why only suckers don't take summer vacations

You Need A Summer Vacation

Why Only Suckers Don’t Take Summer

Vacations


A survey from travel industry research firm Skift

found that 41% of Americans didn’t take a single

vacation day in 2015. An additional 17.4% took

fewer than five days off throughout the year.

https://skift.com/2016/01/18/no-vacation-nation-41-of-americans-didnt-take-a-day-off-in-2015/


We’ve become so neurotic about not taking time

off that we’ve started guilt-tripping colleagues.

Research from car rental giant Alamo found that

almost 60% of Millennial employees reported

feeling as if they’re being shamed by older

coworkers for taking their vacation days.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/272278


Leave It All BehindIt’s currently prime vacation season across the

country. For those of you who need a little

nudge in order to take advantage of your hard-

earned two weeks (or more), here’s why you

should pack your bags this summer.


Vacations Help Avoid BurnoutResearchers have found that vacations reduce

stress and work-based worry, especially among

the most fretful employees. Time off, even if it’s a

brief break, also increases productivity and focus,

the former of which is frequently top of mind for

employers looking to maximize efficiency.

http://reflectd.co/2014/08/05/vacations-decrease-stress/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/ar-chive/2012/08/the-case-for-vacation-why-science-says-breaks-are-good-for-productivity/260747/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-careerbuilder-survey-reveals-how-much-smartphones-are-sap-ping-productivity-at-work-300281718.html


Vacations Improve CreativityResearchers at Indiana University found that

increasing psychological distance actually

promotes creativity in generating solutions to that

problem. If you’ve ever come back from a holiday

more clear-headed about thorny issues in your

professional or personal life, this explains why.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-easy-way-to-increase-c/


No Really, Take A VacationNeed more proof? Lin-Manuel Miranda came up

with the idea for smash hit musical Hamilton

while on a resort vacation in Mexico. Are you

really going to argue with a guy who has a

MacArthur ‘genius’ grant? Didn’t think so.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lin-manuel-miranda-says-its-no-accident-hamilton-inspiration-struck-on-vacation_us_576c136ee4b0b489bb0ca7c2


Embrace The EconomicsResearch from Project: Time Off found that

Americans had 658M unused vacation days

last year. Of that total, 222M days were “lost,”

meaning that they couldn’t be rolled over or paid

out. That represents $66.4B in foregone benefits

and breaks down to two full days of free work

for each American employee. Ouch.

http://www.projecttimeoff.com/research/state-american-vacation-2016


Time To Pack Your Bags!Whether you do it to avoid paying the productivity

price later, to top up your creative tank or as

part of your patriotic duty to fuel the American

economy, taking a summer vacation just makes

sense. Bon voyage!


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