http://pegasusnlpblog.com/the-world-is-what-you-make-it Information, thoughts and views...with an NLP flavour Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/the-world-is-what-you-make-it#comment-130 Clare Denyer Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:51:09 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/the-world-is-what-you-make-it#comment-130 Seems to me that the work we do can be like giving a gift.....what response do we usually want from giving a gift? Surprise? Delight? Something practical that makes life easier for someone (but please not another toaster!!), maybe something MORE than they expected? I've been thinking about my work this way and the experience has been amazing! When I take the position that everything I do at work (however great or small) is valuable to someone, and if I do it in the best way I can, then I am spending 8 hours a day giving people gifts! Throw in humour and a smile and soon everyone is doing it! It seems to me that it creates a great atmosphere, improves cooperation, it's catching and it overflows into life outside work too! Seems to me that the work we do can be like giving a gift…..what response do we usually want from giving a gift? Surprise? Delight? Something practical that makes life easier for someone (but please not another toaster!!), maybe something MORE than they expected? I’ve been thinking about my work this way and the experience has been amazing! When I take the position that everything I do at work (however great or small) is valuable to someone, and if I do it in the best way I can, then I am spending 8 hours a day giving people gifts! Throw in humour and a smile and soon everyone is doing it! It seems to me that it creates a great atmosphere, improves cooperation, it’s catching and it overflows into life outside work too!

]]> http://pegasusnlpblog.com/the-world-is-what-you-make-it#comment-127 Iain Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:23:20 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/the-world-is-what-you-make-it#comment-127 I spent a bit of time in hospital a few years ago and conducted a similar scientific study of the impact of people on each other. The ward I was in was comprised of about 6 of us in various stages of recovery. Quite hard to keep yourself positive lying around in bed for weeks waiting to get better. I started to notice the impact of the nurses on us inmates. One Nurse in particular would breeze in (sometimes at 6 in the morning by the way) with a bright 'morning lads', on went the lights and up went the energy. 'have you had your wash yet gentlemen?' 'we need to get this place looking just right'. Pretty soon we were all doing our best to get ourselves and our little bit of the hospital clean and tidy, even if some people could only just about sit up! This feeling of all being well in the world would last for hours after this wonderful lady had moved on to another ward, spreading that most infectious thing, happiness ! I spent a bit of time in hospital a few years ago and conducted a similar scientific study of the impact of people on each other.
The ward I was in was comprised of about 6 of us in various stages of recovery. Quite hard to keep yourself positive lying around in bed for weeks waiting to get better.
I started to notice the impact of the nurses on us inmates. One Nurse in particular would breeze in (sometimes at 6 in the morning by the way) with a bright ‘morning lads’, on went the lights and up went the energy.
‘have you had your wash yet gentlemen?’
‘we need to get this place looking just right’.
Pretty soon we were all doing our best to get ourselves and our little bit of the hospital clean and tidy, even if some people could only just about sit up!
This feeling of all being well in the world would last for hours after this wonderful lady had moved on to another ward, spreading that most infectious thing, happiness !

]]> http://pegasusnlpblog.com/the-world-is-what-you-make-it#comment-126 Graham Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:44:41 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/the-world-is-what-you-make-it#comment-126 ‘you get back what you put out’ - yes, and often you just have to put out a simple smile - how much easier does it get? ;-) ‘you get back what you put out’ - yes, and often you just have to put out a simple smile - how much easier does it get?

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