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6 Scientifically Proven Ways to Improve Work-Life Balance & Reduce Stress

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

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Five Ways to Recharge Your Brain

A research study found that people who take short breaks in nature improve their performance by 20% compared with those who went on a walk in a busy urban area. Natural environments actually replenish your brain, whereas urban ones require your brain to stay alert which drains mental resources. So what I recommend you do is every hour, five minutes, three things, walk, water, window, get up and walk, even if it's indoors. And the third is water to hydrate. If you can do that five minutes on every hour, I promise you the rest of those 55 minutes will be a lot easier. We've all experienced this. The ergonomics team at Cornell University say sitting for

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