The primary way to overthrow stress is to shift from a goal-orientation to a process-orientation. That is, concentrate on the process and not the goals. You've probably heard that before and wonder: that's all very well, but I need to get specific things done. I can't afford to be bohemian about this - I have a job I need to keep. I have a schedule to keep and can't just concentrate on "the process."
That's fine. There are still two ways that should work for you - the easy way and the deeper way.
The easy way is to convert the way you think about work from needing to finish certain things at certain times to thinking about work in terms of *time*. Think about work in terms of eight hours a day. When it's done for the day, it's done, that's it. If you think about work in terms of goals, you'll be taking them home with you every night. Note that there may be times when you do keep a goal orientation, but if stress becomes a problem, convert to the time-based way. Thinking about your job in terms of eight hours a day will defuse the need to reach certain goals that are stressing you out.
That's one way, but there is a more powerful way, and it involves bringing your practice to the workplace.
The second method is not as easy, but it's a much more organic solution. It comes down to this: you need to be present each moment in your work. There's no better way to say it. If there's no distance between you and your work, there's no place for anxiety to build up. This is not to say you should obsess about work - in fact, exactly the opposite. Be present in everything you do. If you're really present, you'll find there's nothing to worry about.
It's an astonishing process; one learns that anxiety comes from the perceived gulf between what is and what you think should be. Living in the present removes the anxiety. Not that you need to start living in a field somewhere and start staring at the sky, just that truly being present will remove the element of anxiety in what you do. The gulf between what is and what should be is gone.
It works; please do give it a try.
extracted from:www.edharma.com