The Highest Paid Behaviour in Our Work?

How 'human' are you acting today whilst you work?

Do the people you've spoken to today think you're human in your work, or more machine?

I know you've got to get a serious job done and get paid. You've got to add value and deliver. And I'm not asking you to fake a smile whilst you work, because I don't think that works. But I do wonder what would happen to your productivity, quality of thinking, ideas, relationships, progress, apparent luck and your natural smile, if you dropped the act and brought out your human side in your work more often. The side that naturally comes out at weekends that many people go out of their way to hide at work. You can still be professional and human. Professionalism doesn't mean being a robot. In most interactions you can add that human touch, even if it's not documented in your instructions, and it's often enough to make a big difference to whoever you're dealing with, and to your customers and career progress too. It's potentially very rewarding for everyone.

My advice: go beyond 'the book', and see what your human side can do. Give it a whirl. Maybe you can re-write 'the book' with what you learn?

If you feel you can't be human in your work, perhaps you're working with the wrong people or in the wrong job?

P.S.  I heard that Dr. Howard Gardner of Harvard University, who developed the theory of multiple intelligences said that 'social intelligence' is the highest paid in our society.

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