Since it is that time of year, every blogger has New Year’s resolutions-suggestions for their readers. Mine are at least achievable. Ready, Go:

1. Show up to work on time. Or, be early.

2. Clean up your own stuff. If you pack it in, pack it out too. Contrary to popular belief, your mother doesn’t work here. Truth be known, she is GLAD someone else has to teach you this stuff.

3. Keep positive no matter what. So what if your job is hard, boothefrickinhoo. It is no reason to get all mopey and down in the dumps. Part of your job, and no one tells you THIS, is to generate a positive environment amongst the people you see every day.

4. If you are bored at work, get over it: it’s you. Only you can figure out ways to keep engaged at work. A tip that might work for you–keep doing the stuff you do daily, but keep your eye on how it all fits in to the bigger picture. Chances are some boss has forgotten to remind you about how critical your job is, or can be.

5. Do something extra. We moved our office this week. You should have seen our young staff—all of them did extra things, carried furniture, boxes, partitions and bookcases made of concrete. No one complained, they simply pitched in and did extra, even though they didn’t ‘sign’ up for this duty.

Now, if they would only clean the microwave after their exploding lunches.

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