{"id":11021,"date":"2017-12-26T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/?p=11021"},"modified":"2017-12-26T08:24:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T01:24:00","slug":"thu-thuat-bien-moi-ngay-deu-la-mot-ky-nghi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/thu-thuat-bien-moi-ngay-deu-la-mot-ky-nghi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for turning every day into\u2026 a vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"sapo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The key to this approach is understanding that a holiday is not about how much time we take off, but the quality of that time.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cafebiz.cafebizcdn.vn\/thumb_w\/600\/2017\/photo1514198775562-1514198775563.jpg\" alt=\"Tips for turning every day into\u2026 a vacation\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The year-end period is always rather unusual for businesses, especially startups. While most employees associate it with holidays and bonuses\u2026, for managers and executives it is often a time for breakthroughs and final efforts to fulfill the year's plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">These differing expectations are precisely why many problems arise in businesses during holidays such as Christmas and New Year\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Specifically, a recent study by market research company GfK surveyed 7,331 working-age people in the United States, in roles ranging from employees to senior executives. It found that 46% of employees frequently check their email during vacations, causing 51% of those employees (out of that 46%) to experience stress-related problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The research team explained this rate by noting that only 14% of managers completely avoid thinking about work throughout their holidays. Among senior executives, the figure is even below 7%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u2018Today's business world is extremely fierce, especially for startups. Most companies follow the motto of working just a little harder than their competitors. As a result, even when we rest, work still follows us,\u2019 said Katie Denis, who led the survey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Of course, we cannot advise managers simply to relax completely or maintain their usual pace of work, because each business has its own culture and each manager a different management style. However, as holidays approach, managers should pay particular attention to several points to avoid internal conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>During vacations, let's\u2026 stop contacting one another<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A study conducted by The University of Texas, based on a survey of 713 adults from six countries\u2014the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain\u2014found that working during a vacation, even for just one hour, can reduce your sense of rest by a factor of 1.43.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Therefore, any email, call, or message managers send during a vacation must be handled with extreme care and deliberation. Not only can it ruin both the manager's and employees' vacations, but every email, call, or message sent to an employee signals to all employees that time off is not real.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Messages such as \u2018Management does not trust employees\u2019 or \u2018Management cannot organize work well enough to take a worry-free vacation\u2019\u2026 will emerge. From that point onward, employees\u2019 dedication to the business will begin to decline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMany startup managers work from morning until night. Some managers I know even keep their phones on 24\/7 and respond to employees anytime, anywhere. They think this demonstrates extraordinary commitment to their work. But life requires balance, and your employees have more in their lives than work,\u201d Katie Denis concluded in Harvard Business Review.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Instead of waiting for vacations, treat every day as a vacation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A three-week study involving 855 people, conducted by the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, found that productivity usually falls most sharply just before holidays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Because this is when many employees enter a waiting mindset, become distracted from work, and want to start resting early\u2026 Some even experience anxiety disorders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">One secret that personnel coach Leo Babuta recommends businesses cultivate is making employees feel that every workday is like a day off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHave you ever noticed that your best ideas often come while you are showering, meditating, or exercising? That is because you allow your mind to wander. You do not have to think logically, analyze, calculate, or strategize\u2026 You are free to let your mind drift toward the strangest things,\u201d Leo Babauta shared on Fast Company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Besides letting your mind wander in the ways above, Leo Babuta lists two other approaches: keeping a childlike spirit and creating a perfect working day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>First, keep the heart of a child.<\/strong> Because most of us fall into the trap of \u201call work and no play\u201d as adults, our lives gradually become dull. Holidays let us reconnect with the playfulness of the child we once were, bringing a little joyful energy back to the workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Therefore, smiling often, staying curious, changing your workspace, and being unafraid to express yourself are ways to put this method into practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The second method is to create a perfect working day<\/strong> and Cynthia Maxwell, former Engineering Director at Yahoo and Apple, is one example. Cynthia Maxwell applied the perfect-workday method by listing the standard tasks required for a perfect day. She then worked to perfect these tasks and repeated them to create her own standard work system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIf I won the lottery tomorrow, I would still go to work. I used to count the days until the next holiday. Now, however, I have built a life from which I do not need a vacation. Of course, I still take holidays because everyone else is off, and I cannot have a perfect workday if I go to work alone,\u201d Cynthia Maxwell concluded humorously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Collected.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/article\/\">&gt;&gt; Great Articles on Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/x-startup\/\">&gt;&gt; Business Startup Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/kich-hoat-nang-luong-thanh-cong\/\">&gt;&gt; Success Energy Activation Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/ceo-coach-chuong-trinh-tu-van-kinh-doanh\/\">&gt;&gt; Business Consulting Program<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/x-startup\/\">&gt;&gt; LEARN TO START A BUSINESS<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0110i\u1ec3m m\u1ea5u ch\u1ed1t c\u1ee7a ph\u01b0\u01a1ng ph\u00e1p n\u00e0y, \u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0 hi\u1ec3u k\u1ef3 ngh\u1ec9 kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0 s\u1ed1 l\u01b0\u1ee3ng th\u1eddi gian ch\u00fang ta \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ngh\u1ec9, m\u00e0 l\u00e0 ch\u1ea5t l\u01b0\u1ee3ng trong th\u1eddi gian ngh\u1ec9. 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