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22.05.2025
SCIENTIFICLY PROVEN: FIRST ITEM IN DAILY SCHEDULE "5 MINUTES SMILE" CHANGES LIFE
7:00-7:05 a.m. - smile in front of the mirror.
You're not "smoked" if you write this into your daily schedule. You're even in good shape and you'll get better. The advice to laugh for 5 minutes every morning is from Robin Sharma, one of the world's most famous experts on personal development.
True, you may be in a bad period right now and there is nothing to make you smile. But you yourself can control your thoughts and emotions. And if you force yourself to start the morning with a smile, you'll feel happier all day.
The 5-minute tip is not some invention of a modern shaman, but has a very specific explanation with physiology. When you laugh, endorphins - the hormone of happiness - are released in the brain. 80 groups of muscles are activated, the heart beats faster, blood circulation improves. You feel good in the morning, and if you remind yourself all day to smile for any reason or not, your life will really become better.
Dale Carnegie, another legendary personal development expert, tells a true story from his practice. A New York stockbroker who had been married for 18 years never exchanged more than 20 words with his wife before flying off to work. One morning he looked in the mirror and said to himself, “Bill, today's sullen and sour expression must go. You're starting to smile." Sitting down at the breakfast table, he said "Good morning" to his wife and smiled. She wasn't surprised, she was downright dumbfounded. "It always will," he assured her. The next two months brought us more marital happiness than any previous year, Bill claimed.
There's nothing stopping you from trying it right away. After 5 minutes of smiling in front of the mirror in the morning, you will infect your partner with positivity. Children who live with smiling parents are happier.
And the bonuses are yet to come, because the smile shows - in the eyes, in the voice. When it is sincere, it captivates everyone in return. It paves your way to success. This is a longstanding practice in companies that sell products and services over the phone. There, they pay special attention to the smile and even upon entering, they train the salespeople to smile while talking to the customers. Without seeing them, people on the other side feel the warmth and are much more likely to buy.
Yes, you are realistic - there are not many reasons for joy in the office, difficult tasks are solved, there are all kinds of problems. They are for everyone, so smile even at those who are frowning.
"If someone doesn't smile at you, give them a smile." "No one needs a smile more than he who cannot smile at others," taught the Dalai Lama.
So smile at the boss (imagine what is going through his head now if there is a crisis in the office) and he will look at you with a different eye. Smile at colleagues - they will subconsciously begin to accept you better, because you will lift their spirits.
And if you are the boss, it is your duty to smile in times of crisis. For your subordinates, it is a sign that there is an optimistic move, the situation will not seem so serious to them. People will start working with new hope and mood. This will help success more than a pessimistic manager. The most successful entrepreneurs and managers have a sincere and charming smile with which they have earned millions. They know when to crack a joke and lighten the mood even in the toughest negotiations and in the most nervous teams.
A story is told about a new mid-level boss who was given his own office. All day he stood alone in it, and when he met colleagues in the corridor, he greeted them businesslike, as befits a superior. At one time he felt that his subordinates were not overflowing with sympathy. He decided to try the smile tips. As he walked to the water dispenser, he began to smile at everyone he met and say, “Hello, how are you today.” Soon the team accepted him much better.
A smile is part of charisma - that hard-to-explain thing that draws people to you and gives you what you want from them. Even the strangers.
But it takes the right technology. Communication experts advise that when you see someone, don't immediately burst into a smile. Look the person in the eye for a second or two and then smile slowly. This is the way for him to understand that your smile is not some frozen grimace, it is not for everyone around, but it is meant especially for him. At the same time, both you and him are undergoing physiological processes. Your smile subconsciously triggers a reaction throughout your body. It starts sending signals to the person that you like them. Instinctively, he reciprocates.
Of course, the sincere smile, the warmth in it, the sparkle in the eyes are not practiced in front of the mirror. But they are an outward manifestation of a changed attitude to life that begins in the morning with those 5 minutes in front of the mirror. And experts assure that smiling is like anything else - it takes practice. The more you smile, the more it comes from within.
Well, exaggeration is unnecessary. The fake is obvious and destroys trust. Continuous grinning is a grimace, it looks inappropriate. A smile is an expression of attitude. You just have to listen very carefully when people are talking and smile at the appropriate place. This is how you say "I like what you say and do, I like you". It is natural that this message is your best helper for success - you get approval from others, impenetrable doors open for you, you have a much greater chance of development in the career.
