Chapter 63 Take breaks to work efficiently

Many office workers are forced to work overtime and unable to take vacations, but the world's top entrepreneurs and politicians emphasize that they must set aside time to rest and do interesting things so that they can work efficiently. Although working in the highly competitive auto industry, Nissan CEO Ghosn never takes work home.Going home is to rest and recharge, play with the children, and weekends are no exception, and he found that he can get a little distance from the problems he faces at work. After returning to work on Monday, he can see the problems more clearly and solve them easily .

Mel, the vice president of Google, gets off work at six o'clock every Friday, and then goes to San Francisco to play, and takes a big break every four months.Schultz, the president of Starbucks Coffee, travels every seven weeks to absorb the essence of different worlds. Wang Shi, chairman of China Vanke Group, went climbing and exploring for a while, enjoying it and being enviable.As a chairman, he must be busy. Some people may think that this is not doing his job properly. In fact, this way of rest is the guarantee of his efficient work. During the Second World War, the 70-year-old British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had to work around the clock, but he was always full of energy when he worked, which is amazing.It turned out that he was very good at arranging his own rest, and went to bed for an hour at noon every day. Even when he was in the car, he took the time to close his eyes and rest, and take a nap.It is this good habit of active rest that enables him to deal with state affairs without feeling tired, and has achieved remarkable results.

Tagore said: The relationship between rest and work is just like the relationship between eyelids and eyes. This analogy is too apt. If you keep your eyes open for a long time, you have to close them for a while to rest your mind; after working for a long time, you should take a break so that you can improve your work efficiency and do your work better. Physiologists have done such an experiment to verify this point of view: Let a group of strong young porters load iron ingots on the freighter. The young people moved for four hours in a row, and finally loaded twelve.Five tons of goods, at this time everyone was tired and bent over, all exhausted.

But one day later, these young people were asked to take a four-minute break for every 26 minutes of work. It took the same four hours to load 47 tons of iron ingots without feeling tired, and their work efficiency was significantly improved. ★Life is delicious★ Career success does not happen overnight. Although overtime work can temporarily improve performance, overwork can actually damage people physically and mentally.If you can arrange your life reasonably and ensure that work and life are relaxed, you will be able to work energetically and efficiently.The busier you are at work, the more you should learn to be lazy so that you have enough physical strength and an excellent mental state to calmly deal with the big and small affairs in front of you.