Flowers at home will benefit you at work

Need a boost of enthusiasm and energy at work over the cold, wet, windy winter?

Grab yourself some freshly cut flowers. But there’s no need to actually bring them into your workplace – research conducted by Nancy Etcoff, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, has shown that the beneficial effects of having flowers at home spills over into our working hours, making us happier and more enthusiastic.

We’ve never heard of a better excuse for some blooms!

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