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February 9, 2007Research from the University of California shows that over a quarter of the working day is lost to interruptions; e-mails, phone calls and text messages leading to lost productivity every three minutes. Interestingly, half of all interruptions are self-generated and a quarter of tasks are put off to the next working day – combining to send stress levels soaring.
Here are some top tips, courtesy of Berkeley, to help you keep calm and stress-free!
- Don’t be too sociable: Constant phone calls and e-mails lead to work piling up and stress levels soaring
- Make sure you can see your workmates: Feeling isolated causes stress and anxiety.
- Trample on your colleagues: Those at the top of the career ladder live longest. (Actually, I have found the exact opposite to be the case in my professional career. I, personally, do not recommend this advice.)
- Turn your mobile off at home: Switching off out of hours allows burnt out brain cells to recharge.
- Snatch 40 winks at your desk: Day-time naps boost memory and increase productivity. (Amen!)
- Bring a pet to work: Patting a pet eases stress. (I don’t quite see this working in most businessess, however, Google allows and actively encourages this behaviour!)
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1: Anti social colleagues who do nothing more than work? Is that supposed to be ‘less’ stressful?
2: Sometimes, I find locking myself in the meeting room, and isolating myself from everyone else makes me MORE productive and less stressed, as I can get on with things without interruption.
3: I find an extremely competitive working environment gets more stressful than one where people just get on with diong what’s best for the business. I’d rather see the jobs done because they want to do them, than see people spending all their time trying to better their colleagues.
4. Okay, we’ll all turn our phones off when we get home, and relax. We won’t be at all stressed when we come into work on Monday morning and find we don’t have jobs due to the systems having been dead for 3 hrs. No, that will be most relaxing :D
5: Sleep during the day time is less “restful” due to circadian rhythms. However, the term “restful” does not accurately describe this process. The correct term is sleepiness. In other words, day time sleep will result in greater sleepiness following eight hours of sleep compared to eight hours of night time sleep. Circadian clocks control many rhythms in your body and are primarily by the day:night cycle. These “clocks” cause a reduction in cortisol production and temperature and an increase in production of growth hormone and melatonin during the night
6: Can’t imagine anything MORE stressful than suffering an athsma attack from pet allergies
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