiences. Work can provide positive and meaningful relationships, and to sustain our health and wellbeing, social connection is essential. <h2>Control your workload </h2>Avoid doing your email responses straight away. The large inbox will induce an immediate stress response, and your desire to read all your emails on day one will not only overload and exhaust you, it may also lead to problematic responses that create relationship issues down the line. You might, for example, be more curt than you usually would be, and the recipient might take offence. Look over all your emails casually, highlight and respond only to the urgent ones, and leave the rest for another day. <h2>Take <keyword id="21931" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="short-breaks" source="Orion">short breaks</keyword></h2>Ensure you take a coffee or tea break and lunch each day during your first week back. If you're office-based, take these breaks with different colleagues and, over lunch, try to leave the office to have your lunch in a park or other outside venue. <h2>Go home on time and avoid long hours</h2>When you get home, be active. Don't flop in front of the TV, but go to a gym or out for a run, or treat yourself to a meal out with your family or friends. Let the holiday mode spill over to your home environment. <h2>Don't arrange lots of meetings</h2>The pace of most workplaces is fast for many people. Cardiologists Friedman and Rosenman suggested in their 1974 book, Type A Behavior and Your Heart, that people become "obsessionally time-directed" by the office environment. Don't arrange numerous meetings to show others that you're back and up and running. Basically, don't try to do everything in your in-tray in 48 hours! <h2>Be tolerant of colleagues</h2>Colleagues who constantly complain and suggest there is no solution to a problem can create stress, particularly when you have just returned from a wonderful and stress-free holiday. Try to be patient, tolerant, and listen to their diatribe without taking it seriously. <h2>Set <keyword id="22816881" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="realistic-work-objectives" source="keywords">realistic work objectives</keyword></h2>Finally, avoid setting unachievable deadlines for your work, or making unnecessary appointments, and politely say no to things you won't be able to achieve in your first week back. Studs Terkel, the social reformer, wrote in his acclaimed book Working: "Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor - in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday-to-Friday sort of dying." Holidays provide an opportunity for recuperation from the stresses of modern work environments, so let's allow some of this to spill over into the workplace on your return to the office.

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A recent study reveals that the nature of outsourced work, along with the odd working hours, leads to high employee <keyword id="28114" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Attrition">attrition</keyword> in the <keyword id="6682479" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="call-centres">call centres</keyword>. Lack of <keyword id="27186" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="job-satisfaction">job satisfaction</keyword>, high levels of stress, health issues, lack of employee safety and career prospects are reasons for leading to absenteeism and high employee turnover. Students of the NMIMS University recently carried out a study - “Challenges Posed by Alien Culture Diffusion for <keyword id="6357081" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Employees">Employees</keyword> of Call Centers in Mumbai” - to examine the effect of job profile on employee health and also the impact on cultural transformation of the call centre employees. According to the study, only 13 per cent employees are fully satisfied. The jobs do not allow the employees to be totally creative at their workplace, which further leads fatigue and stress as a result of monotonous work and boredom. Predictably, 90 per cent employees find their job profiles monotonous, boring and meaningless generally or sometimes, and only 10 per cent are happy. Around 72 per cent of employees feel bad or miserable about having to change their accent while attending calls. Call centre employees need to lie about their ethnic identities from western customers and it can hurt their self esteem. About 98 per cent are being adversely psychologically affected due to the changing of identity at their workplace. It leads to lots of psycho-social disorders among employees. Around 69 per cent follow the culture of their customers’ countries at the workplace, either regularly or sometimes. Approximately 65 per cent of the employees have changed jobs more than three times. It turns out that every year, a call centre employee changes job.

