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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #45763 Stress-busting Break
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You  have  been  sitting  at  your  desk  for  longer  than  you  care  to  remember.  Your  head  is  fuzzy,  your  body  is  aching.  You  know  it's  not  good  for  you,  but  you  also  need  to  get  that  work  done.  Yet  skipping  breaks  is  the  best  way  not  only  to    energy  reserves  and  increase  stress,  but  also  to  depress  productivity.  When  the  Draggier  Group,  an  IT  company  based  in  Latvia,  tracked  the  behavior  Of  its  employees,  the  top  10  per  cent  most  productive  people  worked  the  same  hours  as  everyone  else,    took  more  breaks    on  average  a  17-minute  break  after  52  minutes  of  work.  Organizational  psychologist  John  Troughs  at  the  University  of  Toronto,  Canada,  says  we  should  ideally  stand  up  and  move  around  for  30  to  60  seconds  every  20  to  30  minutes,  and  focus  on  something  more  than  6  meters  away  to    our  eyes.  We  should  take  an  extended  break  of  10  or  15  minutes  every  hour  or  so,  because  we  have  only  a  limited    to  concentrate  for  longer.

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