Creativity in the Work Force

September 27th

You Can Have Fun At Work?

             Today we learned about how we as "human resource managers" can implement some team building exercises with our fellow employers in a future business. By doing this you will gain some friendships between co-workers as well as the willing to be competitive all while having fun. This exercise would take place in a remote area that is either far away/out of town or in a enclosed meeting room after hours. The reasoning for this is because we want the employers to feel like their natural selves, not looking to empress the boss or the managers ahead of them, this would be more of a friendship "everybody is equal type of day". This will bring positivity and fun into the work force in the future!

            In class we did an assignment where we got 12 nails and had to try to balance all of the nails on one nail, which was nailed into a piece of wood. When observing the task it looks like a very hard thing to do, especially when there are so many nails to stack. Fortunately, I already knew how to complete this task so I had to keep my mouth shut and hope my team could solve it, maybe with a few hints ;). It was very cool witnessing people taking initiative and trying after many, many, many, failures to finally look at it in a "think outside the box" mentality. In the end we completed it and this was the turn out! 

Be YOU-nique

September 20th, 2017

Creativity

          Creativity is the ability to create something or being able to have inventive ideas. It's so cool to see people's creative skills, but it seems like people are scared to be judged by their abilities nowadays. Whether it's art, music, dance, photography, or many, many more ideas, everyone has got to love to do something. Our generation and generations in the future are in a hard stance because schools don't implement these "arts" as much as other subjects such as mathematics, literature, etc. Being creative isn't a bad thing and what we learned from a TED talk in class today tells us exactly the same thing. 

          The man that we listened to was very interesting in the way of telling stories and grabbing the audiences' attention. Putting seriousness and humor into one overall topic was inspirational! 

Here are some ideas that stuck out to me:

- Put yourself in a position where you don't know and don't want to know what is going to happen next

- When talking about conflict use humor to make tasks easier

- Don't be frightened of being wrong

- Intelligence is interactive

- Making mistakes isn't a bad thing

- Take chances, it's better than sitting back and watching

(Pictured is my dad and I at a church camp that we volunteer at every year)

          In my personal life being creative came very easy with the help of my father. We loved building things out of legos, duct tape, and even wood/metal. His creative mind and talents is easy to see each and everyday. Being engineer of a family business he has to build things from 2D to 3D. The fact that his personal creativity is so awesome he can attack any opportunity given to him, and thats what businesses need. If you show creativity in the work force you will not only stand out from your competition, but you will help your employee explore new opportunities that will benefit you and your company!

          

Change your Words, Change the World

18 September, 2017

CYW, CTW

            

{ Today in class we learned about making a difference in ourselves. Finding your true passions, striving from those passions, and the ultimate personal definition of success }

         Being you and making decisions you love, are things that everybody should want. There's no better feeling than waking up doing something you love to do each and everyday. This will be beneficial in the future because you will keep persisting at a job, that in your opinion, will never get boring. 

        Connecting with this theory we also looked at what our interests are. We are basically up for 15 hours each day. So we have to find time to do something we love or are interested in.

Now we have to break that up into smaller parts...

- Working for 8 hours

- 1-2 hours driving (some longer)

- Eating three meals (2-3 hours)

         There is 12 or so hours that your day is already filled up with! Those 2-3 hours that are free should be "me" time. "Me" time is doing things that you love to do that will make your life less boring. For me, it's playing or watching sports. Sports are my go to with making friends and enjoying my time away from everything. If you find that distinguishing "me" time go out and enjoy yourself. Hopefully it will make you feel better about yourself and keep your mind sane!

Here are some of my favorite activities:

 Futból (Soccer)

 Tennis

 Pickleball

It Only Takes 17 Muscles To Smile

 (This is one of my high school senior pictures. Every time I smile my eyes squint. My mom really doesn’t like that, haha)

Today, September 13th, 2017 was my first day in Human Resource Management. One thing that stuck out to me in this class was a video that our professor showed us. It was a music video from the artist, Sia, relating to the song “You’re never fully dressed without a smile.” The overall concept of this is that the world is a beautiful place with so many opportunities, but it all depends on your mood and how to perceive things. So SMILE!

Smiling is a great asset that everybody can have, which can change the way people think about life. Smiling is so easy to do, it’s uplifting, friendly, and a total mood changer. As a little hint, go outside, to work, class, a sporting event, and come with a smile! People will see the genuine you, and you should feel better about yourself as well.

Also, studies have shown that smiling during work increases productivity! So instead of being sad and angry at work, have a smile. Your boss and co-workers will appreciate it too!