Madeline Mann breaks down MODS: Moving, Outside, Detachment, and Social. Aim for two 10-minute breaks daily, mixing at least two elements each. A walking meeting counts. Breaks cut errors and restore focus during afternoon slumps.
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Madeline Mann (Self-Made Millennial).
October 25, 2018.
M: Moving; O: Outside; D: Detachment; S: Social.
Two 10-minute breaks per day.
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Hey everyone, this is self made Millennial. I'm Madeline Mann and if you want to be working at your full velocity, there is a brain hack you can do which is all about taking specific types of breaks. These breaks can really renew your focus and so you'll walk away from this video with four actionable tips on how to take the right breaks to really increase your productivity. Now, this video is inspired by Daniel Pink's book When. And what I'm going to share with you is just a tiny little microcosm of all the brilliance that springs from this book. I will link the book in the description for you all to go read. Pink's research shows that people's ability to focus has peaks and valleys throughout the day and during those low focus times, which for most people is in the afternoons. He found that there are way more botched surgeries, the wrong antibiotics being prescribed to patients, and you know, it's not just the medical profession, it's all professions. Even students, when tested in the afternoon, get lower test scores on average. So are we all doomed when the afternoon comes around? Should we just hit the blender on the margaritas and go to Taco Tuesday early? No. One way to get that focus back is by taking breaks. But not just any break. Modify your breaks by thinking mods. M O D S. Mods stands for the four things to optimize your breaks. M stands for moving. Moving beats stationary. Even if your office is small, make a few laps around the desks like you're a little demonic. Piglet. O stands for outside. Outside beats inside. Go out there, greet the day. Spin around in circles like you're in a rom com.
On a night. One day we become a screamer. D stands for detachment. So that means no phone, no computer, no talking about work. When you're on your break, don't talk about that recent memo you just sent out. Bleh. Like throw your phone into the ocean. What the.
Or you know, neatly place it in your bag. That works too. Finally, S stands for social. Social beats solo breaks. Even if you're an introvert, choose someone who doesn't make you hate your job and spend some time with them. At my last job I started a club called Second Lunch Club where several of us would meet up at about 3:30 in the afternoon and eat lunch again. Now we were not moving and we were not outside, but we were detached, we were social and we were satiated. And so it helped us get through our afternoon slump. Alright, so a reminder of the four things that make a great break Mods moving outside Detachment social It can be tough sometimes to get all four things into one break. So make sure that each of your breaks has at least two of these things. Such as if you want to catch up with someone, ask them a few questions, see how they're doing. Make it a walking meeting. Or if you have to go to the kitchen or the bathroom, take the longest possible route to get there and talk to people along the way. Take two of these 10 minute breaks a day and you'll end up being happier, more productive, make fewer mistakes. I mean, that's what the research says. So I say you give it an old college try. Now let's take a break to hit a like on this video as well as subscribe. Subscribe? You old new people out there, you know you gotta subscribe. Come back for these new videos every week. Thanks so much everyone. Wi Fi high five.
