人力資源壓力

1、如何緩解心理壓力我們?yōu)槭裁磿?huì)覺(jué)得壓力重重我認(rèn)為我們當(dāng)中的許多人都傾向于對(duì)生活中各種各樣的事情說(shuō)“是”，也許是因?yàn)槲覀兲屏级x擇妥協(xié)，又也許是因?yàn)槲覀儗?duì)自己的承受能力太樂(lè)觀，可能因?yàn)槲覀儾幌氤姓J(rèn)自己看上去很糟糕，又可能是因?yàn)椴幌胍驗(yàn)樽约旱木芙^而錯(cuò)失良機(jī)。這么說(shuō)來(lái)只要我們對(duì)沒(méi)有把握的事情說(shuō)“不”就可以了，當(dāng)然，像我剛才說(shuō)的那樣，這只是一種傾向，我們傾向于對(duì)力不從心的事情也說(shuō)“是”。所以我們就會(huì)開(kāi)始變得不知所措、壓力重重和疲憊不堪。如你所知，簡(jiǎn)化就是我哲學(xué)理念的關(guān)鍵。如果事情變得復(fù)雜起來(lái)，我就會(huì)建議你把它簡(jiǎn)化。不要嘗試再多做什么，而是少做。壓力和超負(fù)荷還來(lái)的后果我們都知道太大的壓力對(duì)我們不利。當(dāng)然

2、，你不能完全避開(kāi)壓力的存在并且沒(méi)有了壓力我們也會(huì)停止進(jìn)步。但是壓力太大呢？那就會(huì)導(dǎo)致許多問(wèn)題。首先是許多健康問(wèn)題，比如：頭痛，肩頸、背部肌肉疼痛.這些會(huì)讓你過(guò)早衰老，還會(huì)導(dǎo)致暴飲暴食、潰瘍、消化不良、高血壓、心臟病等，這些都令人擔(dān)憂(yōu)。不僅如此，過(guò)重的負(fù)擔(dān)也會(huì)導(dǎo)致辦事效率下降。承擔(dān)得太多意味著我們不能像預(yù)期的那樣把工作做好，我們經(jīng)常會(huì)不斷的從一個(gè)任務(wù)跳到另一個(gè)任務(wù)，所以我們通常會(huì)在這些事情上花更多的時(shí)間而沒(méi)法完成它們。或者我們會(huì)爭(zhēng)分奪秒的完成一些任務(wù)而犧牲了它們的質(zhì)量。我主張的是做得更少可以讓你變得更有效率，因而也更加高產(chǎn)。至少這對(duì)我是有效的。我傾向于把事情從我的計(jì)劃表中剔除出去，當(dāng)我覺(jué)得壓力重

3、重時(shí)我就會(huì)刪減掉一些計(jì)劃。你知道結(jié)果怎么樣嗎？我覺(jué)得壓力少多了，并且我的確完成了那些任務(wù)從我的電子書(shū)到博客從我每天的工作到要完成的新任務(wù).我能在有限的時(shí)間內(nèi)很出色的完成兩到三個(gè)需要完成的任務(wù)。應(yīng)對(duì)壓力就像我上面所說(shuō)的，有許多方式可以應(yīng)對(duì)壓力。但每一種方式并不是相同的。消極應(yīng)對(duì)包括一些用來(lái)應(yīng)對(duì)壓力和高負(fù)荷的更加常用的方法比如暴飲暴食、過(guò)度吸煙喝酒以及購(gòu)物。我們都嘗試過(guò)，所以我不打算在這里進(jìn)行批判，但我認(rèn)為這些都是消極的應(yīng)對(duì)方式。同樣的，上面四種方法（其實(shí)還有更多）我都使用過(guò)，所以我知道這些方法會(huì)給人們帶來(lái)壓力確實(shí)減小了的錯(cuò)覺(jué)，實(shí)際上他們卻只能給人們帶來(lái)更多的壓力。飲食，吸煙和飲酒，如果這些過(guò)量則

