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Mar 22, 2013
From Yahoo - Stress contributors
An article in yahoo states about factors that cause stress in human beings.
http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/10-habits-contribute-stress-071639766.html
Amont them are lack of sleep, irregular meals, long hours of work, family/work place problems, no exercise, not giving time to self, etc.
In the name of getting in the eyes of bosses, some spend long hours at work place, sometimes even when there is no work. This reduces the time available to family members, affects the health in sitting idle for long hours without exercise, may be leading to commuting back to house in busy hours, no relaxation (spending time at office is definitely as good as spending the same at home), missing friends/relatives, etc. Similarly not having time for self like for leisure reading, entertainment, spending time in happy surroundings, etc will lead to stress buildup. Piling up of personal jobs due to more office work also increase the stress levels.
Spending time on internet without purpose also causes stress and after spending for few hours, we might have felt that we wasted our time without any gain. Further, sitting for long hours for surfing will also cause health problems due to sitting in same posture.
As recommended by experts, observing no phone / no internet / etc will bring some peace of mind. We should also take our leaves to be away from routine office works so that we can concentrate better rather than working continuously without even consuming our eligible leaves. This will also help the organization for which we are working. May be some shortsighted bosses think that the person on leave is not committed, but we have to take care of our health also.
http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/10-habits-contribute-stress-071639766.html
Amont them are lack of sleep, irregular meals, long hours of work, family/work place problems, no exercise, not giving time to self, etc.
In the name of getting in the eyes of bosses, some spend long hours at work place, sometimes even when there is no work. This reduces the time available to family members, affects the health in sitting idle for long hours without exercise, may be leading to commuting back to house in busy hours, no relaxation (spending time at office is definitely as good as spending the same at home), missing friends/relatives, etc. Similarly not having time for self like for leisure reading, entertainment, spending time in happy surroundings, etc will lead to stress buildup. Piling up of personal jobs due to more office work also increase the stress levels.
Spending time on internet without purpose also causes stress and after spending for few hours, we might have felt that we wasted our time without any gain. Further, sitting for long hours for surfing will also cause health problems due to sitting in same posture.
As recommended by experts, observing no phone / no internet / etc will bring some peace of mind. We should also take our leaves to be away from routine office works so that we can concentrate better rather than working continuously without even consuming our eligible leaves. This will also help the organization for which we are working. May be some shortsighted bosses think that the person on leave is not committed, but we have to take care of our health also.
Dec 9, 2012
Internet addiction
Sometimes I feel that I waste lot of time in front of computer in searching for information which is not required immediately or any time. Like an aimless wanderer on the road, I keep surfing from one page to another page by using the links available and realize later that I spent more than one hour without gaining any thing.
There are people who keep on checking mails, posts, tweets, etc frequently and some persons even have provision for alerts though it may not be so urgent to read whatever is posted. This leads to stress affecting the health. It should not lead to compulsory obsessive disorder as we had life when all these were not available and heavens will not fall if we do not check the information so frequently. One should allot only limited time say half-an-hour or so per day to check these things and proceed with other issues to have peaceful life.
Once, we went on holiday tour to a place by going through a river for two hours and stayed in bamboo huts overnight, roamed around the area in day time and returned back. For more than 24 hours we were without any connectivity with outside world and it is an experience. The tour guide alone carried a satellite phone.
There are people who keep on checking mails, posts, tweets, etc frequently and some persons even have provision for alerts though it may not be so urgent to read whatever is posted. This leads to stress affecting the health. It should not lead to compulsory obsessive disorder as we had life when all these were not available and heavens will not fall if we do not check the information so frequently. One should allot only limited time say half-an-hour or so per day to check these things and proceed with other issues to have peaceful life.
Once, we went on holiday tour to a place by going through a river for two hours and stayed in bamboo huts overnight, roamed around the area in day time and returned back. For more than 24 hours we were without any connectivity with outside world and it is an experience. The tour guide alone carried a satellite phone.
Sep 1, 2011
Side effects of automation???
An article in Times of India on 31.08.2011 (Wednesday) on airplane accidents analyzed about how accidents are taking place due to too much dependence on auto piloting and how pilots are loosing their reflexes when they need in most critical situations.
It is our experience that even for simpler calculations, we use calculator or mobile phone instead of doing it mentally. If we want to know about something, we will not search books. Instead, we do google search or yahoo it. Even for meanings we fail to open dictionary. With such lifestyle, how wish to learn. Traditional methods of learning becoming extinct and getting addicted to NET. Less and less memory is being used and we do not play any mind games. The net result is loss of memory. After one or two generations, when creativity and intelligence is lost, I think we come back to square one and start reinventing the wheel.
I am not against automation. Automation should be designed, tested and implemented such that it is fool proof. We should use the technology for our advantage and should not blame it if there are accidents. Accidents occur because we fail to foresee, fail to plan, fail to use it the way it is required. It is easy to blame. But as an individual, as on authority, as on organization, what we are doing.
At home, we admonish our children, spouse, servant for some mistake. But, how many times we ourselves made mistakes. If we do mistakes, we call it experience and if others do it, we are ready to fire.
In the news item, it is mentioned that pilots use automated systems to fly airliners for all but about three minutes of flight i.e during take off and landing; that they have few opportunities to maintain their skills by flying manually as regulators do not allow manual flying.
In the same news item, at the end, it mentions about a fatal airline crash in the US, in 2009 caused after the co-pilot of a regional airliner programmed incorrect information into the plane's computers, causing it to slow to an unsafe speed, thereby triggering a stall warning. The panicked pilot bypassed two safety systems to control the plane unsuccessfully. In this case, even if the copilot fed wrong information, it appears, there are no program logic or supervision to verify about the wrong entry.
