Modern life is full of stress. Stress on individuals ranges from personal day-to-day life to their organizational activities. Urbanization, Industrialization, and increase in scale of operations in the society are causing increasing stresses. In this changing environment, participation, interaction, transaction, planning, and regulation have become key issues, each with its own frustrations attached. People feel stress as they can no longer have complete control over what happens in life. There is no escape from stress in modern life. In today’s context, stress is a costly business expense that affects both employee health and company profits. Therefore, our attempt should be to understand stress, its causes and impact, and adopting strategies for minimizing its impact.