Main Idea
Why did everyone like Woody on “Cheers”? Do you get up in the morning and look forward to work? Did you ever? What is the difference in the productivity when you did look forward to work versus the times where you dreaded going to work?
Expansion of Idea
All of us have a choice every day. We can cheerfully go to work and look forward to helping our team, our customers and ourselves. Or, we can go to work with an attitude that life sucks, work sucks and in general have a pity party for ourselves. We have all had days where we lean towards the pity party. And, in general, we get what we expect on those days. The day drags on, our team members treat us like garbage, and you just hope that you do not talk to too many customers or else you will be losing a bunch of business.
A much better approach is to look forward to the day. How can we help others? What can we learn? How can we improve our business and ourselves? What new friends can we make? When we approach life with enthusiasm, it becomes contagious. Our coworkers catch it. Our customers catch it. Work becomes a much better place to be. When you go into a business, you can normally tell in the first 10 minutes if there is energy and enthusiasm or if life has been completely sucked out of it. Who would you rather deal with, a business with energy or one that is depressing? What do your customers think of your business? Enthusiasm is one of the cornerstones to building a great business and a great life. Without it, we will not succeed. With it, the sky’s the limit. PASS IT ON!!!!
Questions to Ask Yourself
Do I look forward to going to work?
How can I bring more enthusiasm and energy to work?
If I am lacking enthusiasm, do I know why? What can I do to fix it?
Are there coworkers that I can help?