Why bother? Well, the generic answer is easy. You and your personnel can live healthier, happier lives and your business can be more productive.
All with relatively little effort or cost.
Pretty compelling, no? And still I get asked all the time, "Is it really that bad?
Even though the danger and damage caused by stress is increasingly obvious, resistance to mitigation is commonplace and widespread. There still seems to be skepticism that stress is a real or tangible threat.
The following provides some compelling data linked to stress that helps you grasp the imminent danger it poses.
"More than 60 million people are prescribed some sort of tranquilizer every year."
U.S Food and Drug Administration
That's about one in four adults who often suffer symptoms like insomnia, confusion,
anxiety, absenteeism... One in four adults. And by the way, that's just what's prescribed.
"Eight out of ten Americans are stressed by at least one thing at work."
2014 Harris Survey
Many work related stresses are real and unavoidable. Many more are part of the vicious cycle of stress and have a profound impact on the quality of work. Simple stress management techniques can alleviate those illusory stresses and have a far-reaching impact on the real ones.
"Several studies are now suggesting that job-related stress is as great a threat to health as smoking. Stress causes sleeplessness and increases the risk for illness, back problems, accidents, and lost time from work."
University of Maryland Medical Center
"Americans consume 16 thousand TONS of aspirin every year."
Washington Post
Read that again. "...stress is as great a threat to health as smoking."
That's around 29 billion (yes, billion) tablets per year; 80 million pills daily.
How happy and productive were you the last time you had a splitting headache?
Stress is for real and just about everyone knows it's getting worse.
It has a profound impact on your life and your business.
It doesn't have to be that way!
Take a positive step and call or email Inner Resources now.
Richard Pfeffer, Founder/President
Inner Resources LLC