September Healthy Living Newsletter!

Posted on Monday, October 7th, 2019

Click here for the latest Healthy Living newsletter from LifeWorks, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider. This monthly newsletter is designed to offer you insight into how you can proactively build the life you want and effectively resolve challenging personal or work-related situations.

Promoting good mental and physical health in the workplace

For many of us, our working day is spent in an office where we sit at a desk, staring at a computer screen and not moving for long stretches of time. European researchers found that people who work 10 hours or more every day have a 60 percent greater risk of cardiovascular problems, including heart attacks and angina. We then get on the bus or into our cars and sit through the commute home. Then, after preparing dinner, we usually spend the evening sitting in front of a TV or another computer screen. This sedentary lifestyle is wreaking havoc with our physical and mental health.

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Becoming more productive: setting clear goals and objectives

Productivity is the basic measure of effectiveness, and one of the basic building blocks to successful job performance. Productivity in the workplace can be defined as efficiently completing the tasks set forth. Dedicated employees strive to develop their skills and improve their performance. This begins with setting realistic goals and clearly defined objectives.

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