Your Weekly Challenge:

REMINDER: You don’t have to do the challenge! See it as an idea on how to spend your week more productively.

Do exercise that you enjoy. In the beginning of this week, think of a type of physical exercise you like\d doing and commit to doing it at least once this week in one of your break periods, the period of time doesn’t matter. Here is a list of enjoyable physical exercises you might like:

• Hiking

• Swimming

• Biking

• Rock climbing

• Tai chi

Your Weekly Inspirational Story:

“[…] Another reason successful people keep fit is that exercise gives you more energy in the workplace.

‘Staying in shape is very important. Doing anything well requires energy, and you just have a lot more energy when you're fit,’said Mark Zuckerberg in a Facebook Q&A session.

‘I make sure I work out at least three times a week - usually first thing when I wake up.’

Joe Wicks makes no secret of the benefits of his exercise routine either.

‘Exercise is so important to my energy levels,’ he says. "Without my regular workouts I'd really struggle to be productive and get things done.

Even when I'm feeling tired or stressed, a quick HIIT session always makes me feel better and refocuses me.’

So what is it that means you can get energy by expending it?

‘It's the physical activity paradox. How can you expend energy, and end up with more, but that's what it [exercise] does,’ says Professor Jim McKenna, Professor of Physical Activity and Health at Leeds Beckett University.

‘If you're a bit frustrated or just feeling a little bit tired, it helps you to generate positive energy.’

‘I try to do something every day that allows me to feel active,’ Oprah Winfrey told O Magazine.

‘I just know that movement and flexibility, particularly the older you get, is what makes you feel alive. So I don't want to just be alive, I want to feel it.’

One of the most important studies about exercise in the workplace didn't compare inactive people with active people, but instead looked at how productive people were on days they exercised compared with days they didn't.

‘You find there's about a 17 per cent difference to you on a day when you exercise versus you on a day when you don't,’ says McKenna.

‘It's about an hour's difference. The hour of exercise leads to you doing more in the seven hours while you're at work compared to working eight hours.’”

Source: https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/how-exercise-can-boost-success-at-work/

!!!- I advise you to write the answers down on paper, as they help you figure out stuff about yourself, which you might find useful later on!

Reflective-thinking question:

• Have you learned anything new from this article? If so, what is it?

Critical-thinking questions:

• Do you feel more inspired to exercise after this article? Why?(Be specific!)

Your Weekly ‘Food For Thought’ question

Do you believe you need motivation to do stuff? Why?

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