Do you think Project & Project Management all the time?

Wow, that's something! What about in India, do you have any numbers of your homeland?

Anupam, yes, I think PM all the time because it is a way to live your life in peace and love what you do.

If we look into PMI's talent triangle, Leadership competencies are necessary to be or to become a good project manager. One of the core methods to develop PM leadership is emotional intelligence, with it's 4 components. The first two components are dealing with yourself, they are self awareness and self regulation - and these two are also determining if you feel stress or are relaxed. Any stress comes from your personal perception of and reaction on triggers (stressors). Being able to understand your triggers and control your reaction on them means you reached a good level of self awareness and self regulation.

It's as easy as this. Just needs a basic understanding and some training and probably a mentor will help speed it up.
Like everything in project management.

http://www.danielgoleman.info/daniel-golem...acts-your-work/

Marcelo,

Good that you asked :)

Refer these links -

https://www.towerswatson.com/en-IN/Press/2...yle-risk-factor

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-surv...n-india-1318201

Anupam, stress is a global issue. Indeed, a research told Brazilians were elected as the second on the rank of this disease: http://www.ismabrasil.com.br/img/estresse52.pdf

It´s not a matter of profession. You´ll see all sort of people with job burnout.

I´m sometimes stressed with my job on project management, yes.

At first place I read a lot about stress and job burnout, to better understand this.

Suggestion for you: http://www.isma.org.in/

To deal with I try "sharpen the saw" by improving my health (running & practice Pilates, good feeding), by leisure (reading, listening to music, watching movies and series) and most of all, enjoying my family.

I strongly recommend Mr. Covey´s book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". In fact I´m reading this book nowadays, and I´m loving his message.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_7_Habits...ffective_People



Regards

Marcelo.

Actually it is easier said than done.

Here are few stress related facts and statistics from all walks of life -

1. The Stress in America survey results show that adults continue to report high levels of stress and many report that their stress has increased over the past year – American Psychological Association.

2. 75% of adults reported experiencing moderate to high levels of stress in the past month and nearly half reported that their stress has increased in the past year – American Psychological Association.

3. Approximately 1 out of 75 people may experience panic disorder – National Institutes of Mental Health.

4. Stress is a top health concern for U.S. teens between 9th and 12th grade, psychologists say that if they don’t learn healthy ways to manage that stress now, it could have serious long-term health implications – American Psychological Association.

5. 80% of workers feel stress on the job and nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage stress. And 42% say their co-workers need such help – American Institute of Stress.

6. Stress levels in the workplace are rising with 6 in 10 workers in major global economies experiencing increased workplace stress. With China (86%) having the highest rise in workplace stress – The Regus Group

7. Alarmingly 91% of adult Australians feel stress in at least one important area of their lives. Almost 50% feel very stressed about one part of their life – Lifeline Australia.

8. Australian employees are absent for an average of 3.2 working days each year through stress. This workplace stress costs the Australian economy approximately $14.2 billion – Medibank

9. An estimated 442,000 individuals in Britain, who worked in 2007/08 believed that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill – Labor Force Survey.

10. Approximately 13.7 million working days are lost each year in the UK as a result of work-related illness at a cost of £28.3 billion per year – National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

11. Depression is among the leading causes of disability worldwide – World Health Organization

12. Fewer than 25% of those with depression world-wide have access to effective treatments – World Health Organization.

http://www.gostress.com/stress-facts/

Certainly, the project, the project calendar, and resources can drive stress levels high. Thinking of my most stressful and demanding project, I would suggest:

-Short day trips: Get away from your work/home, see some sights and new people with a small time investment
-Pet adoption and activities with your pet(s)
-You mentioned reading - reading on topics of interest to you (history or science or fiction, for example); however, I also like to find books that are relevant to my PM work in some way, but interesting to me as well.

So what do you propose Anupam if one wants to relieve from stress and pressure ?