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If you can’t seem to please your boss, the problem, dear Brutus, is not in your stars but in your commute.  A just published Dartmouth study tracked 275 information technology workers using their smartphones and wearables to quantify the characteristics of their commutes and their bodily reactions to them.  Their HR records served to determine their work performances.

 

When the numbers were crunched, the researchers found that poor performers at work consistently struggled with higher stress levels in association with their commutes.  Excellent work performers enjoyed smoother commutes with more consistent durations and less associated anxiety.

 

To protect your body from undue stress and to guard yourself from embarrassments at work, take the easiest route to and from your job and …. play soothing music.

 

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9596583

 

#commute #stress #jobperformance #smartphone #wearables