Myth Buster

The myths about work that I've been fed since my days of pablum and pureed peas are swirling in my head like a whirling dervish on crack. 

"Pay first, play later."  "Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight" (thanks Bruce and BNL!).  "No pain, no gain".

I was surrounded by people who worked their "fingers to the bone" and kept their "nose to the grindstone" until they dropped.   Severe illness or death were the only two valid excuses for not working.   It seemed that productivity was next to godliness.

But where's the balance?  And is this the most effective way to be effective at work and living?

Love this little article by Tony Schwartz called "Four Destructive Myths Most Companies Still Live By" that gives me hope for the future of the students I teach.  Schwartz is the president and CEO of The Energy Project and the author of Be Excellent at Anything.

Read on.  Then sit a spell and let it sink in.

 http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2011/11/four-destructive-myths-most-co.html