Want to Reduce Stress & Increase Productivity? Kick Off Your Shoes (Really)

Have you ever found yourself sitting at your desk and secretly taking off your shoes to let your feet breathe? (Or maybe that’s just us?)

Anyway, there’s a growing shoeless movement. According to the Society of Human Resource Management, one in four companies across the nation have a casual dress code during the summer and about one-third are casual year-round. It’s not clear what the policies are around footwear or lack thereof but according to the piece, shoeless workers may feel less stressed and work more productively, so says The Barefoot Alliance. 

Daniel Howell, the author of The Barefoot Book, explains in the piece, “Now there’s a moment: Get out of our shoes.”

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