To understand the best time to unplug, you need to know the Golden Rule of Taking a Break.
“Every 20 minutes looking 20 feet away for 20 seconds is a great rule for taking breaks especially if you are working on a computer for your daily work.” – Daniel Pink
Top performers do ONE thing better than others as highlighted by Daniel Pink:
Depending on your daily pattern, there is a way to gauge our productivity during the day.
Read this insightful post from Daniel Pink’s book When to know more on the pattern based on understanding whether you are an OWL (late riser), LARK (early riser) or normal bird.
Our daily mood routine follows a pattern. Being aware of this enables us to take control of our lives.
Whether you are a late riser (OWL), or an early riser (LARK) or a normal bird, the pattern depends.
Read this wonderful insight from WHEN by Daniel Pink, to know more:
IN my TO-DO list there is a mention of a BREAK LIST as well, which emphasizes taking breaks at the right time. This unfortunately never GETS DONE. Learn the Art of Taking Breaks.
Research has proven that taking the right number of breaks at the right time can enhance performance and prevent burnout.
In his book When, Daniel Pink mentions the secret sauce for top performance is that they have mastered the art of taking breaks.
Read these very insightful posts from When.
I would highly encourage you all to read this brilliant book named When by Daniel Pink.
As per me it is better to lead a short and fulfilling life rather than a long and unfulfilled life. Hence leading a fulfilling life is much better than leading a unfilled yet long life. James Dean effect explains this fascinating psychology.
Read the below insight inspired from Daniel Pink’s book When to more about James Dean Effect.
If you are a late riser (OWL) or an early riser (LARK), this insight will tell you which part of the day would be more productive for you. I am a late riser i.e. an OWL. If you already figured out whether you are an OWL or a LARK this insight is for you.
In his book When, Daniel Pink has provided the daily mood pattern for both OWLs and LARKs.
Knowing this daily mood pattern would enable us to do our best during the most productive times of the day.
Acknowledging that certain parts of the day we are meant to be unproductive would make us less anxious.
For managing screen time for myself, I stick to the 20-20-20 rule of managing screen time and hence taking breaks.
This rule has been mentioned by Daniel Pink in his book When.
The Daily When Chart mentioned by Daniel Pink in his best selling book When, goes a long way in helping us decide which important activity to do in which part of the day, based on whether we are an OWL (Late riser) or LARK (Early Riser) or Third Birds (Normal routine).
Daniel Pink’s When – DAILY WHEN CHART
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The insight adopted from Daniel Pink’s best selling book When, enlightens us on what research has to say when we are presented with these two choices..
Our Plan to Elevate Positives gives 9 times more results than our plan to Eliminate Negatives.. Knowing this can help us craft a better customer service strategy wherein eliminating tail customers would be much more profitable thereby investing more energy towards loyal customers..
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The insight adopted from Daniel Pink’s best selling book When, makes us aware of MID LIFE DROOPs that we human experience during our middle ages. This pattern has ben found very similar to that of APES whom we have inherited.
Thus being aware of MID LIFE DROOP can help us handle the situation in a much more mature manner and in turn helps us ride the tide to enable unlocking of a fulfilling life for ourselves and our families.
MID LIFE DROOP in APES very similar to HUMANS
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