Dealing with stress, my way

6) Use humour
A great stress reliever at any time but particularly useful to defuse difficult situations, such as when your sales guys have just lost a contract bid that they have been working on for nine months and the whole company needs this win to make sure there are no redundancies or the like.
Instead of a long face the next morning, you have to crack jokes and tell ‘it could have been worse, it could have been…’ type stories. Incidentally, the reverse applies – never lose your temper under stress.

7) Get some shut-eye
Last but not least, sleep is absolutely key when you are under pressure – being tired only makes everything ten times worse. Work out what you need to do to boost your sleep levels – exercise, alcohol, whatever does the trick.
If you still wake up in the middle of the night, make yourself a nice cup of Tetley tea (the Yorkshire still in me!)
and logically work out an action plan. Most important of all, write it down as then you won't forget it in the morning and when you go back to bed you'll probably sleep knowing you've done the best you can.