Apparently, surfing the web during work hours increases productivity. An Australian study done by the University of Melbourne on web surfing for fun during office hours found that there was a 9 percent increase in productivity versus those who were all business and no play.
The author of the study, Brent Coker, said that "workplace internet leisure browsing," or WILB for short, helped to increase the focus of the workers in this study. Coker states that in order to be more productive, one must take some time to zone out from time to time. The key to this he says, is taking short breaks with surfing the web to help relax the brain.
There is a catch to all of this however, the people in the study that showed productivity increase with browsing the internet were only casual internet users. If a person with an internet addiction were to be browsing, it would almost certainly result in a loss of productivity.
I for one, am a bit on the fence about these findings. I do believe that taking a break and letting your mind rest after doing intense thinking will improve your personal productivity, but on the other hand, there are those people with internet addictions. Those with cyber addictions spend countless hours surfing the web. I am included in this group. I will search the web for the most nonsensical things, wasting time on ebay, comedy sites, youtube, wikipedia, among countless other things. In my case, internet hinders my productivity a great deal.
The key to success I suppose, is moderation. Moderation is key with everything. This article was found at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010342/
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