Psychologists are adamant that people who learn to smile more gain a positive mental attitude and go through life with a different energy. They are more successful and happier.
15.05.2025
ZONES OF COMFORT, STRETCH AND DISCOMFORT - HOW THEY HELP FOR WORK SUCCESS
All personal development specialists repeat that when a person does not experience a useful dose of anxiety, he falls asleep, sinks into a routine. Gradually, he becomes more and more afraid to step out of his comfort zone and accept challenges. In the end, he is deprived of success.
But the great mastery is to choose challenges so that when he leaves his comfort zone, he does not enter the panic zone. Otherwise, his anxiety ceases to be useful.
Because this mantra of stepping out of one's comfort zone is highly touted as a success factor and every ambitious person has heard it, experts have noticed an interesting trend in recent years. Many professionals who want to develop and make a career admit that they fall to the other extreme - if they turn down a challenge, they feel disappointed in themselves. It scares them, maybe they didn't accept it quite rightly, but they are sick and tormented by the thought that they missed an opportunity for growth. For them, the mantra has become a principle, an unshakable belief that it is the only way to improve.
The result is often the so-called professional burnout. No one can live constantly facing challenges. There are many times when it is wise to stay in the comfort zone i.e. where he feels safe.
One cannot live in chronic stress because one does not say "no" even to frightening opportunities. Or in chronic dissatisfaction with himself if he allowed himself to reject them.
Modern culture puts stepping out of the comfort zone on a pedestal and presents it as almost simple courage, but it is much more complex. When it's a challenge to tackle something unknown, it's not just about weighing the risks of whether you'll succeed or fail. Very often the courage to try, with a good strategy and plan, leads to achieving something you thought was impossible. But that only happens when you step out of a comfort zone without entering a panic zone, explains Andy Molinski, a professor of organizational behavior at Brandeis University's business school. The secret is to judge the optimal level of discomfort.
According to Molinski, there are three zones.
The comfort zone is where you feel in familiar surroundings and don't worry about whether you can handle it.
The second is the "stretch" zone, where you experience discomfort, but it can be converted into motivation and productivity.
In the third zone, however, the task exceeds the threshold of your capabilities, you are unable to cope and you panic.
The optimal level of discomfort is in the stretch zone. To get to it and not the panic zone, you have to choose your challenges very carefully. It must be certain that you have the ability, time and energy to deal with them.
There are two questions you should always ask yourself to understand what zone you are entering and increase your chances of success.
Before you make the decision to step out of your comfort zone, be sure to ask yourself if you're ready for it and if now is the right time to do it, advises Andy Molinski. You should not underestimate the answer to either question, and they must be considered in relation to each other.
According to the professor, you should also define the so-called discomfort tolerance. It is different for everyone. It also depends on the character - for example, for an introvert, communicating with many people is a greater challenge than for an extrovert.
One person's stretch zone can be another's panic zone. To know how far one or the other extends, you have to know yourself well, and that requires experimenting and taking risks. So put up with it - trial and error is inevitable and necessary.
Stepping out of your comfort zone can lead to personal growth and success, but over-stretching can have negative consequences.
One probable cause is a poor judgment of ability and of the situation, the other is the neglect of individuality. If a person wants to ensure success in stepping out of their comfort zone, they must approach this process in a way that is natural to them, emphasizes Andy Molinsky. Therefore, he must know his own identity, his strengths and weaknesses, his level of tolerance for discomfort. Then he will get used to judging how far his stretch zone extends.
08.05.2025
PANICKER, NONCHALANT, REALIST, OR WHAT IS USEFUL ANXIETY AND HOW IT DRIVES YOUR CAREER FORWARD
You have an important meeting coming up. Your career depends on it. If you are persuasive enough, you have a chance to get a promotion. If you're not, making a bad impression on your bosses could cause you problems in your current position as well.
The stakes are high and there's no point in pretending you're not worried at all. Of course you are tense. The huge efforts that you have put in for a long time may go unappreciated and unrewarded, so much so that you may even cash in on a loss. In order not to flinch at such a moment, you must be on pills.
According to experts, people are divided into three types according to how they deal with anxiety. In exceptional cases, but also in general, because every day work presents challenges.
