I posted on Twitter about the importance of rewarding your co-workers. I love Twitter, by the way. The ability to connect with fun, smart and quirky people is brilliant.

A friend on Twitter told me that she likes to create tags for her co-workers.

I asked her what she meant and she explained that she likes to give out random acts of kindness to the people she works with. She draws beautiful pictures on pricing tags. She sent me these photos so I could share them with you.

This is what she said about this work happiness technique:

I give them to the “benefits team” I make 15 every month and everyone gets one ( this includes 2 managers and one supervisor and 2 contract” men” and other counselors like me!), sometimes they are all the same and sometimes they vary a little depending on what supplies I have.  They started out as a RAK -random act of kindness- in February and now have evolved into a coveted work happiness. It really is the little things in life that ease the way.  So silly as it may seem they are not silly at all.

Just the other day the boss asked if we will continue this tradition into the New Year? And of course I said why not. She was thinking of ways to display them  right now they reside on each office’s door we have little 3M message boards with sticky stuff on top (they stick great) and white board on the bottom.

By refusing to wait for our boss and/or co-workers to make us happy, we can take control of our own happiness. And when we have the control, we start creating happiness for others.

It’s all about feeling good. We may as well spread the joy.

Thank you Tamara for supplying the images. This post wouldn’t have had the impact without them.

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* Naomi of Ittybiz has a brilliant series about goals. My favorite so far is Batshit Crazy: Creative Ways To Meet Your Goals. It’s a must read, especially if you made a resolution to start off the New Year.

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Last week Thanksgiving came and went. There was family, almost half a work week and now I’m back to a grueling full week.

It’s not easy to transition from so much fun back to full steam ahead.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy challenging myself. It’s fun to reflect on my accomplishments, but it’s also fun to do nothing for a whole day except for eating, napping and hanging out with family.

Let’s begin:

Hard

Midway through last week I hit a wall. On Wednesday I felt like I was carrying a sack of potatoes all day long.

I know it’s all mental, but it felt like a Friday. I wanted to go home and go to bed.

At the end of the week, it was interesting to watch my struggle. I found it hard to transition into going on vacation.

It sounds weird, but going away causes me a lot of anxiety. However, that’s for a whole new week of reflection.

Fun

I’m really diving into my drawing. Oh how I missed it so.

Yes, I’ve been dabbling, but lately I’ve really let the creative side of me come out. I think there is a lot of potential to help people work happier.

One of my drawings made my wife blurt out a laugh. She wasn’t expecting the image to stimulate her funny bone and that’s what made it so cool.

If there was a pie graph comparing my ability to learn visually vs. auditorily, There would be only a tiny sliver reserved for “auditorily” out of that pie.

How do you prefer to learn?

Beautiful

I love reflecting about the beauty that I see and hear. Since I talked so much about the visual side of how I process information, now I’ll focus a little on the audio.

I want to talk about my favorite classical artist.

Johann Sebastian Bach is my favorite. His mental limberness is amazing to have on my iPod. It’s like a little whisper from God to my ears.

What about you?

What has been hard, fun and beautiful in your life? I’ll see you in the comment section.

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Darren Rowse of Problogger wrote a really cool post on his personal site. It’s called Ping. I’ll give you a hint. It involves birds and laptops.

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So you probably work closely with co-workers and/or clients. They’ve come to expect the usual things. We all do. So now is the time to surprise them with a treat.

Last year I had a co-worker who baked a whole mess load of cupcakes. She didn’t just make the vanilla kind. She made chocolate, lemon poppy, and vanilla cupcakes. Everyone was asking each other if they tried those sweet little cakes of love.

Okay, they didn’t ask each other that, but they did ask each other if they tried a delicious cupcake.

It made everyone talk about Amy in a fond way.

Every time someone thanked her you could see this warm glow come over her. I think the cupcakes made her happier than the people who ate them.

My favorite was the lemon poppy. I wasn’t sure if it was going to be good or not. I almost went for the old standby of chocolate with white icing, but I took a chance and won.

It’s been almost a year and I’m still enjoying that treat.

So the question is:

What can you do to treat your co-workers/clients to something special?

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The co-founder of Fast Company, William C. Taylor, wrote a thought provoking piece about the size of business and what role it plays in growth. It’s called Sizing Up Jack Welch: Is “Too Big to Fail” Really Too Big to Succeed?

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I’ve been playing with drawing in relation to work happiness. I’ve found that there are parts of me hidden within a pencil that don’t come out on the keyboard. I’ve been messing with this medium on and off for about 12 years, but in the last year I’ve really been enjoying myself.

