Newsletter 7 - Take a break

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Newsletter 7 - Take a break

“Don't underestimate the power of resting. It builds you back unlike anything.”Ne sous-estimez pas le pouvoir du repos. Il vous remet sur pied comme rien d'autre.

― Hiral Nagda

It's the end of the year, hopefully things are winding down. If they're not, make them : PAUSE

Taking a pause is often easier said than done, I mean

• How will things get done if you're not there to do them?

• How will you meet your deadlines? How will things get done around the house?

• How will your gifts get bought, trees decorated, reports done, languages learnt?

• How will the world go on without you?

A break can be many things. As we saw very recently in a previous newsletter, a break can be a moment of silence.

• It can also be a meditation

• It can be listening to music

• It can be practicing your favorite sport

• It can be gardening

• It can be bunjee-jumping

• It can be traveling

• It can be change of activity

And the list goes on, almost endlessly.

It can be a 5 minute break, a week long break, a whole month. Maybe even a year (yes I have a friend who took a year off to travel the world).

Pushing the PAUSE button is essential for your brain - and makes you a lot more productive, creative, efficient.

Here's an incomplete list of how breaks affect your brain (positively):

• brain imaging shows that taking time out between meetings prevents stress from building up

• the brain cycles from highest attention to lowest attention every 90 minutes - yes you have ups and downs, why not take a break during your downs?

• when the brain takes a break it can perform better at solving problems and connecting and consolidating ideas.

• Harvard Medical School has shown that when your mind is completely relaxed, you learn and memorize new skills faster.

• taking a vacation will increase your productivity. Studies from Harvard Medical School and the University of California have proven that your brain is at its prime after you've had a break

So you get my drift. Besides, you already instinctively knew all of this.

Now you know it's scientific : take a break, work better. It's as simple as that.

If you're curious about my sources or want to know more about the benefit of taking breaksyou should click here

And if you want to go back on my other newsletters that cover all kinds of brain related, language related, coaching related fascinating subjects, I suggest you go tomy newsletter webpage

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