The first kind of people are panickers. They worry a lot and often, they are able to panic even over a trifle. This can be a real problem for their career, because it seems that they cannot stand pressure, at important moments they lose their temper.
Paradoxically, panickers want the exact opposite: to be in control, to have power, to be successful, to always be right, to be admired by others. They are afraid that they may be considered mediocre and insignificant, which is precisely why they worry. And the more they worry, the worse they perform.
However, the nonchalants find themselves in the same unenviable position. Unless they're stupid, people who don't worry about anything tend to bury their heads in the sand. When life presents them with an obstacle, they do not want to take risks, preferring to maintain the status quo. And they detach themselves from everything that is happening around them, hoping that it will go away by itself. It, of course, does not go away, but strikes them with even greater force and leads to even more unenviable consequences.
Realists are people who realize that eternal carelessness does not exist and constant panic makes no sense. They experience "useful anxiety," as Bob Rawson, author of The Power of Awareness in Business and Life, calls it.
Achieving a balanced level of anxiety gives you enough tension to keep you going through tough times without feeling like giving up or looking for ways to control the changes happening around you, Rawson explains.
The first step to realizing such a balance is to get used to the feeling of discomfort when stepping out of your comfort zone.
"A lot of people think the point of life is to be happy. I think the point is to have a fulfilling life. And that means sometimes having bad days and other times having good days," Rawson says.
The second step to balance is learning to look for and recognize the cause of your anxiety.
"Instead of trying to hide it, try to understand it. Ask yourself what makes you feel anxious. How you interpret your anxiety determines whether it will help you or hurt you. A balanced dose of anxiety can be extremely useful. Ultimately, we all have problems we want to solve and goals we want to achieve. Anxiety is the energy that drives us to take action," concludes Bob Rawson.
02.05.2025
THE EISENHOWER PRINCIPLE AND THE COVIE MATRIX OR HOW TO CLASSIFY TASKS AND WIN
Your health, happiness and career success rest on one key skill - managing your time. Don't let this statement seem far-fetched. Think about how much work you have to do every day and what happens when you don't get it done - you stay extra or leave, but you can't relax in the evening because you're worried that tomorrow your tasks will become an avalanche.
To reduce stress, you need to learn to manage your time. This includes not dividing tasks according to the (dis)pleasure they bring, pushing back the unpleasant ones, making a list in writing and prioritizing each task.
In order not to slip and start doing things that do not benefit you, it is of the greatest importance to classify your tasks at the same time according to two signs - importance and urgency. This is the only true way to succeed for people who have a lot to do, time management experts assure.
Divide all your tasks into 4 groups: urgent and important; important but not urgent; urgent but not important; non-urgent and non-important. This classification is called the Eisenhower Principle.
"I have two kinds of problems: urgent and important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent," said US President Dwight Eisenhower in a 1954 speech. This gives an idea for the development of the principle named after him. The time management matrix for combining tasks by urgency and importance is from Stephen Covey, author of the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
Classification according to both indicators at the same time is extremely important. Otherwise, you may be misled. Urgent tasks are usually clearly visible and demand attention. It seems to you that you should finish them, if not - the consequences will be immediate. However, important tasks are those that contribute to the achievement of goals and top priorities.
Therefore, time management will only be effective if you arrange your commitments, taking into account both indicators. Depending on the combination of urgency and importance, you should place each task and activity in one of the four squares of the Covey matrix.
Priority tasks are those that are urgent and important. Trying to put them off will cause you big problems, so you need to tackle them immediately.
Commitments that you have not planned properly or that you have put off until the last, including because they are unpleasant to you, are often placed in this square.
This includes tasks that strike unexpectedly - crisis situations that cannot be predicted. It is precisely for this reason that it is good to leave some reserve of time for "fires" when planning the day. It is not by chance that this square in the matrix is called "stress".
In the second square are the important but non-term commitments. You may put them off, but they are capable of influencing your success in the long run. They also have a tendency to become urgent and important if you keep putting them off.
The tasks here are most strongly related to achieving high efficiency and success in professional life.
And the most insidious thing is that since they are not urgent, you very often tend to ignore them, especially if they are unpleasant to you. Stephen Covey suggests thinking like this: "What is the one thing you could do that, if you did it regularly, would cause a huge positive change in your personal and professional life? The activities in the second square are of this type. That's why your effectiveness increases if you do them".
