All posts filed under: Mental Health

The Power of Physical Activity: Performance and Health in the Workplace

Wel­come to one of your typ­i­cal work­days, filled with dead­lines, meet­ings, and count­less emails. Amidst the dai­ly grind, it’s easy to for­get about tak­ing care of our phys­i­cal well-being. But what if engag­ing in reg­u­lar phys­i­cal activ­i­ty could not only improve our health but also make us more effec­tive and cre­ative in our jobs? A recent study pub­lished in Per­son­nel Psy­chol­o­gy sug­gests that incor­po­rat­ing phys­i­cal activ­i­ty into our dai­ly rou­tines might be chang­ing our views on job per­for­mance and over­all health.

A formula for essential questions in our everyday lives

The COVID-19 pan­dem­ic was a sad but per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to engage with math­e­mat­ics. Sud­den­ly, we were all con­front­ed with inci­dence rates, over­whelmed with sta­tis­tics, and had to deal with prob­a­bil­i­ties. On a very per­son­al lev­el, with the like­li­hood of get­ting infect­ed or the ques­tion of how reli­able the new­ly devel­oped COVID-19 tests were. Ques­tions that could decide on free­dom, health, and for some even on life and death.