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http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170925-the-surprising-tricks-to-help-you-focus-at-work

By Caroline Williams卡洛琳·威廉姆斯

25 September 2017

找樂子

在很多人看來，最能分散拖延者注意力的莫過於有趣的貓咪視頻了。但有的心理學家認為，這或許可以幫助我們調整合適的心理狀態，以便繼續從事手頭的工作。

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Funny cat videos are often seen as the ultimate distraction for procrastinators, but some psychologists think that they might actually help put us in the right mental state to get on with work.

這是因為，無論你有多麼熱愛自己的工作，想要集中精力關注難以處理的事情都需要很強的意志力。最近的一項研究發現，笑個痛快是提升意志力儲備的好辦法。在實驗中，在努力完成不可能解開的謎題時，看過搞笑視頻的人比對照組（他們觀看的視頻雖然很輕鬆，但並不搞笑）嘗試的時間更長，也更加努力。該研究認為，幽默可以有效補充我們的意志力儲備，因此應該在職場中鼓勵"有趣的"文化。

This is because, no matter how much you love your job, staying focused on something difficult requires willpower. According to a recent study, a good way to boost your reserves of willpower is to have a good laugh. In experiments, people who had watched a funny video tried longer and harder to complete an impossible puzzle than a control group of people who watched a video that was relaxing but not funny. The study concluded that humour replenishes our reserves so effectively that workplaces should encourage a more “playful” culture.

"在團隊中營造有趣的文化——故意尋找一些可笑的事情，例如可笑的電子郵件或YouTube視頻，可以説明你提高工作效率。"澳大利亞國立大學領導力研究員、這項研究的負責人大衛·鄭（David Cheng）說，"當然，也不能毫無節制地整天觀看貓咪視頻，但偶爾利用休息時間找點樂子的確很有用，尤其是當你感覺非常疲勞時。"

“Creating a culture of fun in your team – where you deliberately find something funny to laugh at, like a funny email or YouTube video would be one way of helping you to boost your work productivity,” says David Cheng, a leadership researcher at the Australia National University in Canberra, who led the research. “Of course this isn’t a blank cheque to watch cat videos all day, but taking the occasional break to joke around is useful, especially when you are feeling really tired.”