Zero minutes
Do not you have a minute of free time? Then in half a minute to make a list of urgently needed changes!
Think about replacing
Of course, you are irreplaceable. But if it keeps you in the office without days off and lunch, is it time to take on an intern training, to think about redistributing responsibilities or to seek help from colleagues? The assistant can show up very close.
Say no
American writer Dan Coughlin said: "Yes" is a word that has ruined many brilliant careers. "So you can not raise your account this minute. Why? Yes, just have a lunch break and a rest!
Report your plans
A clear and well-thought-out communication helps avoid avrales in useful rest from work and deeds. Write to all the interested parties that from April 15 you go on vacation for 2 weeks. Most likely, it will save you from urgent assignments on the morning of March 29, hassle and time pressure.
5 minutes
If you are tired of numbers and formulas, a cup and a chocolate will help you. With this "relax-kit" for relaxation go to the kettle or coffee machine. Surely there is already one of your colleagues there. Fill the cup and make a casual conversation. It is proved that up to 80% of important work information can be obtained in informal communication - it's not for nothing that smokers form an original community in the office, very knowledgeable and united. But smoking is harmful, but to communicate - even if a colleague does not share secret information with you - is useful and pleasant. You get to know each other better and, probably, like sympathy.
20-30 minutes
Take a walk in the nearest park or along a quiet side street during a useful rest from work and business. Your goal is to change the picture, get new (different from office) impressions. Since you do not have much time, use every second with maximum benefit. For this, psychologists are advised to apply the practice of "conscious impressions". Note to yourself: "What a bizarre pattern form the branches of this tree!", "Oh, the first dandelion!" or something similar. Savor every moment of freedom, like a good wine!
40 minutes
Do you know what is "lunch peeling" and rest? So they call the usual glycol peeling in the West, a non-traumatic rejuvenating procedure that leaves no visible traces of redness. Visited a beauty session and returned to the office - is this not a dream of a business lady? Of course, instead of peeling in the nearest salon, you can go through any other pleasant and quick procedure: facial massage, darsonval, hair care. Information about what makes you blossom at work, when everyone else is sitting with dull faces, to share with colleagues!
55-60 minutes
Twice a week, arrange for yourself a day of unloading and the lunch hour you put in, and rest is converted into a real, healthy for the soul and body. Do you want to know which one? If you walk in the middle of the day on the business district of Stockholm, you will find that most office employees go out of the office with voluminous sports bags. Here it is customary to use the lunch break regularly not for consuming calories, but for burning them. The schedule in sports clubs reveals the same trend: after 13.00, cardio training, classes of aerobics, sports dancing, pilates and yoga begin. To write down on them is worth it in advance. The sports pause has many advantages. Allow yourself this pleasure, and change will amaze you. A good mood (thanks to the inflow of endorphins), the freshness of thought (blood circulation is activated) and the readiness to turn mountains (you no longer feel tortured and tired) will add color to gray weekdays. Sport also gives great motivation. You have withstood such intense training! So, you can cope with the most difficult project at work. Your colleagues returned with a luncheon and sleepy, you are full of vivacity and positive. And it's easy to have a snack in an hour, without going far from the workplace.
In the office we spend at least 40 hours a week. And someone - and all 60. A huge part of life! So let's spend it in a pleasant environment.
In a good company all employees should work diligently. And if so, it's time to get "to work" the walls, lamps, houseplants and your own workplace, that is, the entire office interior, and you will take useful rest from work and affairs.
The colors of nature
Blue and green interior elements increase our tone, add strength and energy.
Turn happiness on
Designers know: this state is controlled by lighting! If the working life seems to you black and white, it's time to think about what colors surround you.
Color therapy consultant, Dr. Telma van der Verg says: "Color directly affects our brain and, as a result, is embodied later in our emotions, thoughts, health and behavior." Before you choose the right shade for the room, you need to understand its purpose. What is this - a meeting room, a waiting room for visitors, a computer room or a hall? However, there is one color that is ideal for any room. It's yellow. It promotes concentration of attention, activation of the brain and subconsciously perceived as the color of energy, perseverance, determination. Great tone for the office of the young leader! The department with tasks that require creativity and fantasy (for example, advertising, marketing, public relations), it is better to place in the office of turquoise tones. But have you seen a lot of turquoise offices? Perhaps, even the most creative daredevils will not dare to do this.
There is an exit : decorate in this color one wall or place in the room several large interior elements of this shade. Moreover, the surplus of turquoise makes us too impulsive. Bordovy associated with high status and intelligence, tradition, security. Ideal color for law firm or consulting firm. But do not make out more than 70% of the room (and do not add golden decor elements), otherwise it will not be an office, but a boudoir. Negotiation (and negotiation) will benefit from gently-blue tones in the interior, and brown, as a color of responsibility, will be good in accounting and with system administrators.
Plants in the state
Without the harmonious rada "green colleagues" in the office can not do! They create not only a healthy, but also a business environment.
A study by the University of Texas confirmed what we ourselves had guessed before: plants reduce stress and increase productivity. The participants of the experiment were offered to perform several tasks in the environment of flowers, and then in an empty study. It was found that plants contribute to improving the reaction rate and normalizing blood pressure. Green corners in the office have a beneficial effect on vision, soothe the nervous system, reduce noise, prevent the development of occupational diseases. Succulents will save us from electromagnetic radiation; ivy, ficus, philodendron, diffen-Bahia, aloe - from toxins. Eucalyptus, rosemary, laurel, cypress, any conifers will protect against viruses. Plants can reduce the content of pathogenic microbes in air by 30-70% and prevent the development of epidemics due to the fact that volatile substances produce phytoncides.
Plants of the Tropics
Required attribute of the negotiation zone due to pacifying properties.
Make yourself at home!
Your workplace can tell a lot about you to visitors, so give it individual characteristics.
If you need to create an image of an expert, find a place for your diplomas and certificates. Shelves with special literature and neat folders will introduce you to visitors a solid and competent specialist. A photo from a corporate party on your desk or an original calendar will set a more informal tone of communication with customers.
Make the workplace home-cozy can a desk lamp: its muffled yellow light adjusts to a calm mood. The lamp in the style of hi-tech on such is incapable. But she copes well with another task: to create a feeling of coolness on a hot day.
Shelves, folders, boxes will help you maintain a useful order on the desktop and create an impression of you as an organized employee who has everything under control.