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spark of originality that will set you apart from the herd—we’re thinking Lauren Bacall and Cary Grant here, not Meat Loaf and early Madonna. *
* No offense, both make really good albums and are superb rock stars but as role models for managers they don’t cut the mustard.
You’ve got to look the part, act the part, do the part—method acting here: Feel the manager, think the manager, be the manager.
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YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE YOUR STAFF SOMETHING TO ASPIRE TO.
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Chapter 40. Enjoy Yourself
I’m going to be blunt now. If you’re not enjoying what you do, then get the hell out and make room for someone who is going to enjoy it. Rule 41 may put things into context, but for the moment we need to get you feeling good about what you’re doing.
Enjoying work is about taking pleasure in a job well done, having an inner smile, finding something to laugh about, and not taking it too seriously. (No, this does not mean you laugh at people or fail to do your job to the very highest standards.)
Enjoying work is about seeing your job, your role, in a much bigger context. You can be hardworking and you can enjoy yourself—you can do both. You can be productive, effective, efficient, industrious, sober, reliable, and responsible—and yet still be having fun. It’s your choice. No one told you that you had to be grave and uptight. All you were hired to do was your job.
The best thing is that if you learn when to be serious and when to let up and find humor in a situation, it will have a magical effect on those around you.
And if you work in a place where serious and uptight is the norm, here is a secret just for you: No one knows what is going on inside your head. No one. Just so long as the exterior is what they want, the inside can be whatever you want.
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NO ONE TOLD YOU THAT YOU HAD TO BE GRAVE AND UPTIGHT. ALL YOU WERE HIRED TO DO WAS YOUR JOB.
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Chapter 41. Don’t Let It Get to You
If it all gets too much, remember it’s just a job. Sure, one we care about and try to do to the very best of our ability. One we worry about and think about when we’re not at work. One we would like to make better and improve and be more effective at.
But it is only a job when all is said and done.
Look around you. You’ll see the ones who think that what they do is central to the Earth’s movement or vital to the well-being of the entire planet. Nothing could be further from the truth. Enjoy it by all means. Take it seriously and give it all you’ve got, but remember it is just a job and it can be replaced, you can be replaced, the world will go on.
If the job is stressful in a way you don’t like, think about something in life that is more important to you. Your kids, your dog, your mother. Your weekend hang-gliding trips. I don’t know what you do when you’re not at work, but find something that really matters, and use it to help you get through those bad times at work. Use it to get some perspective and recognize that there are more important things than your job.
You can even daydream about these important things to get you through the working day—so long as you promise you’ll only do it when you’re not supposed to be concentrating on the job. But meal breaks, walking over to another building, even when you go to the bathroom, are times you can stop for a moment and remind yourself of what matters in life.
And of course you should also spend time thinking about why work is getting you down, and come up with some kind of plan for improving things. Do you need to cut down your hours, resolve the festering feelings between team members, clinch a particular contract, or complete your next budget?
Well, get on with it if that’s the case, and then you can get back to enjoying the job.
Not letting it get to you doesn’t mean not caring or not taking pride and pleasure in what you do. No, it means putting things into context, so you can go home and switch off. Don’t let it eat away at you, make
* No offense, both make really good albums and are superb rock stars but as role models for managers they don’t cut the mustard.
You’ve got to look the part, act the part, do the part—method acting here: Feel the manager, think the manager, be the manager.
----
YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE YOUR STAFF SOMETHING TO ASPIRE TO.
----
Chapter 40. Enjoy Yourself
I’m going to be blunt now. If you’re not enjoying what you do, then get the hell out and make room for someone who is going to enjoy it. Rule 41 may put things into context, but for the moment we need to get you feeling good about what you’re doing.
Enjoying work is about taking pleasure in a job well done, having an inner smile, finding something to laugh about, and not taking it too seriously. (No, this does not mean you laugh at people or fail to do your job to the very highest standards.)
Enjoying work is about seeing your job, your role, in a much bigger context. You can be hardworking and you can enjoy yourself—you can do both. You can be productive, effective, efficient, industrious, sober, reliable, and responsible—and yet still be having fun. It’s your choice. No one told you that you had to be grave and uptight. All you were hired to do was your job.
The best thing is that if you learn when to be serious and when to let up and find humor in a situation, it will have a magical effect on those around you.
And if you work in a place where serious and uptight is the norm, here is a secret just for you: No one knows what is going on inside your head. No one. Just so long as the exterior is what they want, the inside can be whatever you want.
----
NO ONE TOLD YOU THAT YOU HAD TO BE GRAVE AND UPTIGHT. ALL YOU WERE HIRED TO DO WAS YOUR JOB.
----
Chapter 41. Don’t Let It Get to You
If it all gets too much, remember it’s just a job. Sure, one we care about and try to do to the very best of our ability. One we worry about and think about when we’re not at work. One we would like to make better and improve and be more effective at.
But it is only a job when all is said and done.
Look around you. You’ll see the ones who think that what they do is central to the Earth’s movement or vital to the well-being of the entire planet. Nothing could be further from the truth. Enjoy it by all means. Take it seriously and give it all you’ve got, but remember it is just a job and it can be replaced, you can be replaced, the world will go on.
If the job is stressful in a way you don’t like, think about something in life that is more important to you. Your kids, your dog, your mother. Your weekend hang-gliding trips. I don’t know what you do when you’re not at work, but find something that really matters, and use it to help you get through those bad times at work. Use it to get some perspective and recognize that there are more important things than your job.
You can even daydream about these important things to get you through the working day—so long as you promise you’ll only do it when you’re not supposed to be concentrating on the job. But meal breaks, walking over to another building, even when you go to the bathroom, are times you can stop for a moment and remind yourself of what matters in life.
And of course you should also spend time thinking about why work is getting you down, and come up with some kind of plan for improving things. Do you need to cut down your hours, resolve the festering feelings between team members, clinch a particular contract, or complete your next budget?
Well, get on with it if that’s the case, and then you can get back to enjoying the job.
Not letting it get to you doesn’t mean not caring or not taking pride and pleasure in what you do. No, it means putting things into context, so you can go home and switch off. Don’t let it eat away at you, make
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