What Languages Do Your Team Members Speak?
Hopefully you've read the Gary Chapman book, 5 Love Languages. It's one of those books that should be taught to all students in college.It would help in all relationship issues including the business world!
I don't think that people realize how differently people respond to different stimuli. Especially in companies.
The premise of the book is: Everyone falls within 5 groups of people when it comes to the way we express our love; or respond to people's demonstration of love.
Love? The Workplace? Those don't really go together except in inter-office affairs, right? Well, I believe that as employers, and as people who work in team environments, we need to know how to make someone feel loved. Loved, as in appreciated, honored, valued...
80% of your Work is Wasted Time.
I'm back from vacation. It was a great time of relaxing on the beach, reading in the sunshine (and rain, sadly), spending time with my family and eating different foods. Ocean Isle Beach is a great place to do nothing.
Speaking of nothing; during my reclining on the beach, I was reading a book about reducing workload. It was one of those books that works against my "grain". I'm a workaholic. Not in the sense that I love to "work" but, I love to do the tasks that make up "work". So I don't consider work, work. Does that make sense?
The book was written by someone who wants to live the "big life", have many nice things and... do nothing... but...