4、是不健康的.當(dāng)你做出一些不健康的行為時(shí)實(shí)際上是給你的身體施壓。消費(fèi)會(huì)對(duì)你產(chǎn)生經(jīng)濟(jì)上的影響（同樣，如果過(guò)度）導(dǎo)致經(jīng)濟(jì)壓力。盡管這些能讓你暫時(shí)緩解壓力，但長(zhǎng)久來(lái)看是有壞處的。積極應(yīng)對(duì)以下這些是我總是給人們推薦的鍛煉、各種放松技巧、瑜伽或冥想、洗個(gè)熱水澡。這些都能幫助緩解壓力，建議你使用。我曾用跑步取代了吸煙，而且這是我用過(guò)的最好的方法了。減少壓力當(dāng)然比積極應(yīng)對(duì)壓力更好的辦法就是從根源上減少壓力了。是什么讓你壓力倍增？看看你能否減小壓力的來(lái)源。在這篇文章中我們假設(shè)你的壓力來(lái)自于工作，不論是何種形式的工作，讓我們來(lái)看看如何通過(guò)控制你壓力根源來(lái)削減你的工作負(fù)擔(dān)。怎樣減負(fù)問(wèn)題是大多數(shù)被工作弄得疲憊不堪的人

5、仍然覺(jué)得他們不能削減工作負(fù)擔(dān)。他們認(rèn)為自己需要更加努力去完成那些該做的事情。他們還認(rèn)為花點(diǎn)時(shí)間休息或者削減工作量是想都不用想的。 如果這是你的想法，那你很有可能就是那個(gè)最需要減負(fù)的人。當(dāng)然，我并不是在批判你，不過(guò)你是該考慮采取行動(dòng)了。那么在你覺(jué)得你不能辦到時(shí)該怎么做呢？基于我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，可以嘗試以下的方法：1、回顧為了給減負(fù)做出一些必要的安排，你需要一些時(shí)間去整理思緒。停下你手頭的任何事情（如果不能，你可以在一天的某個(gè)時(shí)候安排30分鐘出來(lái)）并且把所做過(guò)的每一件事情整理清楚。如果有必要可以去散散步呼吸一點(diǎn)新鮮空氣讓你的大腦清醒一下。2、列出清單把你所有的任務(wù)和項(xiàng)目寫(xiě)在一張清單上（如果愿意也可以分別列

6、舉），把所有的事情都記錄在上面，不論個(gè)人私事還是社會(huì)責(zé)任，每一件事都要寫(xiě)在清單上。為了做出正確的安排，你必須對(duì)要做的事情一目了然。3、設(shè)定目標(biāo)給自己束縛看上去是不可能的，不過(guò)一旦這么做了你就必須強(qiáng)迫自己去做那些最必要的事情。事實(shí)上這樣的約束并不是一沉不變的，你可以根據(jù)根據(jù)接下來(lái)的工作進(jìn)行調(diào)整。我建議你一天選擇三個(gè)任務(wù)來(lái)完成，且最多完成三個(gè)。4、排列順序一旦你給自己提出了目標(biāo)，你可以觀察一下長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的任務(wù)表然后選擇出那些必須格外用心完成的任務(wù)。哪些任務(wù)是最必要的？并不是那些最緊急的，而是哪些能夠給你帶來(lái)長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)利益的。哪些任務(wù)是最見(jiàn)成效的？通常是那些在你頭腦中覺(jué)得很緊急的任務(wù)。如果你忽略它們，它們通常就

7、不見(jiàn)得那么緊急了（并不是每一次）。5、刪減在這些任務(wù)中是不是有些不那么重要而可以刪減掉？是不是有些可以推遲去做？不是是有些可以委托他人或者順其自然的？其實(shí)你不必完成清單上所有事情的果斷的將它們刪掉吧。6、重議承諾當(dāng)你決定好哪些事不做事你不能就直接回避掉或者委托別人，你必須重新安排它們。找到那些你曾經(jīng)給出過(guò)承諾的人，不論他們是你的上司、客戶(hù)、團(tuán)隊(duì)、配偶或者朋友，真誠(chéng)地告訴他們你的確無(wú)法馬上完成手頭上的工作，并且請(qǐng)求推遲。他們能否等上一星期？一個(gè)月？找一個(gè)合適的時(shí)間，并且盡力去做。7、休息這一個(gè)步驟是可以省略的，當(dāng)然，如果你能抽出一天、半天甚至幾天的時(shí)間放松和恢復(fù)那會(huì)是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的選擇。那可能意味著你

