ExcerptHow’s Your Joy Level at Work?Many of us see joy as the delightful result of being able to do work that we love. And this is certainly a great producer of joy on the job. The real trick, however, is how to bring joy to anything you do. Doing so can transform the mundane into the enjoyable and let loose incredible energy for all you put your attention to. The secret: creativity. Feeling creative and playful helps us bust through resistance, fear, boredom and disbelief on our way to an engaged satisfaction. Test your joy quotient with this Self-Quiz. (True/False) 1. Creativity doesn’t just belong to artistic types living in loft studios. Work is a place I frequently exercise my creativity. 2. I think of myself as someone who doesn’t just want what I want, but as someone who is going to get it. It’s just a matter of figuring out how. 3. I keep blank notebooks in several places for jotting down my ideas and inspirations, and a tape recorder for recording observations. 4. No matter how “uncreative,” sensible, logical and otherwise unimpulsive I might consider myself, if I have a pressing idea—a core desire—I’m going to express it. |