Software Development - Stress Management - Part II

Our life is full of surprises and twists and turns, no one in this world meticulously plan for future, day by day activities etc. All we need is a brave heart to face unexpected. Stress management is really important in our life. We should not get stress easily and burn out ourselves. When i started software development, industry suffered a major setback is managing stress. But now due to the maturity of industry stress is not a big issue. What causing stress, actually stress is unpredicted one. For example, one is very easy go on many things but get stress whenever Christmas season is around the corner, major reason is how can i handle shopping for massive relatives, friends, kids? but s/he may be handles $10 million fund in wall street.

Stress can cause major damage to health, mind. One more important thing is, stress won't show up until it grows bigger and bigger in our own mind. Back in India, i wondered that my dad, uncles other relatives who ever working with public sector never complained about Stress but self employed and private sector complained about stress. What is the connection between them?. Actually one important thing is, India freedom of speech, expressiveness is higher in public sector companies with compare to private sector, since employees enjoyed free to talk, free to say no etc in public sector, which helps them to free up from stress. Based on my opinion, here are some major points in terms managing stress.

1. Say what we can do, talk from our own mind, don't commit more than what we can achieve.

2. Learn to say NO, but not always NO. Balance between Yes and No is really important to manage stress.

3. Treat others as friends/helpers not competitors, competition leads to race which leads to stress.

4. Plan ahead, create a step by step guide to achieve end goal. Get professional help if we need to.

5. Go to new places and learn about new things.

Comments

good series Subba. Stress is a big problem. Your tips are pretty good.
Thanks Sukumar for your kind words

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