Minimising Worry at Work
Actions to take
- Talk it out – share it with someone else.
- Write it out -it is often easier to see it in perspective when it is put on paper.
- Shrug it off – Raise your shoulders then drop them. relax your body.
- Sort it out – List the practical options, weigh, decide then act.
- Delay it – put aside 15 minutes for a time to think it over time.
- Work it off – do something physical. clear your head, divert your energy.
- Reverse it – consider taking a different approach, explore alternatives.
Attitudes to Adopt
- Balance it – consider the good consiquences
- Cancel it – think positively, don’t let negative thoughts pull you down.
- Laugh it off- lighten your thoughts with humour.
- Be generous with smiles
- Distance it – imagine a few months from now. how much will this matter then?
- Hold it- Say ‘stop’ pause and think. now take a fresh look
- Exaggerate it = picture the worst that could really happen . Is it likely?
- Escape it – notice something enjoyable around you. get into the present.