8、有足夠的時(shí)間重新規(guī)劃清單上的任務(wù)，并且在這段時(shí)間你不會(huì)感到壓力，當(dāng)你回到工作時(shí)也不會(huì)覺(jué)得不知所措。根據(jù)你的承諾把所有事情往后推遲一周、兩周或一個(gè)月，這樣當(dāng)你回到工作時(shí)手頭上就不會(huì)有任何緊急的事情要處理了。然后抽出一段時(shí)間不做任何工作，甚至不去想它。當(dāng)你重新回到工作時(shí)拿出30到60分鐘把任務(wù)整理和計(jì)劃好，確保你能全力投入其中并且不會(huì)感到負(fù)擔(dān)過(guò)大（到下一步）。8、創(chuàng)造一個(gè)理想的工作日你認(rèn)為一個(gè)理想的工作日是怎樣的？你在什么時(shí)候做最重要的工作？你會(huì)在什么時(shí)候開(kāi)始和結(jié)束？你會(huì)在什么時(shí)候休息、開(kāi)會(huì)、吃午餐？我建議你能設(shè)定出工作日程，根據(jù)特定的任務(wù)安排不同的時(shí)間。比如我也許會(huì)安排早上的兩個(gè)小時(shí)寫(xiě)作，另外的

9、4個(gè)小時(shí)用來(lái)交流（電子郵件等），兩個(gè)多小時(shí)來(lái)完成最重要的項(xiàng)目，一個(gè)小時(shí)鍛煉，一個(gè)小時(shí)來(lái)做一些小事情等等。通過(guò)制定這樣的日程（盡可能的堅(jiān)持它）你能創(chuàng)造一個(gè)可以防止你工作負(fù)擔(dān)過(guò)重的工作流程，并且讓你時(shí)刻保持最高效率。A Guide to Cutting Back When You Feel OverwhelmedA Guide to Cutting Back When You Feel OverwhelmedWhy We Get OverwhelmedI think the tendency for most of us is to say “yes” to most of the things

10、coming into our lives. Maybe its that were too nice to say no. Maybe its that we are overly optimistic about how much we can get done. Maybe we dont want to look bad by saying we cant do something. Or maybe were afraid to miss out on opportunities by saying no.Saying “no” to any commitments we cant

11、handle would be ideal, of course, but like I said, we usually have a tendency to say “yes” to more than we can actually handle. And we become overwhelmed, stressed, and exhausted.As you know, simplicity is the key to my philosophy. If things get complicated, I say you should simplify. Dont try to do

12、 more. Reduce.The Effects of Stress and OverloadWe all know that too much stress is bad for us. Sure, you cant avoid stress completely, and without some stress we would never grow. But too much stress? It leads to problems.Stress leads to many health problems, for example: headaches, muscle aches in

13、 your shoulders, neck, back it ages you prematurely, leads to ulcers, heartburn, high blood pressure, heart disease, overeating and more. Not a pretty picture.But theres more. Overloading yourself also leads to decreased effectiveness. Taking on too much means we dont do as good a job with the work

14、we attempt. We often switch between tasks, jumping from one to another, so that we actually take longer to do things and often dont complete tasks. Or were so rushed with the tasks we do complete that quality suffers.I submit that doing less makes you more effective, and thus more productive. Its wo

15、rked for me, at least. I have a tendency to slash things off my to-do list, to cut back on my projects when I feel overwhelmed. The result? Im less stressed, and I actually complete projects from my ebook to this blog to projects at my day job to new projects Im finishing up Ive been getting very go

16、od at knocking out the 2-3 projects I have on my plate at any given time.Coping with StressThere are many ways to cope with stress, as I mentioned above. Not all of these methods are created equally:Negative coping: Some of the more common methods of coping with stress and overload include eating, s

