I am in charge of my attitude. Paul E. McGhee October 23 Create a Humor Break Room. This room should contain cartoon and joke books, fun props, and VCRs and audio tape recorders with ear phones so that employees can take brief humor breaks. Put a suggestion box in the room so that the kinds of humor employees like can be made available. William Arthur Ward October 16 Encourage spontaneity on the job.
Spontaneity is central to play and fun.
While a judgment must always be made about when any form of fun or humor is and is not appropriate, don't let this restraint kill your capacity for spontaneity. An employee once told me that he was traveling with his boss by car to another city for a meeting. They stopped mid-morning at a rest stop near a beautiful lake and pine trees and walked about and had a soft drink from a machine. As they got back into the car, he noticed a day planner opened up to that day. Chances are that this man's boss had not internalized the notion of fun and enjoyment of his work.