Value or Joy?

What you gather may be valuable, but it’s what you become that decides your joy.

Two Types of Joy

Life offers us two kinds of joys—settling into what we’ve built, and reshaping it into something new. Some live in their homes. Others live for building them.

Featured

Own Your Story

Own your power by living authentically for yourself. Pleasing others means handing over the pen that writes your story. Be your own compass.
Tejas

Procrastinate

Procrastination is one’s inability to deal with emotions connected to doing or not doing what’s needed.

Millionaire on What

If you tweet a million times does not guarantee you that you will be a millionaire neither does being a millionaire guarantee you a million subscribers on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. One has to decide on selecting and achieving the right ‘million’ first which can then potentially drive other figures if important.

Exponential Change

What kind of change is happening around you (positive or negative) – is it slow, accelerating or exponential?

The way you respond to the change should be proportional to the pace of the change itself.

Problem or solution

People pay for solutions and not for problems

About Decision

Indecision in making a decision is a decision.

Are you having fun at work?

Are you having fun at work? My answer to this question was ‘Yes’ because I get to work with a good team, I am working on exciting programs that will make a huge impact, I am passionate about what I do, and overall, I am having a good time doing it.

As I wanted to synthesise this further – which led me to Google and Twitter – I landed on this NY Times article by Catherine Price. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/well/mind/having-fun-suceeding-coronavirus-pandemic.html

Catherine defines ‘true fun’ as when there is a confluence of three psychological states called playfulness, connection and flow.

This resonates with me as I can use this definition in all areas of my life. In light of the above definition – I am having fun at work as I have autonomy and creative license to bring playfulness in my work and team, I feel connected with my team and stakeholders and the time goes quickly (flow) as I find engaged and focused on driving outputs and helping my customers.

What’s your take on ‘fun’ at work?

Collaboration and Innovation

We can bring more life experiences together through collaboration, enabling knowledge sharing and creativity, leading to innovative solutions. Collaboration also leads to better buy-in and support for change.