(unfortunately, I think I’d be the manager in this scene…
“work is your new favorite”)

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(The Flintstones is an animated TV show that originally ran from 1960 to 1966. It’s about the lives of “a modern stone-aged family… from the town of BedRock.” The creator of the current show Family Guy is apparently producing a revival of it to air in 2013.)

Just say no to flintstoning.

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I love the example and her authenticity. Let her inspire you (5 minutes).

“Some people are,” I answered (without pointing out that we were too).

“I mean a lot of the people I know aren’t.”

I asked where that was and the person said it was at one of our local media companies here in Richmond.

“How’s the news being produced?” I asked.

“Well… Some people are working. I was really talking about the nonessentials.”

I hadn’t heard that phrase in a while. I remember hearing it on big snow days in the Washington D.C. area when I was growing up – an area that hosts a large number of government employees.

“You don’t wish you were nonessential… do you?” I asked.

essential (adjective): of the utmost importance
nonessential (adjective): not essential

We all have a choice.

Everyone can be essential. It’s a matter of becoming important to someone else (whether it’s behind the scenes or out in front). And that happens by making good things happen for someone else.

“You’re gonna have to serve somebody.”
–Bob Dylan (1941 – )
American music artist

Be essential… and encourage others to be the same.

Cross The Line.

No Gomos. No D-Grunts.

Gomo: Someone who goes through the motions.

D-Grunt: Someone who is disgruntled.

(Get a No Gomo or No D-Grunt printable here.)

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then from another…

and then from another…

What would the pictures of your work look like?

(Don’t be a Gomo. Make good things happen for other people.)

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One of the big reasons we’re here is to make good things happen for other people.

It’s simple but for some strange reason, it’s not always easy.

Over the last decade, the Gallup organization has conducted surveys to determine how into our work we are (as you likely know, it’s referred to as ‘employee engagement’). The averages over the decade…

• 29 out of 100 of us are engaged (smovers)
• 54 of 100 are not engaged (gomos)
• 17 of 100 are actively disengaged (d-grunts)

This last group actually ‘works’ to make things worse. Can you imagine how horrible it must be for someone to feel compelled to invest their limited time and energy in tearing things and people down?

Most of us (if not all of us) have been Gomos and D-grunts at times but true D-grunts and Gomos stay there (complaining, watching the clock, entitled, not making good things happen for other people).

Here’s my proposal…

As Smovers and 212ers (aware and responsible), let’s be sure we do our best to lead by example. If we slip, let’s remember we’re obligated to bounce back (Smovish principle #9).

Then, let’s all commit to encouraging someone who’s on the fence between Smoving and being a Gomo (and remind them it’s much more fun on this side). Maybe, if we each have a small success, the example will awaken and encourage even the D-grunts to reconsider their ways. How amazing would that be?

How do you save a Gomo or D-grunt? I believe it begins by loving our people which as you might guess, isn’t all hugs, kisses, and rainbows. It’s about sweeping away the eggshells (theirs and ours) and going for truth.

For those who’ve not read my essay, Love Your People, you can find it here (a 5-minute read at most). We’ve published it in a cool little booklet format with questions and thoughts that can help you get closer to loving your people more consistently (kind of a work/play book).

My presentation of Cross the Line might also be a helpful tool for encouraging someone. You can watch that here.

Gallup’s “State of the American Workplace” can be found here.

No Gomos Printable

No D-Grunts Printable

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“Whenever I see Bruce Springsteen do anything, he empties the tank… every time. And the beautiful thing about this man is he empties that tank for his family, he empties that tank for his art, he empties that tank for his audience, and he empties it for his country. And we, on the receiving end of that beautiful gift are ourselves rejuvenated, if not redeemed.” – Jon Stewart (more below)

That “every time” is what gets me.

Most of us don’t get the opportunity to empty the tank in such a cool way as Springsteen, but we can work to empty the tank and be rock stars in our own worlds. (It’s the 1st point to Loving Your People… my little booklet – 5-minute read.)

If you’re a subscriber to GiveMore, you’re obligated to empty the tank (No Gomos*).

*Gomo: Someone who goes through the motions. (Get a No Gomo printable here.)

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