How to create a happy, healthy, stress- free career...
It’s up to each and every one of us to make sure our own career is in good shape and that we have a work-life balance that keeps us happy and healthy.
If your work and career are causing you stress then it’s time to do a proper sound check and really get to the root of what is going on.
Where is your career-stress coming from?
Answer questions 1 to 10 to identify where your career is out of shape and causing you stress:
1.Are your day to day activities in the work you do, activities that you’d choose to do even if you weren’t at work? Are they activities that you enjoy that make you come alive?
2.Are the subjects you work with ones that you’d choose to be involved in even if they weren’t part of your work.
3.Are you using your natural strengths in the work that you do? Do you feel like your work is effortless,are you confident in what you do, do you get good results easily?
4.Do you get a healthy sense of challenge and stimulation to keep you engaged in the work that you do?
5.Do you love the environment that you work in? Do you feel you can be yourself? Do you feel energised by your work environment?
6. Does your work-style work for you? Do you feel you have the security and the freedom that you needto be happy in your career?
7.Do you have the money that you need to live in the style that makes you happy?
8.Do you feel that the work you do is important, that it is worthwhile and make a positive contributionin the world?
9.Do youknow what your values are? What qualities are most important to you in life? And are they reflected in your career?
10.Do you have a healthy work life balance? Are you able to switch off after work and spend quality timeon the other areas of your life–relationships, hobbies, friends & family?
Once you’ve identified which areas of your career are out of shape and causing your stress, the next step is tofigure outwhat shifts in your career you can make to get your career back in shape.
Source: http://www.stress.org.uk/files/stress-free-career.pdf
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