Just like body, brain also has work rhythm. Brain rhythm is more determined by our sleeping pattern, light exposure and genetics factor. Well, if you want to be more effective, efficient and productive at work, you can make benefit of your brain strength. Considering that brain has best hours to be utilized and, in fact, it does not only influence our work but our health as well. Let’s check the best hours for brain rhythm at work.

09.00 – 11.00 O’clock
The Best Time to Seek For Idea
During this time, your cortisol stress hormone is at medium level. This will help you to be focused on thinking. Interestingly, this condition is experienced by all age groups.

Use these times for: working on any task which needs analysis and concentration, developing new ideas, making presentation and performing brainstorming in order to obtain solution for small or big challenges. For middle aged people, clearer thought can be gained in the morning, so start to organize your schedule to discuss work or personal matters.

11.00 – 14.00 O’clock
The Best Time for Hard Task
During this time, sleeping hormone, called melatonin, decrease rapidly in your brain. The decrease of melatonin makes you ready to work on any task.

Use these times for: working on office tasks, answering clients’ emails and making presentation to your boss and client.

14.00 – 15.00 O’clock
The Best Time to Relax
During this time you can turn into non-productive person, moreover after having your lunch. The decrease of body temperature which creates tranquility to sleep at night also happens during this time. In addition, in order to digest your lunch, the body should automatically absorb blood from brain to stomach after lunch time, your body also expects to relax for a while to digest the lunch food.

Use these times for: Breathing, praying, stretching, fast walking for a while around your office or drinking fresh water. These are excellent ways to circulate blood from stomach to brain in order to eliminate sleepy eyes.

15.00 – 18.00 O’clock
The Best Time to Cooperate
According to Paul Nussbaum Ph.D, the author of Your Brain Health Lifestyle, between 3 up to 6 PM, your brain shows exhaustion signs. That’s why your thought is not as sharp as that in the previous hours.

Use these times for: brainstorming with your co-workers or meeting with lower stress level. If it is time for you to leave, use the time to strengthen your brain, for example by performing activities other than your normal work, such as exercise.

Well, after 18.00 O’clock, you can do a lot of personal activities, like hanging up with your friends or enjoying delectable dinner. But don’t forget, at 22.00 O’clock, it's time for you to prioritize adequate sleep.

When you are sleeping, your brain does not completely sleep, it will work to arrange all events experienced and learned during the day. That’s why a lot of people succesfully find solution of their problem after having enough sleep for 7-8 hours a day. By taking care of your brain rhythm at work will make yourself healthier. So, are you ready for challenge?

Source: Chic Magazine No. 18 September 2008

1. Tennis and dance
2. Avoid head impact
3. Eat fish twice a week, consume a lot of foods which contain antioxidant and vitamin B
4. Reduce alcohol and caffeine consumption
5. Perform challenging and fast activities. For example: learning foreign language, playing video game, knitting or learning instrument
6. Reduce watching TV or being alone
7. Make yourself used to effective work by reducing multitasking activity, find your workflow and slow your pace
8. Relieve your stress
9. Relax constructively
10. Sleep adequately