July 2nd, 2008
Are you a morning person or perform
at your best in the late afternoon? Do you like to arrive first-thing
or watch the closing numbers before the end?
Every person's activity cycle and manner
by which they exercise their lives varies; the functioning of staff
in the workplace depends heavily on their own personal living choice.
If you feel some staff struggle in
the early morning but watch in surprise as they excel in the late afternoon,
getting more done in those last couple hours than it takes one person
to do all day, or watching those who are extremely perky in the early
morning but nearly collapse from fatigue near the end of the day, it
may be because of that person's personal lifestyle and preference by
which they allocate their waking hours.
Some prefer to stay up until the mid-early
morning, finding it difficult to wake up at an ungodly hour to chug
along at a job from which they get no value. Others have no trouble
getting up at extremely early hours - sometimes at 4:30 in the morning
- but near the end of the day they're pretty much ready for bed by 8:00
p.m.
This type of style is not just restricted
to sleeping patterns. They could have a balanced sleep/awake cycle,
but they just prefer the second half of whatever it is they indulge
in.
Some just inherently perform better
during specific halves of a time period. Take this year for example.
The first half of the year has brought
turmoil all across the board for many people. Market strife,
wonky oil prices and a very unstable economic state. The lingering harsh
winter lasted pretty much up until the end of May before it became relatively
warm.
This made a lot of people sluggish.
But now that we're into the start of the second half, where the weather
is more stable and the seeming end to rough times approaches (the end
of the year), people are more inclined to put out extra effort knowing
that the pivotal moment has passed, leaving a relatively "downhill
coast" to the end.
If you've had to contend with sluggish
staff, it's probably because of our psychic connection to the temperature
and to each other on levels we cannot comprehend.
Watch now as they pick up momentum
and give their best for the remainder of the year.
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