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HPInrocowrdeuaTcstoeivity

Life relies on hard work, goals, and achievement. Though from person to person a goal can
differ, we all meet at one point: achieving productivity. I'm going to give you ways to
increase it and reach your full potential in working. By: Khuzama Alruwaili

Get Sleep! ““Sleep deprivation negatively impacts our
mood, our ability to focus, and our ability
to access higher-level cognitive functions.”

Most people neglect the importance of sleeping

because they believe staying up all night working is more

efficient, which is wrong. A Harvard health study found

that “Concentration, working memory, mathematical Track Your Time

capacity, and logical reasoning are all aspects of Robin Sharma stated it herself, “What gets
measured gets improved.” Tracking your
cognitive function compromised by sleep deprivation,” time would show you how to be more
efficient with it and what aspects you are
Therefore the work you had done at 3:00 am you would finding difficult, to improve. An example is,
people who wore a fitness tracker walk at
most probably have a hazy idea of it. The study has also least one extra mile every day on average.
They also boost their overall activity and
shown that “Sleep deprivation negatively impacts our movement by 27 %.

mood, our ability to focus, and our ability to access

higher -level cognitive functions.” The majority believe

they have a bad mood because they hate working but it's

actually the bad mood caused by tiredness that makes

you hate worki ng.

Don't Device -Multitask!

Most people work with 5 diferent devices open, and

this is a much -neglected point, but Device -multitasking

is unhealthy and afects productivity. A 2014 study by

the University of Sussex reveals that "people who This is a brain scan of the research done by Kep Kee

frequently use several media devices at the same time have Loh and Dr. Ryota Kanai which resulted in the

discovery that the grey -matter density in the

a lower grey -mater density in one particular region of highlighted region of the brain (anterior cingulate

the brain compared to those who use just one device cortex) was negatively corresponding with the

amount of media multitasking activity

occasionally." The research also sta tes that the 2014

research "supports earlier studies showing connections

between high media -multitasking activity and poor Happiness

atention in the face of distractions, along with emotional Believe it or not, but your happiness plays a
huge contributor to your productivity. So do
problems such as depression and anxiety." Device - something that makes you smile or laugh; like
watching F.R.I.E.N .D.S or doing your favorite
Multitasking also promot es distraction, not only is there 1 hobby before working. Although, this isn't just
common sense, A study by Oxford University's
tempting device but 5! Device - multitasking has emotional Saïd Business School discovered that workers
were 13% more productive when they were
and physical disadvantages so, avoid it! happy.

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