CHAPTER 1
Making Your Own Work Fun
I just go to the office to enjoy myself; work automatically happens.—JITENDRA ATTRA
Work made fun starts in every job with every individual worker. According to recent research reported by Business News Daily, while fun could be considered a distraction, it actually has the ability to improve employee resilience and optimism, which leads to better attention to tasks. When we make a task fun, we tend to be more eager to dig in and complete it, as opposed to having it be a dreaded activity that we put off doing—maybe even multiple times.
When Bob has a work task or project that for some reason he is dreading, he likes to talk it through with someone—a colleague, a friend, or his wife—to warm up to the task. ...
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