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7 ways to be happier and less stressed at work

A team of researchers has identified 7 things that can reduce stress and enhance well-being and happiness.

A team of researchers has identified 7 things that can reduce stress and enhance well-being and happiness. Image: Unsplash/Brooke Cagle

Cary Cooper
Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Try a lunchtime exercise class for a change of scenery. This could also boost your happiness.
Try a lunchtime exercise class for a change of scenery. This could also boost your happiness. Image: Pexels/Yan Krukau

If you examine most of the happiness scales, relationships with others come near the top of these lists.
If you examine most of the happiness scales, relationships with others come near the top of these lists. Image: Pexels/Alexander Suhorucov

Your new hobby could even lead you down a new career path. happiness stress at work
Your new hobby could even lead you down a new career path. Image: Pexels/Amina Filkins

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Finding the positive in things could help you to enjoy time spent on Zoom meetings rather than resent it. Image: Pexels/Tima Miroshnichenko

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