You are presently an associate at an advertising agency where you have worked for two years. You are pursuing a promotion to the position of the advertising executive. While you have expected to put in additional hours and some added responsibility as part of earning the promotion, your boss has raised your workload significantly, comprising some projects which had been assigned to the other associates. You have more deadlines than you think you can meet up plus the creative pressure of creating new and innovative material for your campaign. Answer each of the given problems:

1) What steps of the general adaptation syndrome will I experience?

2) What emotional and cognitive consequences might this stressor produce?

3) If this stress continues, how might it influence my health?

4) How might I resolve this condition efficiently to decrease my stress?