In the 21st century emails are ever so ingrained in our way of life. We check emails for job updates, job searching, connecting with friends, updates on things we are following ( magazines, famous people for some, and the list goes on) and even connecting with friends and family. Emails have made us more closer to those around us than ever before.
But have we ever thought that this could be harmful to us - to have this implicit need to check emails all the time? Is this nature or are we nurturing ourselves into harmful habits. If we compare the prehistoric hominid to the current 21st century human, our additions, drives and needs have changed significantly what. Fundamentally we all need food, shelter and love, but we have evolved to also desire a 'career', to acquire various luxurious goods and to constantly be up to date with social media and emails. Recently an article published by Time magazine on productive people stated the following cautions for those frequent email checkers : "Research shows email:
Take home message: Do not start your day with checking your email, you'll just stress yourself out. Start with doing other activities. Typically 80-90% of your regular to-do list will not require you checking your emails. I know we are all surprised by number 4, it can drop your IQ points by 10 points. This is because checking emails generally put people in a bad mood, according to time, the number one significant factor that differs successful people than average people is MOOD. Starting your day off with a positive moods sets you up for higher creativity, productivity and intelligence output ! Time quoted a book by Shawn Achor and I am sharing it here to emphasis the importance of a positive mood: "…doctors put in a positive mood before making a diagnosis show almost three times more intelligence and creativity than doctors in a neutral state, and they make accurate diagnoses 19 percent faster. Optimistic salespeople outsell their pessimistic counterparts by 56 percent. Students primed to feel happy before taking math achievement tests far outperform their neutral peers. It turns out that our brains are literally hardwired to perform at their best not when they are negative or even neutral, but when they are positive..." As a psychology graduate reading this excerpt, I recalled how important it is to use primes to study implicit human behaviour. I am happy to hear that just being primed to be in a happier state allows higher performance on the "dreaded" math examinations. This could be a useful tip for students who are struggling with anxiety, learning to control and alter your mood states would likely increase your performance in school significantly. I hope theses tips help you all out somehow ! Our next challenge will be how to modulate our social media addiction. I hope after reading this post you remember the power of positivity. Keep smiling ! Cheers <3 Nia
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