These tasks require you to schedule time in advance to complete them. Otherwise, tasks from other squares will take precedence. "Most people do not know why they constantly do not have time for the things that are important to them. They simply react to what is happening, instead of following their priorities, they are used to it and do not realize that they themselves are building such a reality that they do not want to live in ", warns business consultant Lolly Daskal.
Urgent but non-important tasks have little impact on your success. Doing them does not lead to a significant result, but it can negatively affect your efficiency because it takes up a large part of your time.
These are exactly the tasks that you might try to outsource or reduce the amount of. "There are people who spend most of their time in the urgent but unimportant square three, deluding themselves that they are in square one. They respond primarily to urgent things, taking them to be important. But in reality their urgency is determined by other people's priorities and expectations," explains Stephen Covey.
To cope with the flow of urgent and non-urgent tasks, you must learn to say "No" to others - politely but firmly. Otherwise, you risk working overtime to make ends meet and your career stalling.
The fourth square includes non-urgent and non-important activities - for example, an unnecessary phone call or attention to a person who is wasting your time. They have no meaning and no consequences arise from their failure. Try to cross them out.
However, it is normal to devote some time to socializing with pleasant colleagues or to something else relaxing. With so much work during the day, you have to reward yourself with a little pleasure.
30.04.2025
HOW TO LEAVE A JOB IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR SALARY
The legislator has provided for a hypothesis in the provision of Art. 327.(1), item 2 of the Labor Code, in which the worker/employee has the right to terminate the employment contract with his/her employer without notice, when "the employer delays the payment of the remuneration or compensation under this code, or under social security."
It is necessary to have:
1) a valid employment contract;
2) a delay in the payment of the remuneration or compensation by the employer, starting from the date on which it should have been made;
3) a written objectified will of the worker to terminate the employment contract in the form of an application.
In the current version of the law, a delay of 1 day is sufficient to justify the right of the worker/employee under Art. 327, para. 1, item 2. Labor Code.
The lack of funds does not release the employer from the obligation to pay the remuneration in a timely manner.
The application for termination of the employment relationship is submitted to the employer in two copies, one of which is for the employer, and the other is marked with the incoming number and date of the document and returned to the worker/employee.
In the case of Art. 327, para. 1, item 2 of the Labor Code, the employer owes compensation to the worker/employee in the amount of the gross remuneration for the notice period, in the case of an indefinite employment relationship, pursuant to Art. 221, para. 1 of the Labor Code.
Last but not least, the worker/employee may terminate the employment relationship by mutual consent (Art. 325, para. 1, item 1 of the Labor Code), but then he/she is not entitled to compensation under Art. 221, para. 1 of the Labor Code.
Whichever option for termination the worker/employee chooses, he/she may seek the due unpaid wages, both voluntarily and through legal proceedings. It is important that the application under Art. 327, para. 1, item 2 be delivered in person or sent by registered letter or courier with certification of the content (e.g. "Application on the basis of Art. 327, para. 1, item 2 of the Labor Code) to the exact address of the employer.
24.04.2025
EAT THE FROG - A KEY PRINCIPLE FOR EFFICIENCY AND SUCCESS AT WORK
An old wisdom advises that if you eat a frog in the morning, the rest of the time you will console yourself with the thought that nothing worse will happen to you that day. In other words, finish the most unpleasant office task immediately. If you put it off, the thought of it will stress you out. So take action - just eat the frog, recommends business consultant Brian Tracy.
Getting the unpleasant task done is one of the elements of successful time management. Many people try to push it as far back as possible because they don't like it. But in this way they harm themselves doubly - both they risk not fulfilling it qualitatively and on time, and the thought that something nasty is ahead of them hinders their effectiveness in what they have undertaken.
Your time management is correct if you do not divide your business commitments according to the (dis)pleasure they will bring you, but according to their urgency and importance. This is the only way to not work overtime, achieve success and advance in your career.
Experts say to plan your tasks, and always in writing.
The list prevents you from straying, or at least makes you conscientious by doing so. "If we rely only on our memory, we will never know what we spend our time on," says Peter Drucker, one of the famous theorists of time management.
The list on the first day will increase your productivity by 25%, experts assure.