17、moking, drinking, and shopping. Weve all done it, so Im not judging, but I view these things as negative coping. Again, Ive done all four (as well as others), so I know that they can feel like youre really de-stressing but in fact, they can actually lead to more stress. Eating, smoking and drinking,

18、 if overdone, are unhealthy and when you do something unhealthy, thats stressful to your body. Shopping is bad for you financially (again, if overdone) and that leads to financial stress. While these things can give you temporary relief, they are not good in the long run.Positive coping: These are t

19、hings I always recommend exercise, relaxation techniques, Yoga and meditation, taking a hot bath. These lead to less stress, and you should do them every time you get stressed. I replaced smoking with running, and it was the best thing Ive ever done.Reducing the stress: Even better than the positive

20、 coping methods, of course, is reducing stress at the source. What is stressing you out? See if you can reduce that source of stress. For this article, were going to assume that its your workload, whether thats personal or business work. And the way to reduce that source of stress is to cut back on

21、your workload. Lets look at how to do that.How to Cut BackThe problem is, most people who are overwhelmed feel like they just cant cut back. They feel like they need to work harder to get everything done that needs to get done. They think that taking a break, or cutting back on their workload, is ou

22、t of the question.If thats you, youre probably the person who needs to cut back the most. Of course, Im not in a position to judge you, but its something to consider.So how do you cut back when you feel like you cant? Based on stuff thats worked for me, here are my recommendations:1. Step back. In o

23、rder to make the decisions necessary for cutting back, you need to take a few minutes to clear your head and think. Stop whatever youre doing (or if you cant, then schedule 30 minutes for sometime today), and take some time to consider everything you have going on. Take a walk to clear your head if

24、necessary. Get some fresh air.2. List everything. Make a list of all your tasks and projects (or one list for each if you like). Put everything on there, including personal stuff, civic commitments, everything. In order to make good decisions, youll have to see everything at once.3. Set limits. It m

25、ay seem impossible, but if you set limits for yourself, you will be forced to choose only the essential. The actual limits arent as important as the act of setting them at this point you can adjust the limits later depending on what works for you. I recommend you choose just 3 important tasks to acc

26、omplish today, and limit yourself to only 3 projects.4. Prioritize. Once youve set the limits, you can take a look at your long list of tasks and projects, and choose which ones youre going to focus on. Which tasks and projects are the most essential? NOT the most urgent, but the ones that will get

27、you the most long-term benefit. Which ones will have the most impact? Often some tasks and projects will seem urgent, but its only in our head. If you ignore them, they often lose their urgency (not always, but many times).5. Eliminate. Of the tasks and projects you didnt choose as your top prioriti

28、es are there any that can be just eliminated? Any that you can put on a someday list? Any that can be delegated or automated? You dont need to do everything on your list slash it mercilessly.6. Renegotiate commitments. Of the stuff you decide not to do now, but cant just eliminate or delegate youll

29、need to renegotiate them. Go to the person or people youve committed yourself to, whether that be a boss or a client or a team or a spouse or friend, and tell them honestly that you just cannot do everything on your plate right now, and ask for a different deadline or timeline. Can they wait a week?

30、 A month? Set a new date, and try to stick to it.7. Take time off. This step is optional, of course, but if you can possibly take a day or half a day or even several days to relax and recuperate, thats the best possible scenario. That will mean renegotiating everything on your list, probably, so tha

31、t you dont feel stressed while taking time out or overwhelmed when you get back. Push everything back a week, two weeks, or a month, depending on the commitment, so that you dont have anything urgent when you get back. Then take time off, and dont do any work. Dont even think about work. Do that whe

32、n you get back upon returning to work, take at least 30-60 minutes to prioritize and plan so that you can focus on your most important projects and not be overwhelmed (see next step).8. Create the ideal workday. What would your ideal workday be? When would you work on your most important tasks? When

33、 would you start and end? When would you take breaks, hold meetings, have lunch? I suggest mapping out your ideal workday, with blocks of time for certain types of tasks. For example, I might choose 2 hours in the morning to write, another hour for communication (email, etc), 2 more hours to work on