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When you come back home after a long day of dealing with a demanding boss and/or an annoying colleague, the last thing we are going to want to do is exercise. However, getting our behinds off the couch and dragging ourselves to the gym — or the park — might actually help us feel better. In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure <keyword id="19954079" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="work-environment" source="keywords">work environment</keyword>, <keyword id="19901233" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="burnout" source="keywords">burnout</keyword> is becoming a common issue. Deadlines, long hours and constant multitasking can leave us feeling emotionally exhausted and mentally drained. But there’s good news — according to research published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, <keyword id="23298308" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="moderate-exercise" source="keywords">moderate exercise</keyword> might be the key to combating job burnout. The study examined over 500 employees, assessing their <keyword id="23410261" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="exercise-habits" source="keywords">exercise habits</keyword> and how these related to their work satisfaction and emotional well-being. The results were clear: those who engaged in moderate <keyword id="20053428" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="physical-activity" source="keywords">physical activity</keyword> experienced significantly less burnout and <keyword id="22955163" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="emotional-exhaustion" source="keywords">emotional exhaustion</keyword>. They also reported feeling a greater sense of personal accomplishment in their jobs. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="113632562" title="Here’s how much exercise you must do if you sit at a desk most of your day!" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>But what is “moderate exercise”? As per Michele Wolf Marenus, PhD, a research scientist at Personify Health and one of the study's authors, it’s not about pushing yourself to the extreme. Instead, it involves activities like strength training, dancing, or hiking for at least 30 minutes on five or more days a week. A combination of vigorous activities, like running, and moderate ones is also effective. Interestingly, the study found that more intense forms of exercise didn’t necessarily lead to better results. In fact, moderate activity proved to be the sweet spot. People who exercised at this level reported the lowest levels of emotional exhaustion and the highest levels of <keyword id="20154404" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="job-satisfaction" source="keywords">job satisfaction</keyword>. Meanwhile, those who did either very low or very high levels of physical activity didn’t see the same benefits. As for why moderate exercise helped with burnout? It offers a valuable break from work, allowing employees to recharge mentally and physically. Exercise boosts cardiovascular health, enhances mood, and improves emotional regulation — all essential for dealing with <keyword id="21541838" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="work-stress" source="keywords">work stress</keyword>. So, if work stress is getting you down, you might want to lace up those sneakers and take a brisk walk or dance to your favourite tunes. It could be just what you need to refresh both body and mind! <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="112589784" title="How to invest 3% of your day in exercise to live longer, according to an expert in healthy aging" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image on-image"><a title_source="Wikimedia Commons" title_caption="California-based life insurance company Pacific Life was rated the least stressful, at 32%." class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5547808d6da8116d4a6ee126-960/pacific-life-headquarters-2.jpg"></a><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pacificlifeheadquarters.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>California-based life insurance company Pacific Life was rated the least stressful, at 32%.</div></div></div>More stress means less productivity.In fact, stressful employees can <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/surprising-costs-to-the-work-place-2011-11?op=1">cost companies between $200 and $300 billion</a> each year. What's more, <a href="http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303497804579242203005473122">stress is contagious</a>, making it even more critical for companies to create comfortable working conditions to keep their employees happy. To find the least stressful employers in America, we looked at Business Insider's latest list of the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/best-companies-to-work-for-in-america-2015-4">50 best companies to work for</a>.For the second year in a row, Pacific Life Insurance topped the list, with nearly a third (32%) of employees reporting low stress, a significant jump from last year's 23.9%.The list is based on exclusive data from employer-information website PayScale, which surveyed employees in the US who work at companies that appeared on the 2014 Fortune 500 list.PayScale calculated scores for each company using six criteria: high job satisfaction, low job stress, ability to telecommute, high job meaning, experienced median pay/total cash compensation, and salary delta. We double-weighted pay to emphasize the importance of companies that compensate their employees well. Job stress was based on a survey that asked employees, "How stressful is your job/work environment?" The higher percentage of employees who responded with "My job is Relaxing" or "Not stressful," the lower the stress. (Read the full methodology <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/50-best-companies-to-work-for-in-america-methodology-2015-4">here</a>.)Here is the full list:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image"><a title_source="Skye Gould/Business Insider" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5543b4f16bb3f77e2101cee1-960/bi_graphics_leaststressfulcompanies.png"></a>Skye Gould/Business Insider</div></div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/job-interview-cliches-answers-career-search-advice-2015-3">7 clichés you should never use in a job interview </a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="c5b25kbDp9Tt9EwhxiWkLF0i10dcpRp6" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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Technology stresses people out. Sitting in an uncomfortable desk chair in a windowless cubicle for hours can cause back tension, headaches, and overall nuttiness. Everyone needs a break.
