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Futures 25 coping with stress @ work and @ home
The document outlines strategies for achieving life balance and managing stress both at work and home through various coping mechanisms and self-assessment questions. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing stressors, developing personal resources, effective communication, and problem-solving skills as essential for reducing stress and enhancing well-being. Additionally, it highlights that while some stress can be beneficial, excessive stress can negatively impact creativity and productivity.
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- 1. Achieving Life BalanceAchievingLife Balance Coping with Stress @ Work and @ HomeCoping with Stress @ Work and @ Home
- 2. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 2 Seminar Goals • Eliminate any misconceptions about stress management • Learn to avoid or eliminate stressors when possible • Build upon your current coping resources and stress-management skills • Develop new coping resources
- 3. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 3 Stress is Life Worth Remembering … “If you want to avoid worry live in a day- tight compartment and don’t stew about the future. Just live each day until bedtime.” - Dale Carnegie
- 4. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 4 Stress Busters Questions Worth Answering: • What is creating stress in your life? • What can you do about it? • What are you prepared to do about it?
- 5. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 5 Life is About WIIFM’s Questions Worth Answering: • How satisfied are you with where you are in your career, your home or social life? • If you could make a change in your career, your home or your social life what would it be? • What do you need to do to make that happen?
- 6. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 6 What’s Your WIIFM? Worth Remembering … “Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 7. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 7 The Attitude Challenge • Does everyone have an attitude? • Are they all the same? • Do you own 100% of yours? • Does your attitude have an impact on the outcome in any given situation?
- 8. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 8 Attitude Worth Remembering … “Change what you can – influence what you will – and give up all of those things that you cannot control”
- 9. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 9 Change Model C – Commit – to a new beginning H – Habits – break old and start new A – Action – take one step at a time N – Never – never give up – be persistent G – Goals – set SMART targets E – Evaluate – your plan & reward yourself
- 10. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 10 Good Habits = Good Results Worth Remembering … “As long as you keep doing what you’ve been doing then you are going to keep on getting what you’ve been getting. Change the habit – change the result” - Zig Ziglar
- 11. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 11 Stress? Questions Worth Answering: • What is stress? • What do we know for certain about stress? • What do we know for certain that can help us cope with the negative health side-effects of stress?
- 12. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 12 Relax – You’re Alive Worth Remembering … “Bless this stress. It helps me see that I’m such a mess” - Loretta LaRoche
- 13. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 13 Functional Dysfunctional ExcitementComfort Boredom Low Balanced High Frustration Stress Level
- 14. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 14 Three Methods for Coping with Stress • Eliminate the stressor or change your response to it • Use the coping resources available to you • Develop new coping resources
- 15. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 15 1. Most Critical Issues 2. 4. Least Critical Issues 3. Able to Change Difficult to Change HighPriorityLowPriority
- 16. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 16 Most Critical Issues • Your most critical stress issues are those you feel are a high priority to change and you are able to change them. If it is blocking you from achieving your goals then it should be a high priority.
- 17. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 17 Least Critical Issues • Your least critical stress issues are those with a low priority and are very difficult to change. For those stressors that you can change - develop a plan. For those stressors that you can’t change - than you need to change your response to them.
- 18. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 18 Balance Worth Remembering … “Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started.” - David Allen
- 19. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 19 The New Reality Worth Remembering … “I thought 24/7 was a new kind of Mac’s Milk not a new way of life. This new technology was suppose to improve the quality of our lives – not compound it”
- 20. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 20 Just Say No Worth Remembering … “Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists of eliminating the non-essentials.”
- 21. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 21 My De-Stressor Worth Remembering … “If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you are thinking about it” - Mary Engelbreit
- 22. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 22 Relationship Coping Resources • Problem Solving -- the ability to deal directly with the difficult situations you face and make positive changes to resolve them. • Communication -- the ability to share thoughts and feelings with others in order to promote mutual understanding, even under difficult circumstances.
