In This Issue

-My Weekly Reminder
–The 100 Best Business Books of All Time
-Feedback From a Subscriber
-Pass it on

My Weekly Reminder

Having fun at work suffers from an image problem; hence it gets no respect.  It has come to imply that you’re goofing off or messing around instead of attending to the business at hand.  Well, that’s simply not true.  Fun acts functions as a turbocharger in that it releases energy in people that they didn’t even know they had.  As a result, they’re able to work much harder than they normally would.  In addition, when work becomes a source of enjoyment or pleasure, whatever you’re doing never gets old or boring which means people look forward to coming to work every day—even on Monday.  On the other hand, when fun is restricted or prohibited at work, unhealthy and costly symptoms quickly appear—boredom and negativity set in, people become irritable and crabby and their energy level goes way down. As a result, people apply far less effort toward performing their jobs and productivity takes a big hit.  The lesson here is that if there’s no fun at work, there can be no highly productivity workplace.

The 100 Best Business Books of All Time by Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten of 800-CEO-Read

This is by far the finest book of its type that you’ll ever come across.  The authors have been reading and reviewing books for more than 25 years and have chosen the top 100 books that deliver the biggest payoff for business readers.  For additional information about this book, click on the image of the cover below.

Feedback From a Subscriber

A subscriber who recently attended on of my speeches emailed the following comment:

“Ross,

We met recently at an ISM meeting.  Thank you so much for a great presentation!  You are an excellent speaker who’s fully capable of capturing the audience’s attention from beginning to the very last second of the presentation.  Thank you.”

Pass it on

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