What You’ll Learn

Struggling to keep up with your many commitments? Feeling snappish? Unable to sleep? You’re painfully familiar with the signs of work-related stress—chronic headaches, impatience with colleagues and family, loss of focus, fluctuating weight, nails bitten to the quick. And you know what you’re supposed to do to prevent them: Stick to your priorities. Work more efficiently. Get adequate sleep. Exercise regularly. Limit your caffeine. But sometimes, when the pressure’s on, all that is easier said than done. You shortchange yourself to meet a tight deadline or win a new client.

True, a certain amount of stress boosts your productivity. But then you push it too far, and it saps your energy and performance.

How do you put yourself on an even keel—and stay there? This guide will give you the tools you need to do your best work by protecting and feeding your well-being.

You’ll learn how to:

• Harness stress so that it spurs your productivity
• Create realistic, sustainable rituals
• Aim for progress, not perfection
• Make a case for a flexible schedule
• Decide when to set work/life boundaries and when to blur them
• Leave a bad day at the office at the office
• Ease the physical tension of spending too much time at your computer
• Manage a dual-career relationship
• Renew yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally