Reasons Limiting Personal Business at Work Reduces Stress October 2, 2019
Personal Business
  • You will get behind in your work- Thinking about personal business while at work, distracts your mind and focus from the job in front of you. Depending on how detailed your job is even the best checklists and procedures can get misused. When you get distracted, things are missed. You will unavoidably be behind because you are rechecking your tracks, extra problems seemed to come up, and you feel irritable and anxious. You may try to catch up by taking work home, with the idea of using your free time to finish your work, this usually does not work because you are literally to close to the problems that are slowing you down in the first place.
  • No matter how careful and discreet you try to get things done, people will still notice- Taking personal phone calls at your desk occasionally is considered by some, short of an emergency. If you leave your desk or a meeting due to a personal call on your cell phone, people around you will notice the frequency and the intensity of your body language when you answered the call. Because we are social animals, we also tend to be socially inquisitive. There are always those individuals that will be resentful and gripe about it to others.
  • Focusing on your work life- There are a certain amount of personal items and communications that everyone does and has to do, which is perfectly acceptable. However, if you have become anxious, secretive or even defensive about it, you have definite boundary issues. You must try to keep focused on the present job in front of you, this way you do not loose momentum and energy of thought, concentration gets the job done quickly and effectively.