Every night write down the tasks for the next day and you will know what to start with in the morning. Place each new task on the list according to its importance and urgency. And cross off the completed. It brings satisfaction and energizes.
Successful planning has an algorithm: from big to small, from long term to short term. For each task, note the deadline for its completion.
Break complex ones into subtasks. You will find the so-called decision tree method. The tree is the key task, and the subtasks that lead to its completion are the branches. Continue branching until the way to accomplish your key task is completely clear.
Before you do anything, remember the 10/90 rule. It states that 10% of the time spent planning the task will save 90% of the time to solve it.
The most important thing is to determine the priorities, experts point out. When you are aware of the things that are important to you, you will automatically recognize those that are not particularly important.
In particular, the ABCDE method can work for the arrangement of tasks. It means giving each task on the list the appropriate priority.
The task marked A is the most important and has the most serious consequences in case of failure.
It is critical to success that you don't tackle B until you've done A, and C until you've done B, and so on. With the letter E mark the most insignificant tasks that do not affect anything and can be dropped from the list.
To allocate the priorities in each group of tasks, also use numbers to indicate the sequence of execution. Thus, the most important task will be A1.
Time is never enough for everything, but there is always enough for the most important, says the law of forced efficiency in time management. So mobilize and commit to doing what will bring the best result and from which you will benefit the most.
Do only one thing at a time. If you drop it and then start coming back to it again and again, you will reduce your effectiveness by 5 times.
23.04.2025
IS HOSPITALITY REFLECTED IN THE CALCULATION OF WORK EXPERIENCE?
Work experience within the meaning of the law is the time during which the employee has worked under an employment relationship, as well as the time during which the person has worked as a civil servant. Also, work experience is the time during which civil service or work under an employment relationship was performed according to the legislation of another member state of the European Union, in another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or in the Swiss Confederation, as well as the time of holding a position in an institution of the European Union, certified by an act of origin and termination of the legal relationship.
The Labor Code provides for cases in which, in the presence of an employment relationship for a certain period of time, during which the employee has not worked, is recognized as work experience.
The time under the employment relationship during which the worker or employee has used unpaid leave for temporary incapacity for work (sick leave) is also recognized as work experience.
Here is a comprehensive list of cases in which the time under the employment relationship during which the worker or employee has not actually worked is recognized as work experience:
(We remind you that the worker or employee has the right to leave in case of temporary incapacity for work due to a general illness or occupational disease, an occupational accident, for sanatorium-resort treatment and for an urgent medical examination or examination, quarantine, removal from work by prescription of the health authorities, caring for a sick or quarantined family member, urgent accompaniment of a sick family member for a medical examination, examination or treatment, as well as for caring for a healthy child returned from a childcare facility due to quarantine in the facility or the child)
Reference:
Art. 351 of the Labor Code
Art. 352, para. 1 of the Labor Code
17.04.2025
STOPWATCH BOSS SURVIVAL GUIDE
Monday, 9:05 am. Or Friday, 5:55 p.m. The boss rises in the office, where at this moment his subordinates must work diligently. He looks around carefully and casually asks "Where is Filipov?". Colleagues say something along the lines of "It will come at any moment" or "You left seconds ago". Asked if someone else could help him instead of the missing Filipov, the chief replied "Ah, no, I needed him exactly".
The team knows that if Petrov wasn't there, he would have been needed at the boss. This is his habit - minutes after the start of the working day or minutes before the end, he goes to check the available inventory. He is a boss "stopwatch", he splits the second in two.
The man is one of those who believe that as soon as there is time, it must be strictly observed. He seems petty, but he is meticulous and follows the rules. You will either have to follow them, or say "No" to him and agree on more flexible working hours, as long as this does not interfere with fulfilling your duties.
Flexible working hours exist in many companies, it is not unheard of. But in many companies it is the other way around - employees "check in" with an electronic card when they come and go. So you have to carefully evaluate whether your "revolution" will pass in the company and whether it is suitable for your job description. Because if you have reception hours, customers don't have to wait for you, do they?
More importantly, consider what your boss is like. If he is a "stopwatch" type, he probably believes that the more you work, the more you produce. So he will decide that with the so-called "flexibility" you want to unwind. No matter how capable you are, no matter how successful you may be, it's probably better not to try to change the rules, but to arrive and leave at the appointed time.
