How to make your workplace fun and keep your healthy in your work

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Most people think a boss chooses an employee, but I think an employee also needs to choose a boss. Moreover you need to consider the job conditions and enviornment.

After reading the article 'Bad bosses cause heart attacks', I think that the main factor of heart attacks is 'Stress'. If you work bad job conditions and have a bad boss, you will have some stress and exhaustion.

As long as you are working there, you will have lower self-esteem and health problems. Therefore, we need to consider solving two questions about choosing a good boss and reducing our stress.

First, How can we choose a good boss?
Unfortunately, I have never heard about how to choose a good boss, but may be we can considering who is a good boss can help us. If you have a chance to choose a good boss, the following guide could be helpful.
According to Bill Gates' report, people want a good boss to have 10 factors; inspires vision, good communicator, integrity, enthusiasm, empathy, competence, ability to delegate, cool under pressure, team-building skills and problem-solving skills. Also a good boss makes it possible for people to achieve their goals.

Second, How can we reduce stress?
As you know, it is difficult to choose a good boss at the same time as finding a new job. We are probably considering what if we have a bad boss, bad job conditions and get upset from our work. When most Koreans are under a lot of stress, they usually tend to lean on cigarettes and alcohol in order to relieve stress.
This way to reduce stress through drinking and smoking is a temporary expedient. We need to know how to slove the fundamental problems and causes. Korean doctors say that whenever you get stress from work, you would be better to have an active hobby and exercise (e.g. walking, mountain climbing and meditaton) rather than drink and smoking.

Anyway, if you consider two factors about a good boss and stress when you get a new job, it will help you to keep your healthy and raise your job performance.

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