Brief moments of personal time throughout the workday vastly improve productivity and concentration, according to <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110208131529.htm">Science Daily.</a> So you don't even need to feel guilty about spending a few minutes on each of the websites below.
1.) <a href="http://www.calm.com/">Calm.com</a> plays ambient tunes and shows pretty pictures. Simple. You choose the background and music by using the navigation bar in the lower right hand corner.
The site also offers guided meditation — if you enjoy a British woman whispering about your posture and breathing.
<div class="image-container" style="width:800px"><div class="image"><a href="http://www.calm.com">Screenshot via calm.com</a></div></div>
2.) <a href="http://thequietplaceproject.com/thethoughtsroom/">The Thoughts Room</a> essentially provides an online diary, one sentence at a time, that explodes into stardust. Anything you put online stays there for a terrifyingly long time. But whatever stressful, evil, self-deprecating, etc. words you type into the "thoughts box" (shown below) just melt away, while listening to ambient music. <a href="http://www.science20.com/news/writing_down_feelings_really_does_make_us_feel_better_study_says">Putting your feelings into words</a> really does help.
<div class="image-container" style="width:800px"><div class="image"><a href="http://thequietplaceproject.com/thethoughtsroom/">Screenshot via The Thoughts Room </a></div></div>
3.) <a href="http://www.babyanimalcams.com">Babyanimalcams.com</a> doesn't require a lot of explanation. Choose from live video feeds of kittens, birds, puppies, and even sea otters, posted by zoos, animal shelters, and regular people. Look at that little guy chewing on his friend!
<div class="image-container" style="width:800px"><div class="image"><a href="http://www.babyanimalcams.com">Screenshot via babyanimalcams.com</a></div></div>
4.) <a href="weavesilk.com">Weavesilk.com</a> requires some user interaction, but the result will blow your mind. Anywhere you click on the screen a hybrid lightning-smoke design will appear. Options in the top right hand corner allow you to change the color and level of symmetry. You'll feel like an artistic scientist while also giving your mind a break. There's more ambient music, too.
<div class="image-container" style="width:800px"><div class="image"><a href="http://www.weavesilk.com">Screenshot via weavesilk.com</a></div></div>
5.) On <a href="http://www.science20.com/news/writing_down_feelings_really_does_make_us_feel_better_study_says">sharkbreak.com,</a> your choice of sea creature — like a puffer fish, shark, or whale — follows your mouse around the screen. Traffic to the site also helps raise funds for marine life conservation and ocean preservation. (Spoiler alert: the puffer fish puffs at random times!)
<div class="image-container" style="width:800px"><div class="image"><a href="http://www.sharkbreak.com/">Screenshot via sharkbreak.com</a></div></div>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A new study found that European adults who report an inadequate <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/work-life-balance-regain-your-sanity-2019-3">work-life balance</a> are more likely to rate their general <keyword id="6354750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="health">health</keyword> as poor.</li><li>People who work long hours may also experience a higher risk of <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-is-a-stroke">stroke</a> and certain <a href="https://www.insider.com/a-third-of-americans-experiencing-mid-pandemic-anxiety-or-depression-2020-5">mental health disorders</a>, previous studies have found.</li><li>Career coaches recommend setting priorities, taking breaks and staying active to maintain a healthy work-life balance.</li></ul>As many people are <a href="https://www.insider.com/statistics-peoples-work-from-home-habits">working extra hours from home</a> during the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-cases-maps-us-world-spread-symptoms-death-rate-2020-1">coronavirus</a> pandemic, maintaining a healthy work-life balance has never been trickier. But setting boundaries between work and personal time is important for your physical and <keyword id="6354774" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mental-health">mental health</keyword>.Adults who report an unsatisfactory work-life balance are twice as likely to report poor overall health, according to a new study published today in <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09139-w">BMC Public Health</a>. Researchers analyzed the results of the 6th European Working Condition Survey, which included responses from 32,275 working adults in more than 30 countries.The women surveyed had a slightly stronger association between work-life balance and health, although men were more likely to express dissatisfaction with how their work fit into their lifestyles.This study by a team of German researchers is not the