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Afternoon Naps & Mental Agility: A Little Break In Your Day Could Make The Rest Of It Better In Many Ways

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Afternoon Naps & Mental Agility: A Little Break In Your Day Could Make The Rest Of It Better In Many Ways
naps mental agility cat under blanket


Power Naps, The Pause That Super-Charges You:
If there’s one common-thread we can all agree on, it’s that some things in childhood we hated we end up loving as adults!

Salads, Haircuts, Being Seen With Our Parents, Bathtime, Vegetables, etc.

One of the other childhood compulsories we all loathed that might have been there at home, but was definitely present in nursery school was: Naptime!

Although we might have all dreaded rolling out our silly rugs and staying put in the afternoon for our poor overworked teachers,

More and more scientific reports are finding out they were really onto something…

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Productivity & Classical Music: Put On Your Headphones And Get Bach To Work, Or We’ll All Go Baroque!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Productivity & Classical Music: Put On Your Headphones And Get Bach To Work, Or We’ll All Go Baroque!
classical music productivity laptops on table working


Classical Music & Productivity. The Mozart Effect Might Work; er, At-Work:
Many of us listen to music on more-or-less a constant basis.

It’s often the soundtrack to our lives and can either reinforce, or substitute an emotional component to the day.

And while many of us would think it’s fairly-innocuous because we are usually the ones choosing what to listen to,

A small informal study suggests that depending on the context, what you listen to may be very important to how well you perform at all kinds of work…

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Sleep Deprivation Dangers: Chronic Lack Of Sleep Can Hurt A Lot More Than Just Your Alertness

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Sleep Deprivation Dangers: Chronic Lack Of Sleep Can Hurt A Lot More Than Just Your Alertness
sleep deprivation debt danger orange cat sleeping on stairs


Sleep Deprivation & Cognitive-Function. Alertness Is Only The Beginning:
One of the typical habits many people have is operating based on assumptions.

It’s not always a bad idea, because we each come from a context we’re born into, that teaches us a worldview.

And life is already too complex, so we often need a type of shorthand.

Especially for stored-knowledge that gets handed down over time.

But those ideas can often be wrong at the start, or become obsolete with time.

And some researchers from Michigan State are finding out anyone interested in both Health & Productivity is making a huge mistake in their assumptions about sleep…

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Cold Offices Vs. Productivity: The Freakonomics Of Frigidity Could Cost Businesses Big In Money And Morale

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Cold Offices Vs. Productivity: The Freakonomics Of Frigidity Could Cost Businesses Big In Money And Morale
small cabin by road in front of mountains with snow


Cold Office Temperatures, Productivity Enters An Ice Age:
In the past, we’ve all been told that changes in seasons bring on various types of sickness.

Well, in addition to all the old wives’ tales about cold being bad for you, esp. going outside without a hat on in the winter, etc.

It turns out a few studies have found that cold can have a real economic impact. Especially in the workplace.

And it all starts out with something Ron Friedman found out about the Campbell Soup Company’s “Misery Index”…

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The Energy Project’s Tony Schwartz: Sleep Is More Important Than Food

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

The Energy Project’s Tony Schwartz: Sleep Is More Important Than Food
japanese businessman sleeping on tokyo train


Business Expert Takes A Swipe At The 100 Hour Workweek:
In his piece over at the HBR, business productivity expert and writer Tony Schwartz makes the argument that Sleep is more important than food.

I guess he has a point, sleep cannot be stored in bodyfat for times of famine.

He cites several informal surveys of his own with clients admitting they get 7 hours or less of sleep per night. -Which he then contrasts with more formal research stating that at least in one study, only 2.5% of the participants needed 7 hour or less.

Where there was no…

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The Next Wave Of Human Brain Evolution: Science Finds “Supertaskers”

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Thinking Out Loud

The Next Wave Of Human Brain Evolution: Science Finds “Supertaskers”
super taskers gordon ramsay publicity photo hells kitchen fox tv


Supertaskers Are The Real Multi-Taskers:
Take THAT!, Anti-MultiTasker-science-studying bastard-guys! HAH!

Ever since the first studies emerging about Multitasking being a productivity+accuracy-killing time-waste, I both cheered and booed, believed and doubted.

I cheered for Focus, I cheered for Reasonable Expectations in the Workplace.

But my Evolutionary Brain was Booing and calling BOGUS!!!

I remember thinking about Gordon Ramsay. The first thing that came to mind was, “CHRIST, WHAT AN A****LE!!!”…

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