Take it easy!

Sometimes, I honestly get the feeling from some of the companies that I have visited have been imposed with a "laughter ban". Not only that: somehow everything in the work environment, including the tasks look tedious and almost painful. 

I hear conversations like this:

The next project? "We'll never make it!"

The sales targets? "The markets won't allow that! And the customers are all restraining themselves anyway!”

To strategically advance the company? "I'd love to, but because of all the problems I don't have the time!”

Do these examples sound familiar to you?

"Energy flows where focus goes" is coaching master Tony Robbins’s old saying. In other words, he means: If you only ever discuss the problems, as negatively as possible (and in some companies, it almost seems to be a competition), you will get more and more of them.

My suggestion: loosening up! How? Here are three ideas:

1. More questions. Instead of seeing a problem in everything, ask strong questions. Instead of "the market is collapsing" you ask the group: "Hey people, how can we profit from the collapsing market? Let's find ways!” Many of the most successful companies have done just that and have grown up in times of crisis.
2. Other meetings. Cancel half of your meetings and make the other half shorter. And then make them a positive experience, with high energy and outstanding results. There are various methods for this. Fight the "ordinary ".
3. High energy. It's a topic I keep picking up on: you have the responsibility to show up at work with high energy and maintain that level of energy. That's always possible, and there are different techniques for it. Click here for some suggestions.

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