1085: How to Find More Fun at Work Every Day with Bree Groff

What I most hope is that people feel the confidence in the value of their days. And when you feel like you deserve to have a good day, you're in a position then To try and make that true, to amuse yourself. Because I think so many people will show up to work thinking this day is not even mine. I've sold it to some employer.

I'm not expecting to have fun. I'm here to provide the shareholder value and get my paycheck. I get that that sometimes feels like a more honest assessment of work. And yet I feel like in that situation we've given up too fast.

We've settled. That's Bree Groff. She's a workplace culture expert who's helped teams and executives from companies such as Microsoft, Google, and more. She's also the author of Today Was Fun, a book about work. seriously, which encourages professionals to see their time at work as valuable in and of itself.

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