3 Proven Strategies on Taking Breaks That Will Help You Become More ProductiveWorking for long, uninterrupted hours, day after day, may make you feel productive, but, in reality, it's likely hurting your performance.

ByVanessa Van Edwards•Sep 21, 2017

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Every busy entrepreneur knows you have to takebreaks. And yet breaks often take a backseat to, you know, attending to the vast amount of work we have to do on a daily basis. But therein lies the paradox of breaks. Working for long, uninterrupted hours, day after day, may make you feelproductive, but, in reality, it's likely hurting yourperformance.

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