The Importance of Morale

Human Beings are interesting creatures. Our thoughts trigger our emotions. Our emotions impact how we react to different stimuli. In a work environment with low morale, the negative energy spreads like wild fire and it ruins perfectly good people. Fortunately, there are things we can do to cure this epedemic of negativity. Tony Robbins speaks of Neuro Linguistic Programming and a number of other tactics you can use to help yourself. Long Before Robbins was on the scene, Og Mandino wrote of a God Memorandum that specified four laws of happiness:

1) Count your blessings
2) Proclaim your rarity
3) Go Another Mile
4) Use wisely your power of choice

More and more books on self help keep filling the book shelves, but is anybody reading them? If they are reading them, are the techniques being applied regularly, or is the world becoming a bitter place where you should just be happy if you have a job? I don't proclaim to have all the answers, but I do know one thing. In a society as technologically advanced as we are, there is something drastically wrong when prostitutes and criminals are earning more money than healers and teachers. I think this demonstrates a clear misalignment of society's priorities. This misalignment has a huge impact on morale. But, how do we fix it? How do we tell our children to stop playing the video games and eating at the golden arches? How do we push reading, and creativity, and exercise over getting to the next level in War Craft? Historically, the greatest civilizations decayed from within. If we do not remember our history, we will be condemned to repeat it.

So, how do we boost morale? Focus on taking care of yourself and those around you. Exercise, eat right, work hard, and play hard. Find balance and enjoy yourself while you do it. There is no reason why you can not have fun while working.

At Charthouse.com, you can get involved in a movement known as FISH. The power behind FISH! Culture is when people start using words and phrases like Be There, Play, Make Their Day, and Choose Your Attitude in their conversations, they begin to see the possibility of living a more creative, expressive, and rewarding work experience, and when applied with the units, they begin to see and act on new opportunities in their relationships with colleagues, customers, and every person they encounter as they go about their work.