Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction. Unplugged because we will always say
yes to creativity, totally uncut because well, we all make mistakes.
So let's turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged.
There's a big chance that you're probably not going to
know who I'm talking about here, but actor Jackie Gleeson
was best known for being that guy who always said,
and away we go. It always appeared in his opening monologue. Well, today,
the new term is more direct. Let's go, come on,
let's go. Two very sharp words that clearly state move it.
And we wonder why life feels like it's moving so quickly.
I mean, look at the words that we're choosing to use.
The word now is overused. I want it now, and
when Amazon doesn't deliver it in three days, they allow
you to cancel the order with a full refund. The
one word I've been using a lot lately calm. It
serves as a reminder to go inward and calm what's
been taking over my anxiety. Now here's something that was
very strange. I work with an eighteen year old and
the eighteen year old co worker said, I'm having a
mental breakdown. Well, everybody on the team reacted with compassion.
He then looked at each one of us and he goes,
I don't mean it that way. It's just the way
I was feeling. I was having a breakdown. And in
this day and age of mental health and awareness, when
someone says they're having a breakdown, it's not a description
you take lightly. But it's the words that we're using
and are we using them correctly? Hey, it's aero. This
is the daily Mess, a chronological walk through in everyday world.
I am a daily writer, words of the day, words
that inspire, words that take away. That's what I love
to do and I'd love to talk about it so
that we can have an open conversation and begin bringing
things together that have been separated by the words that
we share. This is the daily mess. Our co workers
expected to be friends. The experts say it helps out
the workplace environment with higher morale and organizational skills. And
here's something that may shock you is that if you've
got a place of business where there's a lot of
sickness or people just not checking in, you know what,
your staff they're not friends. Just saying that opens the
eyes to wondering why there are so many callouts at
the essential job. Are we just there or should we
begin a process of creating stronger friendships. Here's what makes
it so difficult. We are a generation of constant transitions.
Staying at a job for a long period of time
is almost impossible. So why should we invest in a
loving friendship when losing a friend can be more painful
than a divorce or even death. Once you're out that door,
it's a new adventure and past coworkers seem to be
in the way of you getting your next victory. Let's
be honest here. Decision makers are the ones that are
splitting up these friendships because they don't need you talking,
they need your working. Sure, they have the employee appreciation
day with the big celebration of food. Maybe sometimes it's
in a park, but bringing people together as friends, in
some people's eyes, it creates conversation and the work is
not getting done. But I brought that question up to
Grace Harry. She's got a brand new book out called
The Joy Strategist, and we talked about that very thing
about having friends at work, and she was very pro
about it. She says, yes, absolutely, if you want to
bring up the energy of a business that is struggling,
Bring in the friendship, allow there to be friendships, and
let it be put on display. Go the route of
making friendships. It's going to change things. Research shows that
it will really bring up higher morale and organizational commitment,
which leads to less time off and less sickness. I'm Ryl,
and that's the daily mess.