Hey there! It’s a new week and it will be amazing!! I hope your weekend was as awesome as ours. We at PushCV went all out this weekend, engaging in team building exercises like football and lunch together!
But it’s Monday and it’s back to work. You’re antsy in meetings, browsing Facebook and Twitter throughout the day; and you tell yourself that You need to kick these bad habits to be more productive.Maybe not.
These habits seem like signs of a disengaged, distracted employee, but in the right doses, they can do more good than harm.
KEEPING A MESSY DESK
A busy desk doesn’t have to be an organizational disaster; keeping your space charmingly cluttered—with things that inspire you, or in a way that allows all of your materials to stay readily at hand—has been proven to encourage more creativity than a tidy space.
If the clutter becomes distracting, reduce the mess. But Until then, embrace the chaos.
POSTING TO SOCIAL MEDIA
Your boss likely won’t appreciate your scrolling through Facebook and Twitter all day, but posting updates on projects and putting goals in the public eye makes you more accountable. “If you have an important goal you want to achieve, announce it on Twitter and Facebook so others can keep you accountable and cheer you on”. And if you don’t follow through, the stakes are higher for feeling embarrassed.
WASTING TIME ON YOUTUBE
Next time someone sends you an adorable mashup of cats chasing lazer pointers, watch it guilt-free. “Cute objects may be used as an emotion elicitor to induce careful behavioral tendencies in specific situations, such as driving and office work,” Hiroshima University researchers wrote for their study, “The Power of Kawaii.” In other words: Cuteness brings out warm-and-fuzzy feelings, and that’s good for your work.
FIDGETING DURING MEETINGS
Tapping a pencil, shifting your feet, doodling and glancing around—are you bored, or stimulating your own creativity? Instead of zoning out during an especially long and droll PowerPoint presentation, stay in the moment by moving around, even slightly.
GOSSIPING WITH COWORKERS
If you plug your ears and sing “la la la” when a coworker comes to you with a juicy piece of gossip, you could be missing out on useful information about how the company’s culture works. Tearing people down professionally, or speculating about personal lives, is unprofessional and isolating. When the talk is positive, however, studies show that a good gossip-swap boosts mood for hours after.
HITTING THE SNOOZE BUTTON
There are few moments more stressful on a workday than waking up naturally, to sun blazing in your windows, and realizing you’ve overslept. Don’t beat yourself up too much—you’re just doing your heart a favor. Research shows that people who wake before 5 a.m. may put themselves at risk for cardiovascular disease, even if they’re getting enough sleep. The most restorative sleep happens between 2 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. We’re looking at you, managers who schedule 8 a.m meetings.
DAYDREAMING
Wistful staring out the windows isn’t a waste of time. Taking the focus off a stressful problem can bring the solution faster, like the ideas you get in the shower or right before bed. The reason why daydreaming is so powerful is that the thoughts you have come from your unconscious mind.
But do all these things moderately, excessive amounts of these could also damage your productivity.
Reblogged From: FastCompany
