So in the beginning of this blog I said that maybe facadesaside could become a new sort of "Real Talk" which in African American culture prefaces and means, "I'm telling the truth when I say..."
I said that popular culture might pick up on facadesaside and start saying it instead of real talk.
But what I didn't know is that people already do say it.
Let's hope for now that I'm the only blogger who keeps a facadesaside blog!!!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Facadesaside: Facadesaside?
Here's the google search that I did just now for facadesaside. These people have been saying it (gasp) even before I have!
Good thing there's only 5 or 6 entries on this page!!!
http://www.google.com/search?q=facadesaside&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Good thing there's only 5 or 6 entries on this page!!!
http://www.google.com/search?q=facadesaside&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Results 1 - 10 of about 1,540 for facadesaside. (0.56 seconds)
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The Facades at Work
One of these days I'm going to run out of cheesy puns that I put in most of these entry titles; but for now we're doing all right.
Rubin has a list of tips for being more productive at work. Happy and productive usually go together in the popular lexicon, and we certainly have jobs such as Business Consulting and Industrial Organizational Psychology, which go along with this obviously true connection.
Be productive. Be happy.
But we know from this blog that it's easy to bull shit. For example, when I worked in the library, if you simply craned your neck, you could look in and see that one of the librarians was actually just reading People magazine. She just wasn't doing anything, and she was trying to look like she was doing something.
Doing "nothing" is a job, it's just a cushy job. I've worked both kinds, where I've had to use a lot of effort for minimum wage, and I've had to work very little for minimum wage. Working at the library was closer to the latter than the former. When I worked at the Skenandoa restaurant, it was closer to working very hard with a huge amount of effort.
When I write effort, I mean strain and stress. This, too, is ambiguous. I mean scrubbing, pushing a broom, and pushing a mop. I had to race around putting dishes away. I had to talk to chefs awkwardly about exactly how much work I'm doing. If there were times for breaks, they would want me standing and scrubbing counters.
I've worked as a life guard at a ton of places at this point. I've worked at the Skenandoa Pool, the Clinton Pool, I was highered by the Hamilton College pool but I never ended up working there, I worked for the Sitrin Home Camp, I worked for the NCCU pool, and I worked for the Addison Miller Pool in Utica. I worked for the Candler Swim Club in Raleigh and at the Northwoods Mews Townhomes pool in Cary, North Carolina.
Life guarding is even more ambiguous. It's emblematic of the problem that workers and managers face. Surely it's hard work, but what kind of hard work is it? You have to be attentive, and you have to keep your mind focused and thinking, yet not bored. When I was working for the Candler Swim club, she would make us do hard labor during the breaks by mowing.
Sometimes motivating ourselves is easy, and sometimes it's hard. It might be a nice entry later to talk about why people are motivated toward fun, and how they are motivated by fun.
I've learned that many jobs are very ambiguous about how much effort and strain are involved. This is especially in the United States.
Rubin has a list of tips for being more productive at work. Happy and productive usually go together in the popular lexicon, and we certainly have jobs such as Business Consulting and Industrial Organizational Psychology, which go along with this obviously true connection.
Be productive. Be happy.
But we know from this blog that it's easy to bull shit. For example, when I worked in the library, if you simply craned your neck, you could look in and see that one of the librarians was actually just reading People magazine. She just wasn't doing anything, and she was trying to look like she was doing something.
Doing "nothing" is a job, it's just a cushy job. I've worked both kinds, where I've had to use a lot of effort for minimum wage, and I've had to work very little for minimum wage. Working at the library was closer to the latter than the former. When I worked at the Skenandoa restaurant, it was closer to working very hard with a huge amount of effort.
When I write effort, I mean strain and stress. This, too, is ambiguous. I mean scrubbing, pushing a broom, and pushing a mop. I had to race around putting dishes away. I had to talk to chefs awkwardly about exactly how much work I'm doing. If there were times for breaks, they would want me standing and scrubbing counters.
I've worked as a life guard at a ton of places at this point. I've worked at the Skenandoa Pool, the Clinton Pool, I was highered by the Hamilton College pool but I never ended up working there, I worked for the Sitrin Home Camp, I worked for the NCCU pool, and I worked for the Addison Miller Pool in Utica. I worked for the Candler Swim Club in Raleigh and at the Northwoods Mews Townhomes pool in Cary, North Carolina.
Life guarding is even more ambiguous. It's emblematic of the problem that workers and managers face. Surely it's hard work, but what kind of hard work is it? You have to be attentive, and you have to keep your mind focused and thinking, yet not bored. When I was working for the Candler Swim club, she would make us do hard labor during the breaks by mowing.
Sometimes motivating ourselves is easy, and sometimes it's hard. It might be a nice entry later to talk about why people are motivated toward fun, and how they are motivated by fun.
I've learned that many jobs are very ambiguous about how much effort and strain are involved. This is especially in the United States.
Some Gretchen Rubin
From Gretchen Rubin's Happiness Blog on Slate.
Twelve Tips for a Happier (and More Productive) Workplace
Every Wednesday is Tip Day.
This Wednesday: 12 tips to create a happier (and more productive) workplace.
I just finished First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman. I’d heard about it for years, but I didn’t actually pick up a copy until a smart friend told me to read it.
The authors did a study with the Gallup Organization to find a way, among other things, to measure strong workplaces, ones that would attract and retain the most productive employees.
They came up with a list of twelve questions, where, if employees answered “yes” and were happier in their workplaces, they tended to work in business units with higher levels of productivity, profit, retention, and customer satisfaction – which shows that there is a link between how employees feel and how they perform.
This is a good list to use if you’re a manager who wants to create a happier and more productive work environment, or if you’re a job seeker/holder who wants criteria by which to judge a workplace.
Also, if you’re not happy at work, and you’re trying to Identify the problem, take a look at this list. It suggests strategies for improving your situation. Not everything is within your control, of course, but perhaps you could identify for your boss what you need to change #2 from “no” to “yes” or to shift responsibilities so you get #3. Or can you make an effort to gain #10?
1. Do I know what is expected of me at work?
2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?
3. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?
4. In the last seven days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?
5. Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person?
6. Is there someone at work who encourages my development?
7. At work, do my opinions seem to count?
8. Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel like my work is important?
9. Are my co-workers committed to doing quality work?
10. Do I have a best friend at work? [But don’t have an office affair!]
11. In the last six months, have I talked with someone about my progress?
12. This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and grow?
The first six questions have the strongest links to business outcomes (productivity, profitability, retention, and customer satisfaction).
I was also interested to see that the study suggested that people’s opinions of their workplaces are more determined by their immediate manager than by the overall company. It was their direct manager – not money, benefits, perks, or a charismatic leader at the top – that was the critical element for people.
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