The fall transition to standard time is linked to an increase in crime that costs the country billions of dollars annually. Transitions into and out of daylight saving time are linked to disrupted sleep patterns, increased heart attack risk, and an uptick in fatal car accidents.
And last week, a team of researchers from the departments of psychiatry and political science at the universities of Aarhus, Copenhagen and Stanford added another formal complaint to the indictment against clock-turning: The autumn shift to standard time appears to be closely linked to a jump in depression diagnoses around this time of year.
Why do we continue with this practice? What are the actual benefits?
While traveling a lot for work can be a source of stress, and anxiety, not traveling at all is not the answer, because we also need the break that traveling gives us. Apart from the obvious fact that you don’t have to go to work (and can legit eat pizza for breakfast), traveling gives you…
First off, the answer to the question in the title is, yes, of course. But, this is one point that really stuck with me, because over the years as a trainer, and working in law firms, I’m always left a little stunned by lawyers who talk about not knowing what the search for until they…
This is the same issue we run into with training too. Attorneys are constantly asking for more training on technology, but when you put it together, they don’t show up, or when you produce video content, they don’t watch it. When it comes to programs that are designed to help with work-life balance, mental health,…
Russian hackers broke into a World Anti-Doping Agency database and posted confidential medical data online Tuesday of some United States female athletes who competed at the Rio Olympics — including gymnast Simone Biles, tennis players Serena and Venus Williams and basketball player Elena Delle Donne. This is pretty much the world we live in now….
There’s a lot of interesting things in this article, you should read it. This one, however, is one that I want to specifically mention: “Notifications are unnecessary and they’re poison. If we enable them, we are asking our phones to interrupt us. Don’t do it.” This is true. It’s also hard to get people to…