Category: It’s Not Over Rated

Make Work Fun, Make Fun Work

This Indiana Store Sign Looked "Fun"
This Indiana Store Sign Looked "Fun"

How much freedom do you have at work to have fun, to be fun, to creatively express yourself?

How often do you enjoy that freedom?  And how often do you share the fun with others? One of my blind spots is that the comedian in me is struggling to shine through the “serious” nature of this blogging mission.

All of us are challenged in some way, shape or form to be authentic, to express our true and passionate selves. What do you do to not give up, to keep marching forward? I share things like this, an article from Everyday Health, on 13  creative ways to express yourself, and make work more productive.

Disney’s Art Of Animation Resort

Are You A Creative Contributor?
Are You A Creative Contributor?

Whether you love Disney or not, we all have to admit that Disney works tirelessly to provide the highest quality, the most creative and amazingly fun experiences for their Guests.

Walt Disney is a beloved American Icon.  And it’s Walt Disney’s legacy Bob Iger and the rest of the Disney Team is responsible for maintaining and perpetuating.

What about where you work?  What about you? Do you do your part to maintain and perpetuate your organization’s reputation? This Orlando Sentinel article reveals Disney’s latest announcement for a 2012 opening of Disney’s Art Animation Resort.

The Other Endowment

Too Successful?
Too Successful?

It’s called courage.  Our creator also bestowed us with courage, so we could stand and fight, to defend ourselves – from a Saber-Toothed Tiger, or a brutal economy.

Yet the challenge most of us face, is the challenge of stealth proportions. The one we can not see, hear, touch or taste.

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The fear of success.

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You know what’s crazy, once we start to see, hear, touch and taste it, we wonder why we waited so long.

Hard To Explain?

Orange Cha Glad I Didn't Say Banana?
Orange Cha Glad I Didn't Say Banana?

You know this scenario like the back of your hand.

You are placed in a situation. It feels part opportunity and part trap.

We’re talking big opportunity. Or, big trap.

Your experience and your gut instinct have you excited and concerned all at the same time. So what do you do?

Nothing.

Note to self. Next time, do something. Because even if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.