Less Doing, More Living: Make Everything in Life Easier

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Burnout is common—close to one in four of workers experience burnout four or more times per year. And for many of us, this feels normal— 40% of us think it’s an inevitable part of success. Burnout is a result of overwhelm and overwork, and in reality, it shows us that more work does not mean better results. In fact, burnout can lead to harmful effects for both the employee and the work. Research from 2014 found evidence to suggest including plants in office spaces helped increase concentration and productivity, as well as workplace satisfaction and air quality.

Shors TJ, Anderson ML, Curlik DM 2nd, Nokia MS. Use it or lose it: how neurogenesis keeps the brain fit for learning. Behav Brain Res. 2012;227(2):450-458. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2011.04.023 Cyr AA, Anderson ND. Learning from your mistakes: does it matter if you’re out in left foot, I mean field? Memory. 2018;26(9):1281-1290. doi:10.1080/09658211.2018.1464189Language change is one of my favourite things to teach. Pupils’ eyes light up when I tell them that ‘girl’ hasn’t always been gender-specific. In the time of Chaucer it just meant ‘small child’. And ‘meat’ once referred to all food, not just the flesh of animals. But this is nothing compared with some words. Some have not just shifted in meaning but have changed meaning entirely. ‘Nice’, for instance, originally meant ‘ignorant’. And if you described someone as ‘naughty’ in the 14 th century you were literally pointing out that they had ‘nought’, i.e. they were poor or needy. Dadvand P, et al. (2017). Lifelong residential exposure to green space and attention: A population-based prospective study. However, some people believe that there are issues with the phrase, "hope you're doing well." For instance, many people argue that the phrase is so overused that it has become insincere and even "spammy." Consider your tone. Pay attention to the tone of your message. A balance between warmth and professionalism is essential, depending on your relationship with the person. Adjust your tone accordingly to reflect the appropriate level of familiarity. If a person isn’t being paid equally for the same or similar job, their employer will be breaking the law, unless the employer can show that the difference in pay or other terms is genuinely due to a material factor that is not related to the gender of the jobholders. Still, gender isn’t always the reason why an employee is getting lower pay when compared to other employees.

Be mindful of language barriers. If you're communicating with someone whose primary language is different from yours, be mindful of potential language barriers. Keep your messages clear and straightforward to ensure effective communication.Try adding a plant or two to your workspace or home for a range of positive benefits. Succulents make great choices for low-maintenance plants if you don’t have a green thumb. Kids While we know leisure-time physical activity is good for you, we found that occupational physical activity has an 18% increased risk of early mortality for men,” Coenen said. “These men are dying earlier than those who are not physically active in their occupation.”

In contrast, where employees’ pay is structured on the basis of success in building client relationships, using as one of the key indicators of that success the number of functions attended out of hours, it is unlikely this system can be objectively justified taking into account the disadvantage to women who typically have more childcare responsibilities. Further, if any material factor accounts for only part of the difference in pay or benefits, the claim can still be upheld to the extent to which any difference is attributable to someone’s sex. Mark Hamer, who studies exercise as medicine at Loughborough University, believes the findings can be explained by manual and office workers having very different lifestyles. He points to a study last year of half a million people in China that found physical activity had health benefits whether it was at work or in leisure time.

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Research shows that this method is an effective learning technique. [1] It allows students to improve their understanding and recall and promotes the “transfer” of knowledge to other settings. 2. Type of Mental Doing Jeong S-H, Hwang Y. Media multitasking effects on cognitive vs. attitudinal outcomes: A meta-analysis. Hum Commun Res. 2016;42(4):599-618. doi:10.1111/hcre.12089 Fun fact: humans aren’t actually good at multitasking. When you attempt to do two things at once, your brain actually processes information—for both tasks—more slowly. As a result, instead of doing one thing well, you’re ultimately doing two things less well.

Ask yourself some questions: “What is here right now?”, “How does it feel when there is no problem to solve?”, or “What is present when you don’t go to the past or future?” We all procrastinate. And procrastination isn’t inherently a bad thing—the time you spend procrastinating can actually lead to more happiness and better decisions. But when it comes to increasing productivity and high-impact work, you want to timebox your procrastination so you aren’t spending the whole work day down a social media rabbit hole. Try a work intake form. If you’re getting frequent work requests through all sorts of channels, standardize and simplify those requests with a Form. A work intake form allows you to standardize the details stakeholders are providing when they ask for new work—like the relative priority, ideal due date, and more. The same is true in business. If you want to build a meaningful career that will stretch far into the future, you’ll need to flip the script and look inward before you turn outward.

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Another approach is one that Psychologist Rich Mayer put together. According to him, learning is a generative activity. [2] His knowledge and the research done in his lab at Santa Barbara have repeatedly shown that we gain expertise by doing an action, but the action is based on what we already know. Researchers looking for ways to help people overcome these challenges have suggested the following tips: Timeboxing