Since Jake is OOO today, he asked me to get everyone’s toes a’tappin and start your Friday out right. I’m honored by the request, while also being slightly overwhelmed with the potential choices. I mean, I hold all of your Friday attitudes in my hand. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAck… cough… hack… my evil laugh isn’t what it used to be.
There are so many choices. So many ways for me to steer the ship today, I hardly know where to begin. But, in keeping with the Jake Davis “daily attitude e-mail,” I have a pretty darn good idea.
For the past few weeks, Jake has been sending out e-mails that are all about having a positive mental attitude. He (and the rest of the Mavidea management team) genuinely care about each and every one of us. They do their best to foster a fantastic working environment and they would like nothing more than to see succeed as a team. That’s something to celebrate. I task each of you with thinking about the things in your life that are worth celebrating:
- Perhaps you are fortunate enough to have children that are the sparkle in your eye and the focus of every single thing that you do. Their presence has changed your entire outlook on life…
- It might be that your unshakeable belief in a higher power lifts your soul and makes you feel like singing and dancing in the street…
- It could be your family, who are absolutely amazing and always there for you, no matter what…
- Maybe you’ve found your soulmate – a person that you would do anything for and, in return, would do anything for you. Someone that makes you smile every single time you think of them. A person you cannot imagine living your life without…
- Perchance you have friends in your life that are true friends – those that you could call at 3am and tell them you’re stranded on the side of the road and, rather than saying, “Dude… you called me at 3am for that?” they would ask, “Where?” as they were putting on shoes…
- It might be going back to school, perfecting a hobby, your pet…
For any/all of these reasons and an infinite number more, we all have things in our lives worth celebrating. And, on top of all the things you already thought of, think of this: We are all talented individuals working for a fantastic company — a company that fosters a fun working environment and a sense of camaraderie and teamwork. We work for a company that genuinely cares not only about the work we are doing, but how happy we are while doing it.
Think about all of these things today. Let it be the smile on your face. Heck… take a moment out to reach out to someone special in your life and tell them how much they mean to you. Let the smile on your face today be an external indication to the world of all that you have to celebrate. And, while you’re thinking about all of those great things… all of those things that make life worth living… enjoy a little aural celebration as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M
Happy Friday, my friends.
-Dan Woodman
