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When I wrote lately in regards to the Top 10 Qualities of Your Next Winning Goal, I never expected to listen so much feedback in regards to quality #1 – FUN. “Goals ought to be fun?” some of you asked. And, “what’s all this talk regarding a game?”
People were both amazed and delighted to see that fun was included, let alone at the top of the list! Goals had always seemed like work, downright drudgery.
To me, those reactions were a clear indication that we need to think regarding work, goals and having fun in dissimilar ways. In fact, look at your to do list right now – go in front – and tell me, how a lot of of the items are things you enjoy?
If you’re one of those people who was astonished to see FUN at the top of a list in regards to goals, this is your call to get the fun ball rolling. This is your chance to be a hero, not just in your own life, but to be a altering strength in the lives of others.
Here are five ways that you may choose FUN:
- Make your work fun.
If you’re an employee, while it’s unfeigned that you may not have control over the projects you’re working on or the deadlines you have to meet, you DO have control over your mindset. Make it FUN.
When you’re having fun, you’re using your amount of energy and sentiment good with regards to yourself and what you’re doing. Remember, you were chosen for this job. Your employer saw good things in you. How may you fetch those things into your daily work tasks?
- Make mistakes.
Mistakes are great, as long as you learn from them. If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not taking any risks. You’re likewise in all likelihood taking yourself and your work way too seriously.
When you’ve got room to experiment, undertake new things and make mistakes, work mechanically becomes more fun. And that’s contagious.
- Become the ambassador of fun.
Create a culture of fun at your workplace. In one establishment I coached, they had a party at the end of each single tracking period. In another company, they kept a sales contest with simple prizes and had a big event to recognise the winners.
No matter what there is to celebrate – one section met a deadline, one person won an award – fetch the whole establishment together to have fun and feel connected to that huge picture of success.
- Win the smile Olympics.
Don’t feel like smiling? Smile! Someone didn’t smile at you? Smile!
Smiling is one of the easiest and simplest ways to keep your spirits up and have an prompt affect on others around you. Smiling relieves stress, eases tension and shifts your mindset.
Another establishment I’ve worked with renamed their receptionist the Director of First Impressions. Smiling is an important percentage of her occupation description. Make it part of yours.
- Add yourself back to the list.
Remember that to do list that didn’t have any fun things on it? Now’s the time to add those back. And your personal goals might need just as much of a fun makeover as your professional goals.
Would you receive pleasure from your family activenesses more if GETTING there was as much fun as being there? How may you make a game out of keeping every one on time?
Would you take pleasure in going to the gym more if you went with a buddy? Listened to your favored music? Or if you scheduled your visits so that you may watch that “guilty pleasure” TV show while you walk on the treadmill?
I’m thrilled that I’ve helped you to pause and think in regards to fun. Now, are you ready to stop the drudgery? Look, we’re responsible adults; we know what we have to get done. And we may get the same occupation done in a fun way, with guaranteed better results. Are you game?
(c) Copyright 2008, Mark Ford
http://www.ffgroupconsulting.com
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