FRIDAY THOUGHTS: HAPPY WORKER

The thing you love to do, though it may have some tedious, challenging, or time consuming aspects, should never become a chore. 

If you find yourself pouting, complaining, moaning about it, or wondering if you should have your head examined, it's probably not worth doing--or perhaps, not for you to do. 

You can muster up your best maturity act, keep your mouth shut, put on a half-baked smile, and go through the motions until the job is done, but there's nothing like looking forward to being on the job, working, and and liking it. 

There's something special about experiencing how a thing can, or should be done. It lets you know that, when it comes to what supposedly goes along with certain territories, some boundary lines have been deceptive or missing.

The atmosphere, within which the thing you love to do is done, should be as comfortable as humanly possible. I just think one does one's best work when one is relaxed, calm, happy, secure, supported, and free of the bad variety of stress. Being surrounded by pleasant people who share your love for what you do helps, too.

The requirements aren't always equivalent to the rewards for the work you do. 

Sometimes they don't match up at all. But when things are right, you just plain forget it's work! 

I wouldn't recommend walking off and forgetting your pay, but it has been known to happen when everything about the task pointed to a blessed, memorable good time.

When you consent to do the job, it's always good to know what goes along with it before hand. 

"Some folks get on the job and want to revolutionize it; always asking, 'Why do I have to do that?", my Dad always says. 

Some things simply come with the job. Other things, unfortunately, are unnecessarily added when people get a little power hungry, don't think workers have enough to do, won't ask for help, or are Nervous Nellies who have little faith in the abilities of the people they've secured to get the job done.

Look. The only thing that's brain surgery, IS brain surgery. Everything does not require drama, curt language, impatience, rudeness, and/ or nasty attitudes. Frankly, NOTHING does. 

Some things, even important things, can be done in a manner that doesn't drive everyone involved to explore the mystery of hard liquor. 

The minute things start to feel unreasonably weighty, oppressive, and strained, the work may continue, but the dispositions of the workers plummet. 

A whole slew of barked demands don't go over so well if they're not buffered by a whole slew of reasons why, that are worth the while of the worker. 

Sometimes people laugh, and conclude there's not enough money in the world to put up with craziness of any kind, no mater how appealing an opportunity may seem. There's not a thing wrong with having the job and being happy.

Want people to be happy workers? Give them something to be happy about. 

Proper tools, 

conducive environment, 

adequate time, 

assistance if needed, 

concise answers, 

genuine respect, 

timely information, 

helpful resources, 

fair compensation, 

consideration, and

understanding.

Those things really do help. 

No one wants to look around and wonder when slavery came back in style. 

Competent, cooperative, dependable, consistently efficient people don't ever have to be treated like crap. 

Being in charge doesn't call for arbitrary cruelty. How you handle people just might determine the caliber and amount of work you get from them. 

Beware. Everyone has not happily, or voluntarily switched into "heartily as unto the Lord" gear. 

Get on an arrogant trip and forget you're dealing with adult human beings, and you might be promptly offered a cheek to kiss-- and it won't be one of the ones on the face, either.

Surprises on the job don't have to be shockers, and flexibility is always a good thing. 

Do whatever helps you to do a better job, even if it means going the extra mile. 

You do that for yourself, believe it or not. 

No one need ever know what method or manipulative you utilized to help you master a thing. What they will notice is whether you come to the table sharp and ready, or frazzled and lost. 

Anyone looking for failure to occur, will be disappointed.

Along with being a happy worker, is an appreciation and respect for the individual or entity that will be held responsible if the work falls short. 

It's one thing to be given authority and be someone in which confidence is placed. It's another to take what one has been tasked to do seriously--even if one's name will never be called. 

It's okay to prepare, be ready, and do a great job, even if the work is fun.

The task of the month has begun. 

It's funny how you realize you don't really know what you think you know until you have to study it closely. 

There's lots to learn, but it's certainly worth learning. 

I'm in "listening to learn" mode again, and loving it...: )