I drew this piece when I felt really frustrated after trying to write a blog post. In my head the concept sounded brilliant then it came out of me like a big blob of stink. I was frustrated and wanted to punch my screen.

You better not say that this cartoon character looks like me or I’ll…

I’m not sure what I will do, but you won’t like it.

Okay, now that I finally got the courage to post this…

What do you think?

Should I post more of my drawings?

Or should I just keep them to myself?

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As most of you know I talk a lot about fear because it holds us back from our true potential. Colleen over at Communicatrix has a wonderful post called The rewards lie just beyond the fear. Go check it out.

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I shared a drink with a friend who manages a team of five people. He was wondering how people’s moods can fluctuate in such a broad range, which affects the quality of their work. One of his employees is always up and down. He is engaged with his work one week and then he seems to lose interest. His interest fluctuates and he isn’t sure why.

We all have this problem it’s just that most of us force ourselves to stay focused. My friend told me that he has tried giving this employee various kinds of work to see what interests him, but that didn’t work either.

I asked him if he ever sits down with his staff to explain the reasoning behind the work.

He said he didn’t. He never really thought of that because it’s pretty obvious to him. They need to design websites that exceed the customer’s expectations.

He was losing out on a huge opportunity. People often stop looking at the larger picture because they get comfortable. This comfortable feeling reduces their desire to go above and beyond the normal effort.

A study at the University of Alberta showed that people need a sense of purpose in order to feel engaged with their work. A ‘Spirit at Work’ intervention program for a group of long-term health-care workers boosted morale and job retention. This program urged employees to rethink their job, which reduced absenteeism by 60% and turnover by 75%.

“We discovered that people who are able to find meaning and purpose in their work, and can see how they make a difference through that work, are healthier, happier and more productive employees,” said Val Kinjerski, a University of Alberta PhD graduate who co-authored the study.
- E-science news gathered this information from the Journal of Gerontological Nursing.

By helping your people understand why they do what they do – you can increase happiness and productivity.

I’m going to give you a few ideas that might help your employees/coworkers to connect with their work.

Create Your Own Spirit at Work Intervention Program

1. Talk about positive stories
2. Have people share positive stories to be compiled for other employees
3. Listen to customer feedback
4. Find out what improvements your people would like to implement
5. Ask your employees how they want to celebrate great results

Your organization has an opportunity to create happier and more engaged workers with these easy to apply secrets that everyone should know, but many aren’t willing to try.

1. Talk about positive stories

Your organization has many stories of how employees solved problems, helped others in need, and other ways in which they went above and beyond to make someone happy. However, a lot of us like to play the modesty card. We hesitate to flaunt our achievements.

Wrong. So wrong. You need to flaunt your greatness; it’s a must.

A client recently told me about how I helped her feel happier. She explained that drugs that she took to keep her emotionally balanced didn’t help, but my site did. She thanked me profusely. (I put her quote on my hire me – coaching page.) I sent the email to my wife. I think Nikki got a better understanding of what I’m trying to do with this blog. Since she edits all of my writing I need her to feel engaged with the work, so we keep putting out the best content to help the readers of this blog.

You have to share similar stories with each other. Talk about how a customer gushed over your attention to detail. It shows the rest of your co-workers why you do what you do. Most of you aren’t working just for the paycheck. You are also working because you make a difference in people’s lives.

2. Have people share positive stories to be compiled for other employees

So now that you have all these positive stories, you should compile them in a central location. That means keeping emails from customers/clients and that also means writing down stories from employees.

I keep every positive email from my readers. Whenever I feel like my mood is low, I can always go into the archives and remind myself why I need to stay motivated.

The more stories an organization can compile the more powerful it becomes. If your organization is huge, then break it down into departments. Even departments such as marketing and accounting need to compile stories. These stories may be more internal, but it’s still important to document what is happening so you can link to why you do what you do.

3. Listen to Customer Feedback

In order to stay engaged in our work, we have to recognize our mistakes and understand how to fix them. By listening to customer feedback, an organization is taking the time to understand their mistakes and correct them.

I have known many people who like to solve problems. They get an energy boost from making a solution happen. I used to work at K-Mart, and one day a woman came into the store asking for a patio umbrella that wasn’t in stock. The salesperson called 4 different stores before she found the lady’s umbrella.

I remember when the lady came into the store to pick up the umbrella. She was gushing because it was the only one that fit her patio furniture.

You could see the manager beaming with pride.

You need to give your people a chance to create solutions so they can feel like they are a super hero.

4. Find out what improvements your people would like to implement

If you can listen to customers’ needs then it’s time to listen to employees’ needs. Your employees are at their most creative when they are trying to fix problems.

