(Now that I don't have any email to answer, I have lots of time to blog!!!)

Are you happy with your job? Happy with your workplace? I just ran across this site by Alexander Kjerulf--"Chief Happiness Officer", as he calls himself. This post is about worker productivity. He states, "The single most efficient way to increase your productivity is to be happy at work." And then gives 10 examples of shiny happy people...at work. (He has more in depth explanation of each example on his site.) I'm all for being happy at work, I mean who isn't?? In fact, the medical community is telling us that we will live longer and healthier lives if we're happy.

So, shouldn't every boss consider it part of his/her job to help create an enjoyable and happy work environment?

And if you're not happy with your job, the "CHO" has this advice for us:

1. Get happy in the job you have. There are about a million things you can do to improve your work situation - provided you choose to do something, rather than wait for someone else to come along and do it for you.
2. Find a new job where you can be happy. If your current job is not fixable, don’t wait - move on now!


The Happy Worker List:

1: Happy people work better with others

2: Happy people are more creative

3: Happy people fix problems instead of complaining about them

4: Happy people have more energy

5: Happy people are more optimistic

6: Happy people are way more motivated

7: Happy people get sick less often

8: Happy people learn faster

9: Happy people worry less about making mistakes - and consequently make fewer mistakes

10: Happy people make better decisions

Imagine if all of your inbox items just disappeared. Gone. One moment you see them, the next they are gone. That is...all but one email is left remaining. That's what happened to me yesterday. The emails aren't in my deleted items, archive folders, or even online through the Exchange Server. I haven't heard back from the IT people, and I'm wondering if they will be able to solve it.

It's fairly unnerving. How many of those will return as a problem? But, on the other hand, I haven't had an empty inbox in years. It's a great feeling. I think there were a few important emails in there, but probably not the majority. I think starting with a clean slate might actually be worth the loss. I currently have 3 emails in my inbox.

So, I challenge you to delete all your inbox items. It's worth it. In fact, I'm going to go delete those 3 emails right now. Heck, if I really need them, they will be in my deleted items. In my situation, the deleted folder is actually the safer place to be!

I now have 0 emails in my inbox.

How many 5-year olds can you take on? Now be honest.


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Sorry, that was a waste of a post.

LT look out...

Among my new blogging reads is one by a Strength Trainer named Robert dos Remedios. He's got a new book out that I've totally bought into. Haven't yet fully implemented it, but it's been great so far. He has a GREAT flag football video on one of his blogs posts, that even non-football fans could enjoy. This little girl has mad skills. Coach Dos has some funny stuff on his blog...you should check it out.

The Blog

Only until recently have I bought into the whole "blog world". I kind of dabbled and checked out a handful of blogs, but could never really stay engaged over time. I've been reading Brian Virtue's blog for a few months, mainly because I had it set up to email the posts to me (because I rarely visited the direct site.) At this point, I know you bloggers are saying to yourself, "Hey genius, get a blog reader." Well, I actually tried that, but didn't really find it successful either. But, the blog world has changed for me within the last week, due to none other than Google. I discovered the Google Reader. It's beautiful. I can set it up as a tab on Firefox and a with a quick look, check for new posts. I've already got 13 blogs on there. Google to the rescue.

I don't exactly know what I'm going to write in my blog. I'm already insecure about putting my thoughts into cyberspace and the public view. Talk about permanent exposure. But for starters, I certainly run across lots of great stuff on the web, and sharing the wealth seems like a worthy and enjoyable activity. And I'm starting to appreciate that there is a community in the blogging world, and I certainly don't want to be left out of something I'm starting to enjoy. We will see if I can keep it more maintained than Facebook....which if I'm honest, I only enjoy about 10% of the time.

So, how about a little politics to stoke the fire....I'm not super politically oriented, but I have been fascinated by the Clinton/Obama campaign and have been seeing quite a few political articles on www.digg.com (one of my new favorite sites). I'm not really a Larry David fan (except of course, for his work with Seinfeld), but this article was worth the read. It's a good mocking of the famous "3am phone call" ad the Clinton campaign recently ran. My favorite line of the article: "He [Obama], with the ice in his veins, who doesn't panic when he's losing or get too giddy when he's winning, who's as comfortable in his own skin as she's uncomfortable in hers." He nailed it. Hillary really seems to be in a spiral. Obama just lights up that big smile and everything seems to be calm and collected for him.

Here's to Google Reader...