{"id":1005,"date":"2011-09-30T09:28:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2011-09-30T09:28:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:28:49","slug":"time-does-fly-when-you%e2%80%99re-having-fun-lighten-up-for-maximum-lift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=1005","title":{"rendered":"Time does fly when you\u2019re having fun. Lighten up for maximum lift."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Have you ever noticed how slow time passes when you are in a troubled environment?\u00a0 Conversely, sometimes you look up at the end of a great day and wonder where the time went.\u00a0 Over the years, I have discovered that the difference is not just applicable to the good times, but to the environment, created by the senior executives, that filters throughout the organization.\u00a0 Every time, a corporate work culture encouraging humor causes employees to enjoy their work, spend more time with associates, and laugh many more times through the day.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>At one point in our mutual careers, my brother located his growing architectural practice just a mile from my record company in West Hollywood, California.\u00a0 I would visit his office and immediately notice an atmosphere of \u201cjoyous creativity\u201d throughout the organization.\u00a0 Every cubicle was decorated with whimsical drawings, posters, kid\u2019s creativity, and more.\u00a0 As I walked through the facility, I could hear laughter emanating from cubicles, almost constant as a background song of simple joy at work.\u00a0 Those visits were wonderful times to recharge my batteries, and I was not even a part of the company.\u00a0 Imagine how they affected the attitude and creativity of those working there.\u00a0 Think of how clients loved to associate with their counterparts in such an environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

[Email readers, continue here…]<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Try as I could to reproduce such an environment, my company was too spread out, the background noises of manufacturing too loud to make the same environment possible.\u00a0 The best I could do was touch individuals and small groups with that same joy of the journey, adding humorous opportunities for lightening up as often as possible.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But after all these years, I will never forget the magic of that architectural office, and how much everyone there wanted not to let it ever slip away. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Take every opportunity to lighten up, to ease the often-self-imposed pressures of constant work, to unlock more of the creativity of your workforce through the use of appropriate humor.\u00a0 What a lift that brings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Have you ever noticed how slow time passes when you are in a troubled environment?\u00a0 Conversely, sometimes you look up at the end of a great day and wonder where the time went.\u00a0 Over the years, I have discovered … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surrounding-yourself-with-talent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}