- 23. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 23 Relationship Coping Resources • Closeness -- the degree to which you have developed a supportive social fabric in each area of life • Flexibility -- the degree of organization in your life and how comfortable you are with unstructured and unpredictable situations
- 24. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 24 Personal Coping Resources • Self-Esteem -- feeling good about yourself and perceiving yourself as having inherent worth as a person • Mastery -- feeling competent and in control of your life • Social Support -- having a network of friends and family you can count on
- 25. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 25 Personal Coping Resources • Spiritual Beliefs -- believing in a set of values external to yourself • Nutrition -- dietary habits and motivations • Exercise -- physical activity that maximizes or minimizes your ability to cope with stress
- 26. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 26 Problem Solving refers to your ability to deal directly with the difficult situations you face and make positive changes to resolve them.
- 27. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 27 To Improve Your Problem Solving Skills • Deal with the problem as soon as you perceive it • Define the problem carefully • Separate people from the problem • Separate emotions from the problem
- 28. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 28 To Improve Your Problem Solving Skills • Determine your desired outcome • Make a list of creative and practical solutions • Don’t get trapped into thinking there is only “one” resolution
- 29. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 29 Problems Worth Remembering … “The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.” - Theodore Rubin
- 30. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 30 Communication is the ability to share thoughts and feelings with others in order to promote mutual understanding, even under difficult circumstances.
- 31. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 31 Communication Patterns • Gender Patterns • Generational Patterns • Geographic Patterns • Cultural Patterns • Educational Patterns • Occupational Patterns
- 32. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 32 Communication Realities • You cannot not communicate • Whenever contact is made communication occurs • Meanings are in people not in words • Meanings cannot be transferred from one mind to another … only words can be transferred.
- 33. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 33 “We only hear half of what is said to us, understand only half of that, and remember only half of that.” --Mignon McLaughlin
- 34. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 34 Active Listening • Listen to understand, not to judge • Focus on the message sent • Use “reflective listening” to summarize the other person’s message • Praise others for sharing
- 35. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 35 Listening Realities • Humans have the ability to listen at a rate of _______________ words per minute • Humans have the ability to speak at a rate of _______________ words per minute • That gives humans ________ words per minute to tune out. - Dr. Ralph Nichols
- 36. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 36 Effective Speaking • Use “I” statements when you speak • Be respectfully assertive • Speak for a purpose • As for feedback
- 37. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 37 Speak with Purpose Worth Remembering … “Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life” - Seneca
- 38. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 38 Closeness refers to the degree to which you have developed a supportive social fabric in each area of your life.
- 39. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 39 “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men...” --Herman Melville
- 40. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 40 Developing Closeness • Make relationships a priority • Share your personal feelings • Find quality time together • Focus on the positive and give praise • Focus on future goals
- 41. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 41 Flexibility Indicates both the degree of structure in your life and how comfortable you are with situations that are unstructured and unpredictable
- 42. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 42 Developing Flexibility • Be open to diverse ideas • Brainstorm ideas without judging • Avoid judging “right” or “wrong” • “Try on” other people’s ideas
- 43. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 43 “The most successful people are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. It is those people who carefully advance step by step, their minds becoming wider and wider, and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation, persevering in what they know to be practical, and concentrating their thought upon it, who are bound to succeed in the greatest degree.” --Alexander Graham Bell
- 44. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 44 Achieving Life Balance • For stressors you CAN change, develop a specific plan of action for creating change, then follow through with that plan • Change your response to those stressors you CANNOT change • Improving stress management capabilities can increase personal and business productivity, emotional well-being, and relationships
- 45. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 45 Achieving Life Balance • Stress is not always bad. Moderate stress can help you be more creative, energetic, focused, and productive • When stress increases beyond our ability to easily cope with it, we begin to feel its negative effects
- 46. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 46 7-Steps to Less Stress It’s a Matter of Being FOCUSED© F – Forgiving of others and yourself O – Organized – invest time wisely C – Consistent – develop good habits U – Understanding – show empathy S – Sincere – help others be successful E – Energized – live your dreams D – Determined – never give up
- 47. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 47 Your Reality Check Worth Remembering … “You can either get FOCUSED or get STUFFED. The choice is yours”
- 48. Copyright – Notto be reproduced. – Provided by Power Link Dynamics TR - 48 Thank You Thank you for participating in this workshop. I hope you got your WIIFM. Brian Smith Power Link Dynamics briansmithpld@gmail.com http://briansmithpld.com