Workplace Fundamental: Rest
https://www.workplaceincentives.com.au/
https://www.workplaceincentives.com.au/
Mark Dobson - Workplace Fundamental: Rest
There are several wellness fundamentals that need to be considered by leaders, managers and bosses. Companies who take into consideration the wellness of their staff should make work more rewarding.
One of the wellness fundamentals is rest. Thats right, rest. Some of you reading will just have had a double take. We cant teach our staff to rest; we pay them to work.
Yes you do pay them to work, but do you think theyre actually working 9 to 5? There might be some hectic days where people go, go, go, but people dont actually fully work 9 to 5. What they do is theyll often pull themselves away; whether it means to go get a coffee, or a cigarette, walk around the office, or Ive got to take these to somewhere, or Ive got to go to my car for a second to get lunch. People find ways to take a break.
What we want them to know how to do is to rest in a way that invigorates them. Its just like when you jump into the ocean. You jump into the ocean; its chilly, its fresh. You have a quick swim; you jump out and you are alive and awake. You are invigorated.
The workplace doesnt have an ocean but there are things the for everybody can invigorate them. If people have an awareness of what energises them, then they can find ways to put them into their world. Typically, people dont know, so they dont do it. They go home; they turn on the television out of habit. They have some dinner, nothings on, so you start flicking. As soon as you start flicking, you can blow an hour and a half, you get up, and you feel like youd did nothing.
There are other times though, you come home, you run out into the backyard. You mow the lawn or something, you just move some plants around and youre tired out; but you feel better for doing that.
See theres productivity in rest as well. Theres a whole lot of things that actually invigorates people. So when we say Rest, we want people to know how to withdraw from work and refuel themselves. Take a moment to give your focus a break.
Now a tangible example of that is a good friend of mine, and somebody who Ive advised for a while; his name is Tansel Ali. Tansel has memorised the entire Sidney Yellow Pages. Hes Australias Memory Champion. Its a skill set that hes developed. Its not a genetic thing; he actually has developed the skill.
Now when hes in competition, he has to remember huge amounts of volume. He said, Sometimes your brain gets to a point of fatigue, and he reaches a point hes trying to remember but just cant. So I told Tansel, you need to take a break. He says, But Im in competition. What he didnt realise was that it only needs to be three seconds. Youre concentrating, take a breath, and back in. It just needs to be a removal, but a deliberate removal.
When you move back, its not sit back, still, and panic, its actually you think about your family, you think about how good this is, you think about what youre going to do next.
Theres a whole lot of things that you can do in that three seconds. That three second break is an investment in the next three or four minutes, seven minutes, or hour and a half or whatever it is.
We need to develop peoples capacity to rest in a way and take a break in a way that liberates their energy so they come back invigorated.
by: WI
Mariah Carey Song List Learn What Being An Orthodontist Represents Event Planner & Coordinator Makes Event Management Successful Watch Loserville Show At Garrick Theatre London Plot In Mohali Is A Blessing For Investors Huay Mae Sak Waterfall - The Waterfalls Of The Golden Triangle Plot In Sunny Enclave Features All The Latest Amenities Use Event Budget Worksheets For Event Planning To Avoid Hassle Why Photo Booths Are A Great Idea Bmw M5, A Diesel Engine Marvel Shopping In Chiang Rai - Night Markets In The Mountains Property Dealers Mohali Can Help You Find Suitable Property Smsf Borrowing To Buy Property