To address the complaint of pilots loosing reflexes of manual control due to automation, I feel that, after every fixed number of hours of flying, all pilots should be subjected to simulator training and examination for different types of scenarios and only those who passed with 100% should be put on roster.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Addicted-to-automation-pilots-forgetting-how-to-fly/articleshow/9804378.cms
It is our experience that even for simpler calculations, we use calculator or mobile phone instead of doing it mentally. If we want to know about something, we will not search books. Instead, we do google search or yahoo it. Even for meanings we fail to open dictionary. With such lifestyle, how wish to learn. Traditional methods of learning becoming extinct and getting addicted to NET. Less and less memory is being used and we do not play any mind games. The net result is loss of memory. After one or two generations, when creativity and intelligence is lost, I think we come back to square one and start reinventing the wheel.
I am not against automation. Automation should be designed, tested and implemented such that it is fool proof. We should use the technology for our advantage and should not blame it if there are accidents. Accidents occur because we fail to foresee, fail to plan, fail to use it the way it is required. It is easy to blame. But as an individual, as on authority, as on organization, what we are doing.
At home, we admonish our children, spouse, servant for some mistake. But, how many times we ourselves made mistakes. If we do mistakes, we call it experience and if others do it, we are ready to fire.
In the news item, it is mentioned that pilots use automated systems to fly airliners for all but about three minutes of flight i.e during take off and landing; that they have few opportunities to maintain their skills by flying manually as regulators do not allow manual flying.
In the same news item, at the end, it mentions about a fatal airline crash in the US, in 2009 caused after the co-pilot of a regional airliner programmed incorrect information into the plane's computers, causing it to slow to an unsafe speed, thereby triggering a stall warning. The panicked pilot bypassed two safety systems to control the plane unsuccessfully. In this case, even if the copilot fed wrong information, it appears, there are no program logic or supervision to verify about the wrong entry.
To address the complaint of pilots loosing reflexes of manual control due to automation, I feel that, after every fixed number of hours of flying, all pilots should be subjected to simulator training and examination for different types of scenarios and only those who passed with 100% should be put on roster.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Addicted-to-automation-pilots-forgetting-how-to-fly/articleshow/9804378.cms
Aug 22, 2010
Stress and accidents
Reason for many of the accidents appears very simple and silly at times. Many of the accidents did not occur because of some complex reactions or failure of safety systems. But, why do people get involved in such silly accidents. I think, lack of peace of mind is the reason. When we are not at peace, we cannot concentrate on our activity. Lack of peace can be due to
Accident means an event that unplanned, unexpected, unintentional,...
Though, nobody intends to get in to accident, lack of hazard identification, failure to take preventive measures and not reviewing the safety processes are the reasons for accidents. However simple the hazard appears, we should not be casual. It should be attended immediately. There is no use of repenting after the accident.
Similarly, one should not be relaxed when there are no accidents. May be they are not reported. May be there are many unreported nearmisses. May be the attitude of the manager is not to see minor accidents as accidents.
It is common for top management to boast of good safety record and take credit for it. But, a trulyaccident-free workplace is a reality because of sustained efforts all employees over a period of time. It will not happen overnight or in a week or in a month or in a year.
Some people attach value to human life and workout how much money can be spent on safety programme. My life may be worth $ 1.0 million to you. But, my family does not see like that. For them, it is invaluable. Nobody can remove the tears in the eyes of family members, when somebody dies. Nobody got right to decide the value of human life.
I read in the internet that some organizations care for their employees by attending to their personal problems, employ professionals to teach yoga, meditation and allocate time within working hours so that their employees can have healthy and peaceful life.
What for we earn money, if we do not have stress-free life. Though, some people say, certain stress is required for the growth of the individual, I think this is purely business oriented. The increase in suicide rate everywhere in the world shows that so called acceptable stress is NOT acceptable to the individual. As there is no other means to earn income, persons accept the additional demands and stress themselves. Ultimately, weak hearted will take their lives. Persons responsible for causing stress should think twice by entering into others shoes and then decide about the work.
- arguments with relations / servants / milkman / paper boy/ gas station employ
- children education
- well being of blood relations
- arguments with colleagues
- business loss
- greed
- simple problems like vehicle breakdown, plumbing problem at home, ...
- financial needs
- thinking about meeting, examination, bank loan, ...
- etc
Accident means an event that unplanned, unexpected, unintentional,...
Though, nobody intends to get in to accident, lack of hazard identification, failure to take preventive measures and not reviewing the safety processes are the reasons for accidents. However simple the hazard appears, we should not be casual. It should be attended immediately. There is no use of repenting after the accident.
Similarly, one should not be relaxed when there are no accidents. May be they are not reported. May be there are many unreported nearmisses. May be the attitude of the manager is not to see minor accidents as accidents.
It is common for top management to boast of good safety record and take credit for it. But, a trulyaccident-free workplace is a reality because of sustained efforts all employees over a period of time. It will not happen overnight or in a week or in a month or in a year.
Some people attach value to human life and workout how much money can be spent on safety programme. My life may be worth $ 1.0 million to you. But, my family does not see like that. For them, it is invaluable. Nobody can remove the tears in the eyes of family members, when somebody dies. Nobody got right to decide the value of human life.
I read in the internet that some organizations care for their employees by attending to their personal problems, employ professionals to teach yoga, meditation and allocate time within working hours so that their employees can have healthy and peaceful life.
What for we earn money, if we do not have stress-free life. Though, some people say, certain stress is required for the growth of the individual, I think this is purely business oriented. The increase in suicide rate everywhere in the world shows that so called acceptable stress is NOT acceptable to the individual. As there is no other means to earn income, persons accept the additional demands and stress themselves. Ultimately, weak hearted will take their lives. Persons responsible for causing stress should think twice by entering into others shoes and then decide about the work.
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