Motivation on the Run

In looking back over the articles of the last few weeks, there seems to be a bent toward the serious. One would think that motivation and leadership was all work and no fun, but that is not an accurate description. The only touch (of fun) was talking about the fun things to do for getting people into the office early, but that was the only “fun” for a long time.

LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR! If it’s not fun, it’s time to do something else. I think this has to be the first rule in most endeavors, whether professionally or personally. If it’s not fun, getting up and heading to work is dreaded. If it’s not fun, calling that customer back is impossible to do. If it’s not fun, you will not engage, and everyone around you knows.

Does this mean that at work, fun comes in place of work? Not at all … fun can help relax the mood, it can relieve the stress, it can lighten the burden of work, and if used properly, increase productivity.

That’s what I think.

[tags]motivation, fun, work[/tags]