1. Renew your sense of wonder
As an employee, most of our thoughts are consumed by our deadlines, our paycheck, and what our boss thinks of us. We go through our working day grumpy and stressed and our productivity and creativity can suffer when we fall into the habit of perpetual dissatisfaction. My kids usually have a base line temperament of wonder and awe. I wake in the morning desperate for my coffee, while stressing and worrying with the mantra of "we are going to be late, hurry up, hurry up"! Kids on the other hand will fixate on the pattern in a leaf or a pebble they found, and spend what feels like an hour telling me how beatiful and colorful that lizard is.
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As CEO of Tech-Tav, Miriam Lottner has spent the past 12 years moving companies to more profitable and customer focused documentation methods. She consults, trains, and teaches writers, team leaders, and documentation managers how to lower costs, identify trends, and achieve results. Miriam is one of the presenters for the next class of the