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Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction. Unplugged because we will always say

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yes to creativity, totally uncut because well, we all make mistakes.

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So let's turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged.

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There's a big chance that you're probably not going to

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know who I'm talking about here, but actor Jackie Gleeson

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was best known for being that guy who always said,

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and away we go. It always appeared in his opening monologue. Well, today,

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the new term is more direct. Let's go, come on,

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let's go. Two very sharp words that clearly state move it.

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And we wonder why life feels like it's moving so quickly.

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I mean, look at the words that we're choosing to use.

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The word now is overused. I want it now, and

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when Amazon doesn't deliver it in three days, they allow

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you to cancel the order with a full refund. The

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one word I've been using a lot lately calm. It

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serves as a reminder to go inward and calm what's

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been taking over my anxiety. Now here's something that was

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very strange. I work with an eighteen year old and

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the eighteen year old co worker said, I'm having a

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mental breakdown. Well, everybody on the team reacted with compassion.

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He then looked at each one of us and he goes,

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I don't mean it that way. It's just the way

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I was feeling. I was having a breakdown. And in

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this day and age of mental health and awareness, when

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someone says they're having a breakdown, it's not a description

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you take lightly. But it's the words that we're using

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and are we using them correctly? Hey, it's aero. This

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is the daily Mess, a chronological walk through in everyday world.

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I am a daily writer, words of the day, words

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that inspire, words that take away. That's what I love

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to do and I'd love to talk about it so

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that we can have an open conversation and begin bringing

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things together that have been separated by the words that

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we share. This is the daily mess. Our co workers

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expected to be friends. The experts say it helps out

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the workplace environment with higher morale and organizational skills. And

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here's something that may shock you is that if you've

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got a place of business where there's a lot of

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sickness or people just not checking in, you know what,

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your staff they're not friends. Just saying that opens the

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eyes to wondering why there are so many callouts at

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the essential job. Are we just there or should we

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begin a process of creating stronger friendships. Here's what makes

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it so difficult. We are a generation of constant transitions.

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Staying at a job for a long period of time

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is almost impossible. So why should we invest in a

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loving friendship when losing a friend can be more painful

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than a divorce or even death. Once you're out that door,

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it's a new adventure and past coworkers seem to be

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in the way of you getting your next victory. Let's

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be honest here. Decision makers are the ones that are

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splitting up these friendships because they don't need you talking,

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they need your working. Sure, they have the employee appreciation

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day with the big celebration of food. Maybe sometimes it's

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in a park, but bringing people together as friends, in

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some people's eyes, it creates conversation and the work is

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not getting done. But I brought that question up to

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Grace Harry. She's got a brand new book out called

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The Joy Strategist, and we talked about that very thing

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about having friends at work, and she was very pro

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about it. She says, yes, absolutely, if you want to

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bring up the energy of a business that is struggling,

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Bring in the friendship, allow there to be friendships, and

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let it be put on display. Go the route of

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making friendships. It's going to change things. Research shows that

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it will really bring up higher morale and organizational commitment,

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which leads to less time off and less sickness. I'm Ryl,

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and that's the daily mess.