I worked for a company in which the employees had so many good ideas, but the manager never listened. We would be sitting in the lunch room and three different people would share ideas that sounded great to me. I asked them if they tried to talk to Alex about it and they said yes, but he told them to email him. They did and they never heard about the idea again. They got so disheartened that they stopped trying.

Your organization employs smart people, otherwise they probably wouldn’t hold the positions that they do. They just need a chance to unleash that creativity and wow the customer.

5. Ask your employees how they want to celebrate great results

Every company is capable of achieving great results, especially if they’ve been around for more than a few years. If your organization is ho hum about the results that do occur, your people may stop trying.

People want to know that what they do matters. That means celebrating all the good things.

This should be done in large and small groups. The larger gatherings can occur about 1-4 times a year, while the smaller groups (celebrations by department) should be done more often.

When you allow your people to dictate how they want to celebrate, they are less likely to find fault with the celebration.

Making your celebration a regular routine is the key, because you want to make a habit out of celebrating your successes. For the first month, try celebrating every week. Then have a celebration only once a month to keep things from getting stale. If you overload people and celebrate too often, they will get bored and also be unable to find reasons to rejoice in their hard work.

To avoid allowing this practice to fall away, it’s important to make the celebration fun. That might mean bringing food, letting people joke around, and finding other ideas that get people excited about attending.

Why It Works

After implementing these secrets for about a year, assess how these changes affect your organization. You will probably notice that people are more engaged and willing to try a little harder to meet each other’s needs as well as the needs of the customer.

These techniques will work for most companies. The companies that do fail usually do so because they don’t make this practice a habit. It needs to become part of the culture, so when something difficult happens there are techniques to fall back on. And when something great happens everyone dances on their desks, feeling proud of their effort.

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As many of you know I’m a recent father and I’m not a big fan of father blogs, but I am a big fan of Sean’s Writer Dad. I love his writing style and flair for a story. Check out one of my recent favorites, The Mothers and Fathers of Tomorrow.

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This week has been uneventful. I realized that I kept trying to make it more exciting by creating more worry. I needed a little more drama to keep things interesting.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been noticing this pattern lately. I’ve been feeling the need to spice up my life with larger emotions. Next week I’m going to try to focus on relaxing with what is going on. Because this is it. This is my life, and it can be a good thing or a bad thing, all depending on my perspective.

Ok, let’s begin…

Hard

Pushing and pulling all the right buttons. As I’m writing a blog post or working on my book, I notice that I get upset if the feelings aren’t quite right. I want action and beauty to just mold together perfectly. Work doesn’t happen that way. I know this. I just want the perfect mix to keep happening. I talk about developing my ability to cope with my emotions, but it’s hard. Dealing with my emotions is a journey in itself.

Fun

Working with my dad on my house. I see where I get a large part of my work ethic. I feel the need to keep pushing for a little better or a little more. Constantly striving for more is a part of having fun. We have to keep wanting just a little more in order to get better at our jobs. It was fun to see a reflection of myself in my dad.

Beautiful

A spider web. On my walks, I kept running into a spider web. The next day I would come back and forget about it and run into it again. On the third day I remembered. I looked for the spider in the web and it was huge. Its body alone was as big as the tip of my thumb to my first knuckle. This spider just kept building his web back each time. It didn’t care how many times I destroyed it.

What about you?

What has been hard, fun and beautiful in your life? I’ll see you in the comment section.

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Terry Starbucker has been one of my favorite bloggers these past few months. I always find some little nugget of wisdom to take with me. One of his latest posts really made me want to dig a little deeper in my own working life. It was called Wanna Be a Success? Turn Over a Few More Rocks.

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We’re afraid of having fun because we might get caught by our boss. The dreaded Fired hangs over us like a dark cloud. So we quietly go about our work trying to stay under the radar.

The problem with this method of working is that our confidence takes a hit. We don’t always make choices that best fit the situation, because if the choice scares us then we avoid it. Living this way puts us in a state of lack instead of abundance.

Most of us were raised to stay under the radar. We got negative attention for being bad. When we did something good there was no fanfare because it’s what we were supposed to be doing.

Much of the corporate world works this way too. The people who get promoted are the ones who do the least damage to the company. That’s no way to reward an employee who has the courage to try something new and they fail.

We need to build a culture that accepts mistakes especially if an employee puts their neck on the line. When people are encouraged to take risks, they will be more likely to accomplish projects that will succeed big.

Warden or Boss

I worked for a boss who forced everyone to take a lunch at the same time. It didn’t matter if you wanted to use your lunch hour to go to the dentist. You had to take a break from 12 to 1.

