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University showed that interaction with animals increases serotonin levels – the hormone of happiness. Higher serotonin levels mean better mood, and well-being is a key element of mental balance, necessary for maintaining healthy motivation, a sense of purpose and productivity.
And one more thing: scientists car owner data
from the University of Michigan have proven that the presence of a dog in the work environment leads to a higher level of empathy and trust, and as a result, to better and more open cooperation between employees!
Taking a break with your beloved furry friend can result not only in messy clothes, but also in lower stress levels, greater productivity, and more satisfying interactions within your team!
2. Juggling – probably the best workout for your brain (especially if you work with text!)
Jim Kwik, a popular brain trainer and creator of the KwikBrain podcast , believes that one of the best ways to exercise your mental abilities is juggling and recommends using it during breaks while working.
Don't worry, you don't have to throw in flaming torches or razor-sharp knives right away - balled up socks will do just fine.
What's more, it doesn't matter if the thrown objects fly in your hands as if gravity didn't exist, or if you have to pick them up from the floor more often - the benefits are primarily... learning!
Research conducted at the University of Oxford has shown that juggling increases the density of white matter in the brain - this is where the axons (nerve fibers) are located, responsible for conducting signals between neurons (nerve cells).
The more white matter, the more connections, and therefore: more efficient thinking! Gray cells, or those areas of the brain responsible for processing transmitted signals, also gain.
But that's not the end of the benefits: it turns out that just a few minutes of tossing balls expands your peripheral vision, making juggling an ideal activity for people who deal with text in their work, such as translators, content writers, lawyers, scientists or programmers.
Wider peripheral vision means you can see larger sections of material at once, which means you can work faster!
Learning to juggle also improves concentration, spatial imagination, mathematical skills, and the detection of hidden patterns – after all, when juggling, we recreate nothing more than trajectory patterns in the air.
Many eminent mathematicians, theoretical physicists, programmers and other scientists devote themselves to this exercise in their free time (see also: TED, Alexander Leymann, The Beauty and Mathematics of Juggling ).
If you want to join them, take a few minutes of juggling break every 20-30 minutes (e.g. according to the pomodoro method ).
And one more thing: scientists car owner data
from the University of Michigan have proven that the presence of a dog in the work environment leads to a higher level of empathy and trust, and as a result, to better and more open cooperation between employees!
Taking a break with your beloved furry friend can result not only in messy clothes, but also in lower stress levels, greater productivity, and more satisfying interactions within your team!
2. Juggling – probably the best workout for your brain (especially if you work with text!)
Jim Kwik, a popular brain trainer and creator of the KwikBrain podcast , believes that one of the best ways to exercise your mental abilities is juggling and recommends using it during breaks while working.
Don't worry, you don't have to throw in flaming torches or razor-sharp knives right away - balled up socks will do just fine.
What's more, it doesn't matter if the thrown objects fly in your hands as if gravity didn't exist, or if you have to pick them up from the floor more often - the benefits are primarily... learning!
Research conducted at the University of Oxford has shown that juggling increases the density of white matter in the brain - this is where the axons (nerve fibers) are located, responsible for conducting signals between neurons (nerve cells).
The more white matter, the more connections, and therefore: more efficient thinking! Gray cells, or those areas of the brain responsible for processing transmitted signals, also gain.
But that's not the end of the benefits: it turns out that just a few minutes of tossing balls expands your peripheral vision, making juggling an ideal activity for people who deal with text in their work, such as translators, content writers, lawyers, scientists or programmers.
Wider peripheral vision means you can see larger sections of material at once, which means you can work faster!
Learning to juggle also improves concentration, spatial imagination, mathematical skills, and the detection of hidden patterns – after all, when juggling, we recreate nothing more than trajectory patterns in the air.
Many eminent mathematicians, theoretical physicists, programmers and other scientists devote themselves to this exercise in their free time (see also: TED, Alexander Leymann, The Beauty and Mathematics of Juggling ).
If you want to join them, take a few minutes of juggling break every 20-30 minutes (e.g. according to the pomodoro method ).