In This Issue
Whether you are self-employed or working in a large corporation, going it "by your lonesome" is usually harder on you and less impactful all around. The lead article on collaboration offers some benefits of teaming with others, as well as some tips on how to do it well. Read also the article on "greening up" your office to get great ideas on how to act in the interest of our planet--and the bottom line--while you're at work. To reply to this newsletter, please click here.
Improving Performance Through Collaboration
Going it alone can lead to overwork and burnout for you, and can create unnecessary stress and tension in your workplace. It can breed competition, fear, dishonesty, tunnel vision and inefficiency. So before you limit your chance for success, why not open the door to other people's skills and experience. Full story here.
It’s So Easy to Have a Green Office
Businesses of today are beginning to discover that it's not only easy to adopt green practices, but it also makes a lot of economic sense. Take the office alone. There are dozens of ways to reduce waste and improve resource efficiency, while reducing costs. These work whether yours is an office of one or of hundreds. Read more here.
The following questions are designed to broaden perspectives, to open vistas, to widen the lens. There is no one right way to approach them. You can journal about them, talk to friends, create art... View questions here.
Relevant Reading
Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love, by Barbara Winter
Sitting in the Fire: Large Group Transformation Using Conflict and Diversity, by Arnold Mindell
How to Become a Marketing Superstar: Unexpected Rules That Ring the Cash Register, by Jeffrey Fox
Today's Quote
"Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character."
--Stephen R. Covey, author
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