February 11, 2015, TGIW: Unhumping Hump Day…and Productivity 2

“The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one’s work seriously and taking one’s self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.”  –Margot Fonteyn

Digging further into the idea of productivity and what supports or impedes its growth, we might turn our eyes toward the guard tower.

But not the guard tower outside as much as the one inside.

Growing up in a western-industrial mindset, with the inherent need to have some kind of product to show in exchange for every ounce of time and effort, for many of us the internal stopwatch-keeper looms bigger than any outside entity.

It’s not like we want to end up without “something to show for it”…and yet the overall, internal pressure can very often most result in anxiety, stress, and an overall unattractive disposition. (Well, it may be “attractive”, as all dispositions are, but not attracting what we want.)

Creativity in our work and life, be it in the artistic/great idea sense or even the magnetizing-of-good-stuff-coming-to-us sense, doesn’t thrive too well in a tight and unforgiving environment.

I recently heard someone say that, as humans, we are often either 1) on our own side or 2) on our own case.

Maybe we could all use a little dropping the guard to keep it light and playful?

Choose: on your own side, or on your own case.

Got guardlessness?

“Life’s better when it’s fun. Boy, that’s deep, isn’t it?”  –Kevin Costner