Run the Same Way Everyday

We were in the same location for 2 weeks. On day 1 we ran the road. It was great but I don’t like to go the same way every day, so on day 2 we tried a couple paths. Sadly each one got us to an impasse of deep water in less than a mile. On day 3 we went back to the road so I could get internet to send this blog post. I wanted to try some of the other paths but how would you be reading this now if I had? And day 4 - back to the road (for the internet), but now I was bored, boreder, boredest.

On day 5, still needing to go to the road for internet, we found 2 very short paths off the road so they at least added some variety. Amazingly, even that small amount of change made it not so boring.

Insights On The Dog RunCarolyn B ThompsonFebruary 11, 2020bored employees, opportunities for new tasks, employee performance Comments

Employees: Fog, Sun, Sunset

Same road, different times of day. This week Maddie and I did our morning runs and afternoon walks on this same road each day. But, it looked different on the foggy morning, vs the super sunny one, vs at sunset.

This got me thinking about how one staff person can be different on one day than on another - or even at different times of the same day.

Insights On The Dog RunCarolyn B ThompsonFebruary 7, 2020performance, employee performance, why good performance, why bad performanceComment