Cracking the Mentally Healthy Workplace Code
Maintaining good mental fitness is vitally important for all of us in our daily lives; especially in our workplaces. It doesn’t matter whether we work for a large corporation or run a “sole trader” microbusiness.
But what is the secret to cracking the mentally healthy workplace code? WHO research shows while working is good for workers’ mental health, being stuck in a negative and toxic working environment certainly is not. It needs to be actively addressed to avoid stress and burnout. Employees and employers alike need to monitor how their organisation functions and be aware of the things we can do to optimise it in the best possible way. Solving puzzles can definitely play a key role in helping work-life balance.
Crack the code for good brain health
Playing mentally stimulating games such as “crack the codeword” regularly is a great way to be self-motivated, engage your brain and have fun at the same time. Setting a task to solve a daily brain teaser over the breakfast table or during your commute to work is extremely valuable. It is a brilliant opportunity to energise your mind, improve logic and be totally prepared (mentally) for the day ahead. The benefits of regular puzzling are huge. Starting with easy puzzles and graduate to harder ones as you become more proficient. It doesn’t take long, and it is very satisfying. Learning to engage your brain is vital. You will encounter many problems in life, many that you be able to solve. This can have an adverse effect on your mental health, ie. stress and burnout. You need to learn to relax and a great way to do this is discover new leisure activities. You can’t necessarily stop the waves that life throws at you, but you can learn to surf. ‘Surfing’ is essentially developing coping strategies to handle them.
Playing games improves performance in the workplace
The average person spends 90,000 hours, or one third of their life at work. Clue Detective’s mission is to showcase the benefits of puzzling for mental health in the workplace. Employees inevitably experience stress at work at one time or another, and learning to manage this extremely important. Employers need to find innovative ways to help their workers enjoy good workplace (mental) health and wellbeing. One way to do this is to make it fun. A brain that is active and stimulated will function better. Puzzle games are problems that can be solved, which is why they are universally popular, and have been for centuries.
The main reason you solve puzzles such as codewords is because they are a lot of fun. However at the same time, working on these activities helps you with a lot of things behind the scenes such as improving your focus, concentration and memory; most importantly, it helps you to relax and wind down in the face of a stressful situation.
An innovative way to help your employees take scheduled breaks is to form a Workplace Mental Gymnastics Club. Playing these types of games in a group can be extremely satisfying for everyone. Participants will have a great feeling of satisfaction when they realise they have collectively finished a crossword or cracked the codeword and can decode the entire grid. With everyone using their own knowledge to make a contribution, and learn at the same time. It’s very much a team effort, which can definitely translate productively into other workplace activities, as well as build better relationships.
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