http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-importance-of-disconnecting-from-your-work/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:57:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-importance-of-disconnecting-from-your-work/#comment-10098 shuvo bangla Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:25:29 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=362#comment-10098 But it seems people don't have a value for this "downtime" that is so important to our functioning. When I look around, everyone seems to be in constant contact with someone - work, family or friends and even strangers! Wikipedia defines downtime as, "Downtime refers to a period of time or a percentage of a time span that a machine or system (usually a computer server) is offline or not functioning, usually as a result of either system failure (such as a crash) or routine maintenance. The opposite is uptime." But it seems people don’t have a value for this “downtime” that is so important to our functioning. When I look around, everyone seems to be in constant contact with someone – work, family or friends and even strangers! Wikipedia defines downtime as, “Downtime refers to a period of time or a percentage of a time span that a machine or system (usually a computer server) is offline or not functioning, usually as a result of either system failure (such as a crash) or routine maintenance. The opposite is uptime.”

]]> http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-importance-of-disconnecting-from-your-work/#comment-10094 Tanmoy Saha Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:11:52 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=362#comment-10094 In the current environment of intense competition, people tend to involve in their professional life so thoroughly that it encroaches upon their personal life and even engulfs it in extreme cases. So this is a very helpful comment for us. In the current environment of intense competition, people tend to involve in their professional life so thoroughly that it encroaches upon their personal life and even engulfs it in extreme cases. So this is a very helpful comment for us.

]]> http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-importance-of-disconnecting-from-your-work/#comment-10091 think_er*** Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:32:02 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=362#comment-10091 There should always be a limit in everything, so it is important to learn to disconnect yourself from work. Like, on a day which requires your mind and body to rest. There should always be a limit in everything, so it is important to learn to disconnect yourself from work. Like, on a day which requires your mind and body to rest.

]]> http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-importance-of-disconnecting-from-your-work/#comment-10090 Gaurav Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:16:45 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=362#comment-10090 In the current environment of intense competition, people tend to involve in their professional life so thoroughly that it encroaches upon their personal life and even engulfs it in extreme cases. New communication gadgets have facilitated this alarmingly. For a healthy mind one has to compartmentalize one's professional and personal lives. Very few persons have natural ability to do so. But it can be achieved through yoga and meditation. In the current environment of intense competition, people tend to involve in their professional life so thoroughly that it encroaches upon their personal life and even engulfs it in extreme cases. New communication gadgets have facilitated this alarmingly. For a healthy mind one has to compartmentalize one’s professional and personal lives. Very few persons have natural ability to do so. But it can be achieved through yoga and meditation.

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