first to associate working behaviors with quality of health. In a meta-analysis published in <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60295-1/fulltext">The Lancet</a> in 2015, the authors found that people who work upwards of 55 hours per week have an increased risk of stroke compared to those who work normal hours.Another study published in <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001879114001110?casa_token=GkujnqBhePUAAAAA:Ef9-6lymPWd8FRET2GHVe-Aph6_K0JqMNXBbwuMueWs742TiNSBKZp2IY-0PNJt0FrYdPKGW7xw">The Journal of Vocational Behavior</a> considered how work-life balance relates to mental health, as well as job and life satisfaction. Across seven different cultures, people who reported a strong work-life balance were less likely to experience anxiety and depression.While all signs point to the importance of work-life balance, setting clear boundaries is often easier said than done. Insider spoke with two career coaches about how to excel at the balancing act.<h2>Set priorities by asking yourself what's important to you</h2>A common pitfall of working people is overcommitting, said career and leadership coach Kathy Caprino. "I call it '<a href="https://www.insider.com/perfectionism-definition-depression-anxiety-mental-health-2018-11">perfectionistic overfunctioning</a>' — doing more than is healthy, appropriate and necessary and trying to get an A+ in all of it," Caprino wrote in an email to Insider. To avoid taking on too much, Caprino recommends setting clear priorities and honoring them. She suggests asking yourself questions like, "What matters most to you personally?" and "What will you regret not doing when you're at the end of your life looking back?""For most people, the answer to these questions isn't 'I wish I worked harder,'" she wrote. "It's more about connection with others, physical activity, time in nature, experiencing more joy … etc."<h2>Schedule true breaks</h2>So you've scheduled some quality time, but your <a href="https://www.insider.com/digital-detox-phone-addiction-sabbath-2019-8">phone keeps going off.</a> Or maybe it's hard to mentally log off when your workspace is in your living room. Eefke Jansen, a career coach who specializes in work-life balance, says it's important to truly switch off your work when you're taking a break."Not just turning [your phone] on silent — literally switching off so you don't get interrupted by that buzzer in your pocket," Jansen told Insider. "That enables you to let go of your work, especially nowadays when work is all around us."This also applies to <a href="https://www.insider.com/working-from-home-best-habit-taking-a-lunch-break-2020-5">lunch breaks</a>, Jansen said. Although you may be tempted to grab some food and eat in front of your computer, you're actually more productive after a 30-minute break. Eating in another room or taking lunch outside will help you break up the day and recharge.<h2>Make time for exercise</h2>During those breaks, Jansen recommends engaging in whatever level of <a href="https://www.insider.com/exercise-for-depression">physical activity</a> is comfortable for you."Exercising is very important to reduce <keyword id="23666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="stress">stress</keyword> because it brings out the feel-good hormones, the endorphins," she said. "It also teaches the body not to overreact to stress."If you don't want to go for a run, that's OK — you can get similar benefits from going for a walk or doing other outdoor activities, Jansen said. Even better, active time can serve as an opportunity to be with family and friends.<h2>Don't feel guilty if you need to take a step back</h2>Most of the professionals Caprino works with need and want more time off work, but they feel guilty or ashamed to ask for it.But without the ability to take a step back, many people will work themselves to the point of exhaustion or <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-is-burnout">burnout</a>, she wrote in an email. "If we don't speak up and stand up for what we need and want in our lives, and if we don't make the stand to balance our work lives with other non-work endeavors and activities … our physical and emotional wellbeing often suffers for it."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/parents-share-tips-for-working-from-home-during-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-3">14 parents share their work from home plans, and tricks they're using to do 2 full-time jobs during the coronavirus pandemic</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-couples-work-from-small-apartment-during-lockdown-2020-5">6 couples working from home together in their tiny apartments during lockdown show how they make it work</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-john-lynch-work-life-balance-nfl-draft-2020-4">NFL executives are realizing that a lot of their work can be done from home and it is changing how they view work-life balance</a>

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