A CEO who was really a warden.

My freedom felt violated. I tried to buck the system. I tried to joke around with my co-workers, bring iced tea every so often, and play the class clown. But he would have none of it. He forbade me to make tea for any of my co-workers. He bullied me into going to lunch at 12. Whenever he heard laughter, I swear he would walk by to shut us up.

Work was torture.

The work was tedious enough that no warden could keep me down. I escaped. I found a job with more flexibility and fun. I decided to become a teacher. I didn’t have the flexible lunch that I craved, but I had more time to do personal errands because of the extra days off and I did have a lot more fun interacting with the students and other teachers.

Why We Should Bring the Fun Back

Having fun at work builds friendships. Every company should encourage their employees to become friends because that means their people will be more loyal and have someone to let off steam with. Every employee needs someone to lend an ear sometimes.

One of the easiest ways to have fun is to encourage laughter. When co-workers make each other laugh, they release endorphins. Those feel good chemicals can make us feel so good that we can forgive any misgiving.

“Laughter creates a bond that brings others together; people like to be with employees who are having fun. Creativity, intuition and flexibility are key to successful operation of organizations today. In stimulating environments, employees enjoy their time at work and they will also excel at work. Attracting customers is easier in an environment of hospitality. A fun workplace is not only more productive, but it attracts people and profits.”

- Jody Urquhart of idoinspire.com

We need to create more fun at work. It’s not that hard. It just takes a little practice.

What can we do to bring the fun back?

1. Let Employees Decorate Their Space as if It’s a Personality Explosion

Your space at work should be all about who you are. If you love football then let it be known to the whole office. Some of you may be thinking, “I can’t decorate my office because I deal with customers all day long.” This is when you need to decorate the most; revealing your personality will make it easier for the people who come into your office to bond with you.

How cool would it be if your company actually gave you a small amount of cash to decorate your office space? Awesome, right? I was thinking just $25 – $50 a year would make a employee feel special and share his/her personality with their friends.

2. Allow Freedom for Employees, as Long as the Work Gets Done

No clocking in, minimal meetings, no “hovering” as long as you do a good job. I’ve never worked in such an environment except when I owned my own wild mushroom business. I can just imagine that the employee retention would sky rocket because employees would finally be treated like adults.

Check out the concept of Results Only Work Environment.

3. Throw Small Parties

I’m a huge believer in celebration and parties in general. We should be celebrating the fact that we can do great work. Too many companies are missing out on the power of parties so their employees can bond. We’ve covered the importance of having friends at work and how it improves productivity and employee retention. What better way to encourage friendships than a company that allows for small and big parties?

4. Give Gratitude and High Fives to the People with Whom You Work

Many of us fall into the same old patterns and we lose sight of little things, like patting each other on the back. How cool would it be if someone walked up to you, gave you a high five and gave you an honest compliment. Gratitude improves our happiness and those around us.

5. Encourage Personal Development at Work

By developing yourself at work, you are creating a stronger/happier you. I’ve struggled to find the motivation to throw myself into my past jobs because I thought I wasn’t getting enough compensation. I always wanted more money, freedom, or fun at my jobs, but I hadn’t earned it. When I stopped focusing on what I wasn’t getting out of the situation and started appreciating all the skills I was learning I began to give more of an effort.

Why It Works

A company that encourages fun will be more productive, happier and willing to go the extra mile. I know you realize this because you are reading this blog, but many people don’t, so pass this article to a few of your co-workers and see what type of response you get.

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Tim Brownson of The Discomfort Zone has an honest blog that tells the reader like it really is. He doesn’t sugar coat anything. I love that. One of my more recent favoritess was 10 Brilliant Self-Development Books You Haven’t Read.

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Connecting with like minded people has been the theme of this week. So many people tell me to connect with others who are different than me. I know that it’s good to have different people in my network, but having like minded people has been more important.

I was on a teleconference this past week for a membership site. I talked about the importance of building your core foundation in order to be able to feel happiness more easily. The energy was high and I enjoyed the heck out of talking to new people.

It’s these connections help me feel at home wherever I go. Some people just make me feel loved. I love helping out people who make me feel that way.

Let’s begin…

Hard

Preparing for a conference call. I wanted to be up on everything. I jotted down a whole bunch of speaking points earlier in the week. I had two pages of notes. I could feel the excitement running through my veins. I worked until midnight making sure I had everything just right. I went to bed and my mind kept going. Another talking point popped in my head and I got up out of bed to add it to my notes. It was cool to see how excited I was, but I still have to learn when to turn the work switch off when I need the rest.

