Hey managers: If people have to work while they're on vacation, it's not a vacation.
The more we detach from our jobs during breaks, the higher our well-being. Time away is especially important in high-performance cultures.
Taking respites from work is a vital source of energy.
COVID + THE BRAIN 🧠
There’s been a flurry of new studies published in recent weeks about Covid’s detrimental impact on the brain.
This is the aspect of Covid which concerns me most, but which many people seem to be blissfully unaware of.
So let’s dig into what we know… 🧵
Can I reassert that with SARS-CoV-2 induced brain damage, it won’t be a lessening of intellect that you’ll be seeing first, but behavioural changes such as disinhibition, emotional lability, risk taking & impulsivity.
Frontal lobe damage impairs behavioural regulation.
Science Alert: 'We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury'
'The exact nature of long COVID is still coming to light, but we just got some of the best evidence yet that this debilitating condition stems from a brain injury.'
https://t.co/FvmLA3Qo4M
When I was little, I used to wonder why the whole world didn’t descend upon the Nazi concentration camps and free everyone. And I thought maybe it was because they just didn’t know. I realize now that is not why.
As stressful as 2020 was, I think 2024 is more stressful because the world chose to give up. There’s only a fringe of us who keeps trying. But you know what, like Tolkien said, there’s some good in the world and that’s who I do it for.
If you are fed up with our response to the ongoing Covid pandemic, give this a like and repost, I know I can NOT be alone in feeling angry at how little anyone cares. Let's see how many people we reach.