Articles by: Hanna Brooks Olsen

In your professional life, you probably want to be known as smart, successful, and competent. But to even get to those adjectives, you have to make it over one huge hurdle: You have to actually be known and remembered.

[caption id="attachment_7702" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Adding further proof to the pile of studies that laud the positive impact of taking time away from work, a study from the University of Zurich has found that employees who are allowed to take plenty of time to recover during work shifts are more productive -- and that those who work later and have less time between work don't get as much done. The study, which asked participants about how rested they felt after various amounts of time between work, found that taking time away from work helped workers get into a "flow", which helped them produce more, and more quality, work.

[caption id="attachment_7660" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Not everyone — ok, almost no one — can pull a Thoreau and go running into the woods in the pursuit of a deliberate life. But in the summer time, many of us can take a few blissful days off to retreat into the great outdoors and refresh our minds.

[caption id="attachment_7603" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Cornell University[/caption] Fidgety kids are often relegated to the back of the classroom, but that may be the wrong approach. A new study out from researchers at Stanford found that students who move around might be less likely to absorb information or be able to recall it during a testing situation.