34、 my most important project, an hour to exercise, an hour for smaller tasks, etc. By creating this map (and sticking to it as much as possible), you create a structure that will prevent you from becoming overwhelmed, and that will have you at your most effective.壓力太大時(shí)應(yīng)做的事情你會(huì)有時(shí)候會(huì)感覺(jué)到自己到處亂轉(zhuǎn)，就像是關(guān)在籠子里的松鼠一

35、樣嗎？一個(gè)項(xiàng)目剛剛完成，另一個(gè)已經(jīng)在等著你了。剛在截止日期前完成工作，下一個(gè)任務(wù)已經(jīng)在敲門(mén)了。當(dāng)你認(rèn)為你終于可以休息一下的時(shí)候，你又意識(shí)到還有緊急的事等著你去處理。它永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)停止，最近我就有這樣的感覺(jué)。忙碌本身沒(méi)有什么問(wèn)題，但是如果過(guò)度的話(huà)，你就會(huì)感到失去了平衡。忙碌并不僅僅指努力工作，它也指照顧家人，幫助朋友和親戚，致力于新規(guī)劃，甚至于沉浸在你的愛(ài)好之中。我知道你們每個(gè)人都有自己的責(zé)任，這你們一直處于忙碌之中。當(dāng)周?chē)氖虑樽屇悴恢氲臅r(shí)候，你就應(yīng)該停下來(lái)思考一下了。時(shí)間表上的事情真的都那么重要嗎？我知道你的第一反應(yīng)：“是的，確實(shí)?！蔽覀冎械拇蠖鄶?shù)人第一反應(yīng)就是我們時(shí)間表上的事情絕大多數(shù)都是

36、十分重要的，但是我們真正需要的答案是把我們的計(jì)劃表變得簡(jiǎn)單一些。我想利奧-巴伯塔和他的精簡(jiǎn)的力量畢竟是正確的。因此，如果你感覺(jué)忙得自己一點(diǎn)時(shí)間都沒(méi)有的時(shí)候，就應(yīng)該停下來(lái)仔細(xì)思考了。下面是一些簡(jiǎn)單的建議，希望幫你找回生活中的平衡。根據(jù)你生命中的優(yōu)先次序生活。當(dāng)你真想把時(shí)間表上的一些事情剔除掉的時(shí)候，弄清楚你生命中優(yōu)先考慮的事情是非常重要的。什么事對(duì)你的影響最大：今年在工作中不晉升了還是不抽出時(shí)間來(lái)陪你的孩子？如果你放棄你的一個(gè)愛(ài)好，你會(huì)生活得很快樂(lè)并且做你自己?jiǎn)?？有很多需要考慮的事情，但是一旦你有了優(yōu)先考慮的次序，做決定就非常簡(jiǎn)單了。你的計(jì)劃沒(méi)有實(shí)現(xiàn)，總有一個(gè)很合理的解釋?；蛟S這不是合適的時(shí)機(jī)，

37、或許前面的拐角處有一個(gè)更好的機(jī)會(huì)在等著你，也或許這正是你從所有的事情中解脫出來(lái)，休息一下的好時(shí)機(jī)。自我懲罰是沒(méi)有用的，因?yàn)楹芏嗍虑椴粫?huì)像你計(jì)劃的那樣發(fā)展。接受結(jié)果，繼續(xù)你的生活。不要讓過(guò)多的事情分散你的注意力。你可能聽(tīng)過(guò)這樣的建議，把每一天當(dāng)成生命中的最后一天來(lái)生活，享受生活中你可以得到的一切?，F(xiàn)實(shí)中那樣生活不可能不造成嚴(yán)重的后果。著眼于你生命中最重要的事情（到你生命中優(yōu)先考慮的事情中尋找答案），把你的大部分精力都放在上面。有愛(ài)好和興趣是十分重要的，成就一番（如果這是你的目標(biāo)的話(huà)）事業(yè)和嘗試新鮮事物是非常不錯(cuò)的，但是如果這些事情讓你感到精疲力盡的話(huà)，你就要考慮放棄一些事情或者少花費(fèi)一些時(shí)間在上

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