A typical smartphone-check takes up less than one minute. These micro-breaks help you to let go of your tasks for a short while during working hours. Such exercises in detachment give your brain much-needed breathing room, and enable you to go back to work, your energy replenished. This is crucial for good stress management. ​There is obviously no standard recipe for effective micro-breaks, even though “kittens and puppies” appear to appeal to broad tastes. Their cu [...]