Research indicates that a significant percentage of the American population is affected by work stress. And the discouraging news is that the number is steadily on the rise. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health of the CDC has shown that work stress affects nearly 29% to 40% of the American workforce. An online poll indicated that more than 50% of the individuals responded positively to the question on work-stress and exhaustion.
Stress has adverse impacts on health. These effects can be relatively harmless such common colds. The more serious effects include heart ailments and the metabolic syndrome.
Work-stress is so common that it is hard to label any job as stress-free. The key to manage job-stress is adaptability. Some popular techniques that you can experiment with to tackle work-stress are mentioned below:
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