{"id":2354,"date":"2017-06-12T06:46:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T06:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2024-12-13T08:11:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T08:11:04","slug":"how-is-your-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/how-is-your-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"How is your Monday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all know the Monday jokes. And I bet we all complained at least once about the fact that the weekend is over and a new work week is about to start. \u00a0Well, I\u2019ll admit, it happened to me more than once. And every time I asked myself what is it that I don\u2019t really like. Is it the fact I have to get up early? Is it the fact I don\u2019t like working? I don\u2019t think I ever felt sorry that Monday comes during vacation time. Or could that mean\u00a0that I don\u2019t like my job, the company and the team I work with?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Monday Blues<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you heard about the \u2018Monday Blues\u2019 defined by Alexander Kjerulf, an expert on happiness at work:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cthe negative emotions that many people get at the beginning of the workweek if they&#8217;re not happy at work\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I gave this definition a thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I started by making a list with what\u2019s important for me in order to be happy at work. It looks like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having ownership, \u2018my job is mine\u2019. Researches talk now about a new kind of ownership, the psychological ownership. This makes an employee feel that the company he works for is his\/hers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having autonomy, being able to take decisions. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being able to express ideas, concerns, opinions that contradict what others say.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mistakes should be permitted; and haven\u2019t I done like a million of them. Making mistakes is a sign that you had the courage to try something. They are a way of learning and experiencing new things.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexibility regarding my working schedule and the way I organize my tasks, activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team I\u2019m part of. I need to say that my colleagues offered me so much support, professionally and personally. I have all the reasons to be grateful and happy to work and spend time with them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do I have all these above at my current job? I\u2019m lucky enough to respond with a firm <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yes, I do. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then what could be the problem when I\u2019m not happy to hear the alarm clock especially in the first morning after Sunday? I\u2019m still looking for this answer :).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>My Mondays are great<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until I find it, I\u2019ll keep\u00a0in mind what someone told me once:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMonday is the perfect day to correct the last week\u2019s mistakes\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a great perspective and opportunity to bring a smile on our faces when we feel a little bit down on a Monday morning or on any other working day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy Monday everybody!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know the Monday jokes. 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