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Machines melt minds. And not in a good way, like warm butter melting on a fluffy stack of pancakes. No, in a bad way, as in a meltdown that sends profits into a death spiral. Productive workers get this. That’s why they come out from behind their machines and keep their minds fresh and buzzing at the company softball league, the annual Holiday bash, the weekend corporate retreat, or a trip to a motivational seminar. Productive workers know that blazing one’s eyeballs behind a monitor all day can fry brain cells. So don’t overlook the value of going to the health club or fostering deeper relational bonds by getting off your bottom and walking over to a coworker’s office to talk about a heated issue. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs may have given us the tools we need to get the job done. But, … [Read more...]