Fun

Being a guest speaker on a SpeakEasy podcast. I was tripping over my own thoughts for the first few minutes, but after that I relaxed and had a good time. The thoughts were flowing fast and I wanted to give everyone my knowledge in only an hour. I have to learn to slow down so I don’t overwhelm the audience.

Beautiful

My son smiling at me first thing in the morning. My wife was holding him in her arms while we were sitting on the couch. I greeted him with a warm, “Good morning, how are you?” and he looked at me in all his “just woke up puffy face” beauty and smiled. My heart grew three sizes that morning. Just thinking about it makes me all emotional.

Oh yeah, Tess from the BoldLife made a comment on last week’s video that was so beautiful. She described a beautiful moment with her grandson: “He is learning to eat and one thing I loved watching was him chew bread. I know this sounds silly but then I realized this is “mindfulness” in action. I could see him examine the bread before picking it up. I could see him feel the texture on his tongue, he chewed and swallowed slowly. After thoroughly chewing he swallowed. He savored!”

She said, “You know if you didn’t have this Friday thing I wouldn’t even be realizing this.” This is why she was so glad for reflecting on her week.

That’s the beauty of reflection. When done in the right way it can really support our happiness.

What about you?

What has been hard, fun and beautiful in your life? I’ll see you in the comment section.

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Hugh Macleod of the Gaping Void wrote a really cool post called “the moment.” He is talking from a business perspective, but it’s also about life in general.

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When you just got a raise?

When you had a fight with a co-worker?

When a client tears you a new one because they had a bad day?

When you completed a tough project?

When you slept 4 hours the night before?

There are so many ways to judge our happiness at work, but it really requires a focused mind to reflect and decide on the right things.

You have to take your present moment emotion out of it and look at the big picture. Really look at the work that you do, the people you work with, and how you are developing yourself at work.

Most of us decide we hate our jobs when things are terrible, but there are always low points. There are always those days when our co-worker eats a big burrito and won’t stop farting.

You have to stop letting those moments wreck the rest of your day. Your happiness is yours. Don’t let anyone else dictate how you feel.

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J.D. Roth of Get Rich Slowly has a blog that doesn’t get the hype that it deserves. It’s called Folded Space. J.D. is an excellent writer. His personal stories are soft yet biting. I don’t know how he does it, but I’m studying his writing and trying to incorporate it into my own. Check out one of my latest favorites “Consumed: The Burden of Writing a Book.” Just the way he starts pulls you in and forces you to read more.

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Whenever I go away I can see time slipping by. I love going back to the place I grew up, but I feel like I fall farther behind on my dream while I am away. Dealing with these feelings is never easy.

So let’s get started.

Hard

Traveling. I went back home for a friend’s wedding. When a person is involved with a wedding there is a lot of chatting, hanging and talking. As the minutes tick by, I think about Work Happy Now and I worry about giving you more value. I know I can’t work all the time, but it just feels a little painful when I’m not working or spending time with Nikki and the kid.

Fall mosquitoes have come out in Texas because we are finally getting rain and all those little puddles are breeding grounds for those blood suckers.

Fun

A friend’s wedding. As much as I feel disrupted by a big event I still feel love for the new people that I meet. There are so many generous and caring people out there. Too often we get caught up in the bad and forget about how 99% of the people we meet are truly kind. We danced to the song “Brick House” and young women were strutting their stuff. That’s what weddings are all about: celebrating the relationships that we have with each other. A lot people say it’s all about the bride, but it’s all about the friendships.

Beautiful

Fall flowers. With all the rain we’ve been having it has become fertile ground for some beautiful flowers. There was a purple flower that pushed up and out of the earth that took my breath away. I stopped, knelt down, and just looked at all its perfectness. I’m just enjoying these flowers before it gets too cold and everything hibernates till spring.

How about you?

What has been hard, fun, and beautiful in your life? Let us know in the comment section.

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I’m a big fan of Dave Navarro of The Launch Coach. He is putting out a product that looks fantastic. It called More Buyers Mastermind. He is gathering 12 of the brightest internet minds around such as Naomi Dunford of IttyBiz, Brian Clark of Copyblogger, Mark Silver of Heart of Business, Charlie Gilkey of Productive Flourishing, Michael Martine of Remarkablogger, Clay Collins of Project Mojav, Chris Guillebeau of Art of Nonconformity, and Pam Slim of Escape From Cubicle Nation, and a few more. He is going to pick their brains and convince them to explain how they made their internet business a reality. (This is not an affiliate link. I just think this will be a great resource.)

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