DID YOU HAVE FUN TODAY?

Rich Schefren posted an excellent article on 10 August 2007 in his blog on one of the secrets to boosting productivity and how inject a lot more fun into your life.

According to Rich, many people believe that they can get more done by putting in long hours; however, it has the opposite effect.

He suggests that if we want to get more out of our life, we should schedule one fun activity per day with the only condition being, it must be something we really look forward to doing.

The psychological reason being: we’ll be much more inclined to work productively and efficiently before we experience our fun activity – just try to recall how you worked and cleared all essential tasks every time you were preparing for a vacation.

Other than distressing, fun breaks are also great in many ways. Pulling ourselves away from our chores – even for a little while – clears the mind of some of the clutter. Often, unsolvable problems seem simpler when we look at it again after the break. Ideas and solutions dropped in out of nowhere while we shift our focus to something else.

So, if you want get more out of your life – be more productive and successful – commit to having fun each day!