STRESS TAKES A TOLL ON EXECUTIVES
The Asian Age (Jan 2004)
By Skimmy Gupta
The crowded streets of Mumbai city with blaring horns, frequent bottlenecks and fast paced life often evokes stress amongst Mumbaites.Executives of the city mainly blame the congested traffic to be one of the main factors leading to stress and often lead them into a state of depression. Other factors contributing to stress includes competition at work and striving to attain a high position at job in a short time. But all said and done, the real fact remains the lives of Mumbaites are experiencing various types of stress, depression, frustrations and different kinds of mental pressures in theri day to day life .
Skimmy Gupta spoke to Mumbaites of different fraternities and found that all are in the same boat of loads of stress. They are desperate and seeking measures to rejuvenate their lifestyle and lead a stress free quality life.
Dr. Vidyadhar Oke, President - Medical at Nicholas Piramal India Ltd - a pharmaceutical company at Parel feels the prevalent extended working hours at job are one of main factor of stress for executives. He says “At an average, a Mumbaite commutes 2-3 hours on a daily basis to and fro to job. Almost half the day, he is out of the house and is obviously completely stressed on reaching his home. Also the growing uncertainty of a job in highly competitive world adds to the stress.”
Payal Rohatgi, actress and Femina Miss India 2000 Finalist will be seen in ‘Tumse milkar’,’Rakt’ and other forthcoming Bollywood movies says “For me, competition in glamour industry is a stress factor as I do not hail from a filmy background. Everyday is a challenge for me, as I have to improve to excel in this field. And traffic jams add to the stress. And I try to beat it by chilling out with friends, meditation and trust in God.”
HOW TO BEAT STRESS
Good citizens must follow civic duties. A clean and lawful city induces less stress.
One must manage time in an effective and efficient way
Take some time for yourself in a day to chill out.
Adopt a disciplined eating and sleeping habits.
Cultivate a hobby like reading, listening to music, painting etc
Have a positive attitude.
Meditation and Yoga
Exercise for atleast 30 mts everyday.
Spend time with family and friends.
Arun Aggarwal, M.D, Packaging Remedies at Goregaon opines, “The basic stress affecting young Mumbaites is drinking alcohol and night life. Drinking is root cause of all problems like road rage, frustration, depression etc. In our fraternity, delayed payments in my business add to many problems and sometimes lead to stress. But I remain calm, quiet, listening to music and spending time with family. Reading is the best stress buster.”
Capt. Diwakar Trivedi, owner ,Get Fit –a gynasium at Andheri says, ”People come to gym with work pressures. Every individual have their own stress: study tensions for collegians and traveling/traffic jams for others. Overweight people have both physical and mental stress. The best way to relieve stress is to have a daily work out of 30-35 minutes.”
Model Actor Gautam Rode feels, “ Traveling long distances on Mumbai roads is a basic stress and it should be solved by concerned authorities immediately. For a single appointment sometimes an entire day is spent. A workout is the only stress buster for me. Otherwise trafiic is killing in Mumbai.”
Dr.Shreekanth Joshi, a psychiatrist practicing at Thane since 25 years feels that in a crowded city like Mumbai external factors like noise, pollution, and traffic, excess population adds to an individual’s stress levels. He says, “Stress levels occurs due to interaction between external events and one’s mind. One can reduce stress devoting personal time to oneself on a daily routine and cultivate a hobby like reading, listening to music etc.”
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By Skimmy Gupta
The crowded streets of Mumbai city with blaring horns, frequent bottlenecks and fast paced life often evokes stress amongst Mumbaites.Executives of the city mainly blame the congested traffic to be one of the main factors leading to stress and often lead them into a state of depression. Other factors contributing to stress includes competition at work and striving to attain a high position at job in a short time. But all said and done, the real fact remains the lives of Mumbaites are experiencing various types of stress, depression, frustrations and different kinds of mental pressures in theri day to day life .
Skimmy Gupta spoke to Mumbaites of different fraternities and found that all are in the same boat of loads of stress. They are desperate and seeking measures to rejuvenate their lifestyle and lead a stress free quality life.
Dr. Vidyadhar Oke, President - Medical at Nicholas Piramal India Ltd - a pharmaceutical company at Parel feels the prevalent extended working hours at job are one of main factor of stress for executives. He says “At an average, a Mumbaite commutes 2-3 hours on a daily basis to and fro to job. Almost half the day, he is out of the house and is obviously completely stressed on reaching his home. Also the growing uncertainty of a job in highly competitive world adds to the stress.”
Payal Rohatgi, actress and Femina Miss India 2000 Finalist will be seen in ‘Tumse milkar’,’Rakt’ and other forthcoming Bollywood movies says “For me, competition in glamour industry is a stress factor as I do not hail from a filmy background. Everyday is a challenge for me, as I have to improve to excel in this field. And traffic jams add to the stress. And I try to beat it by chilling out with friends, meditation and trust in God.”
HOW TO BEAT STRESS
Good citizens must follow civic duties. A clean and lawful city induces less stress.
One must manage time in an effective and efficient way
Take some time for yourself in a day to chill out.
Adopt a disciplined eating and sleeping habits.
Cultivate a hobby like reading, listening to music, painting etc
Have a positive attitude.
Meditation and Yoga
Exercise for atleast 30 mts everyday.
Spend time with family and friends.
Arun Aggarwal, M.D, Packaging Remedies at Goregaon opines, “The basic stress affecting young Mumbaites is drinking alcohol and night life. Drinking is root cause of all problems like road rage, frustration, depression etc. In our fraternity, delayed payments in my business add to many problems and sometimes lead to stress. But I remain calm, quiet, listening to music and spending time with family. Reading is the best stress buster.”
Capt. Diwakar Trivedi, owner ,Get Fit –a gynasium at Andheri says, ”People come to gym with work pressures. Every individual have their own stress: study tensions for collegians and traveling/traffic jams for others. Overweight people have both physical and mental stress. The best way to relieve stress is to have a daily work out of 30-35 minutes.”
Model Actor Gautam Rode feels, “ Traveling long distances on Mumbai roads is a basic stress and it should be solved by concerned authorities immediately. For a single appointment sometimes an entire day is spent. A workout is the only stress buster for me. Otherwise trafiic is killing in Mumbai.”
Dr.Shreekanth Joshi, a psychiatrist practicing at Thane since 25 years feels that in a crowded city like Mumbai external factors like noise, pollution, and traffic, excess population adds to an individual’s stress levels. He says, “Stress levels occurs due to interaction between external events and one’s mind. One can reduce stress devoting personal time to oneself on a daily routine and cultivate a hobby like reading, listening to music etc.”
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posted by Skimmy @ June 20, 2008
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