Admit to yourself when things are getting too much for you

Learn to say NO

Try to deter people from making THEIR problem YOUR problem

Delegate more

Without being totally inflexible, establish some degree of routine in your working life.

Allow yourself uninterrupted THINKING TIME.

Learn to prioritise and keep your list of priorities on display.

Don't put things off and build up your own pressure

Try to pace yourself, plan ahead and tackle potential problems before they blow up into crises, impossible deadlines and sheer panic.

Some you win ... some you lose.  Be philosophical and learn to lose a few battles without losing face.

Don't give yourself a hard time - be tolerant of your own mistakes.  Will anyone care or remember a hundred years from now - or even a hundred days?

Try to enjoy your work and the company of your colleagues.  Learn to laugh ... even to laugh at YOURSELF.

Listen to your body - migraines, stomach upsets, palpitations, etc.

Get plenty of sleep.  Nap in the daytime for a few minutes if it helps.

Exercise helps - choose something you enjoy.

Find 20 minutes a day to properly relax.  Learn a technique.

Take regular holidays and forget about work.

Spend time with your friends and family.

Cultivate a hobby that delights you.

Don't get so competitive (either with others or yourself) in your hobbies that they become stressful too.

Avoid self-pity, drugs or alcohol.

Make a list of your fears and the possible outcomes you most dread.  Be realistic about the likely prospects that they will happen.  Remember Mark Twain, who said: "I have suffered a great many calamities, but most of them never happened".

Talk over your fears with a close friend or counsellor.

If your job gets really too stressful, ask yourself if it is worth it?

Slow Down!  Walking.. talking.. eating.. driving.

Enjoy the present - worry less about the future.  Ask "will it matter in ten years time?"