Maritime BusinessFighting Stress

Presented By CODie.com-Maritime Software for Your Business-

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Based on reaserch provided by

UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency

“The Human Element – A Guide to Human Behavior in the Shipping Industry” (Dirk

Gregory and Paul Shanahan)

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What it is About

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Maritime workers have a hard job

We explain what stress is

And how you can fight it

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Key Point

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We have little time for anything and hundreds of tasks. When there is a lull in demands we become tired and bored, and our alertness suffers. But when demands increase – the oppsoit is true.

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How Stress Originates

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In demanding times our brain issues chemicals

They give us the will to fight

Success pays off, we feel useful and important

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But, what when the fighting never ends?

We struggle today and will tomorrow and in ten years.

We feel overwhelmed andlose our will to fight

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Stress is exactly this, it means that you cannot meet the challenge

anymore.

It is the ultimate defeat of the fighter that lives within us.

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Fighting Stress

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There are two elements to fighting stress:

Firstly, we need to give the fighter within us a timeout, he needs rest too.

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Secondly

You must remember why you are doing it, it‘s about bringing this old feeling back when you were eager for the next round!

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How to Start

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Start at home:

Your family should offer an environment where your warrior within can rest. It should be a safe

harbor.

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Because

You cannot feel joy at work when something is running seriously wrong here; it will reduce your stress resistance to a minimum.

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However

Taking a break in maritime business is no option. Instead relieve your heart by talking to an entrusted person. If firefighter can do it, you can too.

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To get motivated again we need to find a reason to feel motivated.

What motivated you in the past?

Can you bring it back? If not, can you find something new?

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Getting Down the Workload

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We only consent to struggle when there is no hope for improvement

We cannot work less, but smarter. Get down task complexity, save time.

Reduce paperwork, procure better fleet management software and

improve processes

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Improving your tasks is one of the hardest things to do, but provides significant longterm effects.

Reducing each task‘s time by 10% saves you 5 to 7 hours per week

However, the intitial stress will rise

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Dealing with Colleagues

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Visit our blog to read the full article:

https://codie.com/wp/maritime/maritime-business-fighting-stress/

Or

https://codie.com/maritime/blog

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How is all this related to your software?

Lets be honest here, just buying our ship or crew management software will not magically reduce your stress level. However, it will provide you with the right tool to reduce your task complexity, to work smarter and save (leisure) time. That‘s a good start.

Your CODie Team

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