Major Causes Of Stress & Time Management

Samani Vipul Pragya while addressing the sabha on 5th August 2009 at Amolak Bhawan, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) has said that following are the major causes of stress:

1. Not knowing what you want or if you’re getting it - poor planning.
2. The feeling that there’s too much to do. One can have this feeling even if there’s hardly anything to do at all.
3. Not enjoying your work. This can be caused by lots of things, for example, not knowing what you want, not eating well, etc. however, most people always blame their jobs.
4. Conflicting demands on the work.
5. Insufficient resources to do the work.
6. Not felling appreciated. 
7. Irritability.
8. Fatigue. How many adults even notice this?
9. Difficulty in  concentrating
10. Forgetfulness. You can’t remember what you did all day, what you ate yesterday.
11. Loss of sleep. This affects everything else!
12. Physical disorders, for example, headaches, rashes, tics, cramps, etc.
13. At worst, withdrawal and depression.
14. Interruptions. There will always be interruptions. It’s how they’re handled that wastes time.
15. Hopelessness. People “give in”, “numb out” and “march through the day”.
16. Poor delegation skills. This involves not sharing work with others.

She informed the audience that by doing following you can avoid stress and manage the time in effective manner:-

1. Learn your signs for being overstressed or having a time management problem. Ask your friends about you. Perhaps they can tell you what they see from you when you’re overstressed.
2. Most people feel that they are stressed and/or have a time management problem. Verify that you really have a problem. What do you see, hear or feel that leads you to conclude that you have a time or stress problem?
3. Don’t have the illusion that doing more will make you happier. Is it quantity of time that you want, or quality.
4. Stress and time management problems have many causes and usually require more than one technique to fix. You don’t need a lot of techniques, usually more than one, but not a lot.
5. One of the major benefits of doing time planning is feeling that you’re in control.
6. Focus on results not on busyness.
7. It’s the trying that counts - at least as much as doing the perfect technique.
8. Know what you want from your time
9. Learn to see the difference between urgent and important
10. Know and respect your priorities
11. Plan your actions for achieving your goals
12. Eliminate wastage
13. Be prepared for meetings
14. Refuse excessive workloads
15. Monitor work progress
16. Allocate resource (time) appropriate to a task’s importance
17. Ensure that long term works are not neglected
18. Plan each day efficiently
19. Plan each week effectively

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonard da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”