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You can't eliminate the stress that your employees bring to work - but you can offer them these guidelines to help manage workplace stressors on their own: Prioritize, streamline, delegate, and discard. When facing a task, ask if it's really necessary to do immediately. Break things up. Take two - to three - minute breaks every hour and commit to doing at least one fun thing every day. Make time. Build time into your schedule for creative expression, healthy eating, moderate daily exercise, hanging out with friends, and enjoying nature. Be on time. Build in cushion time between appointments to allow for traffic and the unexpected. Send negativity flying. If a co-worker is on the warpath, visualize an airplane with an ad banner over the person's head, with each negative word floating up into the banner and out of view. Relax and watch what happens. Do mini-meditations or mindful breathing while you're between tasks or in line at the cafeteria. Get essential nutrients. Go beyond vitamins and begin to think about daylight and laughter as integral parts of your daily life. Consider what you're consuming. Sugar, caffeine, and alcohol can increase stress levels. Watch your words. Don't let negative internal chatter and self-recrimination distract and demoralize you. Be kind. Do something nice for a different co-worker every day until it becomes second nature to reduce stress for others. Sleep on it. Sleep deprivation a major culprit in stress is Try to get restful, restorative slumber every night, and watch your stress level decline.