Less time chatting and socializing means more time working and churning.

Write down your worries in a worry log - If you find that worries are churning around inside your mind, write them down in a notebook or 'worry log,' and then schedule a time to deal with them.

Here is a trend that is likely to continue-global finance will worry about it, but the productivity and income of global Japan Inc. keeps on churning out hefty surpluses for the time being.