As much as I enjoy the summer months, summer feels to me like my routines and rhythms are disrupted at times. But when Labor Day arrives it feels somewhat like a fresh start. Kids are back in school, families settle down into routines and rhythms, and there seems to be more consistency at work. September has always felt to me ...
In a Harvard Business Review article titled, “How the Busiest People Find Joy,” the authors discovered that a factor in maximizing our joy is to diversify your activities. Finding areas of passion is important, but research also reveals that there is a risk in having one singular focus. Investing our time in only one passion can create a diminishing return ...
In a Harvard Business Review article titled, “How the Busiest People Find Joy,” the authors discovered that a factor in maximizing our joy is to follow our passions. The author’s research discovered that when we pursue activities that align with what we find personally rewarding, our life satisfaction can soar four times greater than when we’re doing things good or ...
In a Harvard Business Review article titled, “How the Busiest People Find Joy,” the authors discovered that it’s important to avoid passive pursuits to experience higher levels of joy. After a long day at work, many people watch tv, explore social media, or spend time gaming. These activities are passive pursuits. The authors discovered that, on a three-point scale, joy ...
According to Harvard Business Review, research reveals that to live a satisfying life, achievement, meaningfulness, and joy are needed. They discovered, however, that the most elusive of those three was joy. In this series, let’s address a few research-based insights to better understand and experience more joy. The first insight to note is this: How people spend their extra time ...
According to a recent Harvard Business Review article, joy is the most elusive attribute required to experience a satisfying life. A key finding in the article titled, “How the Busiest People Find Joy,” is that people get more joy from doing activities with others than from doing them alone. This should not be a surprise to students of the Bible. ...
When I take time for vacation to relax and unwind, it seems easier for God to revitalize me and to share fresh insights. About ten years ago, while laying on a beach, God gave me an assignment He desired for me to complete. God desired me to write a fiction book on the life of Daniel, even though I rarely ...
Recently, I was working on a grant proposal that had a Monday morning deadline. After spending much of Saturday on the proposal, I thought the end was near. Rather than finish it on Saturday, I thought I could finish it in a couple of hours early Sunday morning. Those two hours turned into ten hours. My body was not designed ...
A recent Gallup report claims that employees feel increasingly disconnected from their work. Gallup calls this trend the "Great Detachment." The report points to rapid organizational change, remote work challenges, broken management practices, and shifting expectations for this new era. When we – or our teams – are feeling disconnected, perhaps the best response is to recall the holy value ...
As we start a new year, a theme that King Solomon highlights in Ecclesiastes is that the best we can hope for in this life is to find joy in our work. In Ecclesiastes 8:15, Solomon wrote, “And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
