If you are following your passion in life, I'm sure stress can be helpful to accomplish what you need for your passion to become fulfilled, but if you are worried about selling more bullshit, pushing out more excel reports, or stacking boxes in warehouse, the stress IS avoidable. The stress comes from policy decisions from the greedy shits at the top. They could not make as much growth this year. They could hire another person. They can move the deadline. They can reinvest in the infrastructure of the company so that emergencies are almost impossible.