1. Successful Work Stress Management

• Try to address issues that might be affecting your stress level that you might not readily think of, especially the ones you can change. ...Are there ways you can lighten your workload? Do you need to learn how to say “no” to certain requests from time to time? Look for ways of changing how you (respond) to things especially ones you have some control over.
• Look for ways to improve your time management. Often, stress is a result of simply not having enough time to complete everything you need to do. Stop wasting time talking with colleagues and making personal phone calls, stop surfing the Internet for personal reasons, and eliminate other time wasters. Shut your office door if you have trouble with people walking in and distracting you or find a quiet office where you can work undisturbed if necessary.
• Start to exercise regularly

2. Work-Life Balance

• Flexibility (Business Week): ... The division of work and life is arbitrary: The solution is to put the two back together. The goal is for a meaningful life, not a battle between good and evil or life against work. The farmer of 100 years ago understood: Farming is life. Work is life. Life is work.

3. Know your own Stress Coping Style and apply the coping mechanism to help in releasing stress

• BASIC Ph model: Beliefs and Values, Affect, Social, Imagination, Cognition and Physiology styles.

Stress Reactions

Physiological; "I have stomach/head aches","My heart beat fast." "I was shivering"..
Emotional: "I am scared/ I feel fear","I am afraid that people were hurt", "I felt sad"..
Cognitive: "I am occupied with my thoughts", "I imagine people getting killed" , "I don’t know what will happen to my house or my friends"..
Behavioural:"I cover my head with my blanket", "I run away ","I scream and swear"..

Coping Mechanisms

Beliefs (B): "I am praying"
Affect (A): "I am crying". "Others help me in relaxing", "Hugging"..
Social (S): "I am with friends", "I have soldiers' support", "People calm me down"..
Imagination/Creativity (I ): "Watching movies and television".. "Comedians make us laugh".. "I think of other places"..
Cognitive (C): "Talking to people", "Reading the newspaper", "Doing homework".. "Getting explanations", "Hearing that no one was hurt".
Physiological (Ph): "Playing games, sports". "I eat sweets".. "We are going on a trip"..

4. De-stress in 3 Minutes

• Stay grounded
• Reality check
• Putting things in perspective

" Don't sweat the small stuff, it's all small stuff. "