WHAT IS WORK STRESS
It’s been a while since you only have time to work. Projects take longer, you have to put in extra hours, often without pay. That leaves you in a sorry state of exhaustion. Not even coffees have an effect.
Then you make mistakes. These errors must be corrected, so you have to work overtime again.
And if you are self-employed or a small businessman, what can I tell you? There are no weekends, the pressure exhausts you, you barely have time for your family.
If this is happening to you, I have bad news: you have entered the work stress cycle, a vicious cycle that affects millions of professionals around the world, and in all sectors. It is also known as burnout, burnout syndrome, and professional burnout syndrome.
What are the symptoms of work stress? Our body begins to release cortisol, adrenaline and other hormones. We can have tachycardia and hyperventilation, and higher blood pressure. Anxiety also appears.
If stress lasts over time, you can enter a really worrying phase: your body is no longer able to resist stress. You run a serious risk of suffering serious physical and emotional disorders, to the point that you could develop mental or physical illnesses.
As you can see, it is a very serious occupational health problem. But your family life is also going to deteriorate. It is another of the consequences of work stress: it can destroy personal relationships.
HOW TO REDUCE WORK STRESS AND END UP ELIMINATING IT
But it’s not all bad news. Just as we know well the causes of work stress and how it harms us, we have also developed effective ways to get out of this vicious circle.
“The Work Sress Cycle” shows you the way out in a simple and enjoyable way. It is not a treatise or a study. It is the story of someone who manages to get out of this situation of tension and exhaustion.
Although it is a fictionalized story, it is based on my own experience: I was where you are now, and I managed to get out of there. This is possible to do.
How did I get it? First I focused on what was most urgent: the harmful habits that were harming me. With the help of professionals I changed some that were deeply rooted, but that were detrimental to my health and my family life. I also learned how to calm anxiety.
That’s why I radically changed my way of working. I adopted agile methods, which are revolutionizing the work life of professionals around the world.
By adopting and applying this way of working, much more sensible and productive than the traditional one, overtime ended, work exhaustion disappeared, my health improved greatly, and I recovered my family life.
I do not intend to make money from this book. I have my job for that. What I seek is to help professionals subjected to the tyranny of work stress.
If you are one of them, you have here an exit path within your reach. You are one step away from starting it.
WHAT READERS SAY ON AMAZON
Pablo PS (Spain): Easy-to-read novel from which very good advice can be extracted in the event of suffering a situation similar to that of the protagonist. Highly recommended for the fine irony that the author uses to address a topic as serious as work stress.
Enrique Martínez (Spain): A very enjoyable book that gives an in-depth review of our habits, and provides great recommendations to improve our daily lives. It is essential to read it and be left wanting more.
Félix Jimeno (Spain): Highly recommended book, enjoyable to read. I think that many people will see themselves reflected in the work, and non-work, situation of the protagonist. An easy fable that opens your mind to see that it is possible to do things in a simpler way, and that has an impact on your quality of life. I would almost consider it a guide.