Punctuality is generally a quality valued in business relationships. No manager likes employees to be late either for work or for work. With a pedantic boss, however, it's absolutely certain that he draws from accuracy fairly comprehensive conclusions about you as a person and as a professional. He sees lateness as a sign that you lack time management skills and that you are not brimming with enthusiasm to work.
But there is another problem with the stopwatch boss. How, for example, to convince him that if he does not find you at your desk during working hours, it does not mean that you are running away from your duties. On the contrary, you want to perform them better after going out to rest for 15 minutes. According to you, productivity does not mean working hard, but working efficiently.
You can tell him about the scientific research that one - usually lunch - break a day is not enough. Regular short breaks increase productivity. Therefore, if it is a priority for the manager, he should not stalk his subordinates with a stopwatch, but determine what final results he requires and let them decide for themselves how to distribute the hours in the office.
"It's not about how many breaks per day employees are allowed to take, but how long they can concentrate before taking a break," says Bob Posen, author of Extreme Productivity.
The reasons for this are in personal characteristics. Different people are most effective at different times of the day. The duration of the ability to concentrate is also individual.
"Most people, after working for an hour and a half and then resting for 15 minutes, help the brain to consolidate information and retain it better," Bob Posen explains the data from his experiments.
According to another study done with time tracking and productivity software, 52 minutes of work followed by 17 minutes of rest is most effective.
"It's best to get out of the office and get some fresh air. But if you can't walk outside, drink coffee and talk to nice colleagues," recommends Tara Swart, a neuroscientist and leadership coach.
The chief "timer" may not understand your scientifically based reasons for taking a small break every hour and a half of work. Well, then you have to save yourself with mimicry.
You studied mimicry in biology at school. This is the ability of animals to change to blend in with their environment and not be noticed by their enemies. And so do you.
Stay at your desk, but switch.
Take up something that's different from your main job and gives you extra energy, advises Laura Vanderkam, time management expert. For example, do a pleasant office task - call a colleague or partner you like, read an interesting document that does not require a lot of concentration, check your mail. Switching will allow you to refocus later.
Your boss is a "stopwatch", but you have a responsibility to yourself first. And it is to take breaks according to your individual productivity abilities, so that you can perform your duties as well as possible.
Your career depends on it. And the better you organize yourself, the more likely you are to get away from that boss and go work with someone for whom there are more meaningful indicators of employee quality than splitting a second of work time.
--- When he is not a dry pedant, but wants awe
The boss who walks around the office checking to see if anyone has left their desk at the wrong time may be a pedant who fanatically sticks to the rules, but is more likely a different, more unpleasant type.
The "stopwatch" type among managers is less and less common. Most are focused on the bottom line that each of their subordinates achieves, rather than controlling every second of their time. They know very well that an employee can sit at his desk and look overworked, but not actually work.
The boss may pretend to be a "stopwatch" for a completely different reason - to inspire awe in his subordinates. They need to know that he is watching and controlling them constantly.
Therefore they should not indulge in anything unlawful, for he sees and will punish them. They should not even be 5 minutes late or leave 5 minutes early without asking his permission.
Unlike the pedant, who sincerely believes that the system rests on ironclad adherence to the rules, the other type of boss wants to use the rules to derive personal power.
From the employee Filipov, who asks him to leave half an hour earlier today because of a meeting with his parents, he receives pleasure and confirmation of his high position. He can't go anywhere just by telling his colleagues. You should definitely ask him "Do you allow?". He needs to know who's in charge here.
Career development experts advise against experimenting with such a boss. Memorize your job description and any other corporate documents you need to follow. And closely follow them, letter by letter. But never forget to show respect to your boss. No matter how good of a professional you are, no matter how successful you are, you'll be a thorn in his side if you don't show awe by asking him for permission to deviate from working hours.
Think of him as the lady in first grade. You can't get up in the middle of class and go out, no matter how pissed off you are. You have to raise your hand and say "Please ma'am may I come out".
Do not make any attempt to negotiate flexible working hours, home office, ie. work from home, etc. This man hates them because the live observation of his subordinates 8 hours 5 days a week, their fear of doing something wrong, feeds his self-esteem.
You should try to get away from such a boss quickly. But until you have succeeded, follow its rules and be a "stopwatch" employee who splits the second into two.
Well, also find ways to mime while sitting at your desk, of course.
