I haven’t posted in a while but I stumbled across this gem today and had to share it with everyone.  We all know newspaper is struggling and probably on its way out for good, at least the version of it we know today.  The Colbert Report takes a deep look into this industry and explains what went wrong and what it needs to survive.  Happy Monday everyone!

Colbert Video Interview

Everyone gets stressed out from time to time.  I’m sure with all the news of “recession this” and “economical turmoil that”, people are feeling more stressed than ever these days.  The truth is times are tougher than they have been before but the key is to stay positive and have a good survival plan.  There are indeed many businesses going out of business these days but what about the ones that are surviving?  What about the ones that are posting record profits?  Clearly they are doing something right.

Watch THIS VIDEO for our weekly “The Office” series.  I guarantee it’ll lower your stress level.

After watching the video ask yourselves the following questions and try and relate it to your buinesss.

1. Are you stressed out at your job?
2. Why do you feel this way?
3. Do you have a survival plan?
4. Does your plan help just yourself, or the people around you?
5. What are some things you can give up or sacrifice so that you succeed and survive?

There are a lot of things we can do to help ourselves.  I think what’s most important is to try and have a plan that helps both us and the people around us.  Your job may not affect the well being of those around you, but for some it does.  It’s essential that in these times we band together, as a company and think of ways we can help it survive.  The doom and gloom talk will all end soon enough, and when it does we’ll all be stronger for having survived it.

I decided to start a new series entitled “It’s Friday and I’m Stuck At The Office”.  First of all, I apologize for depressing you with that statement.  Today it’s going to be close to 70 degrees outside and “look up to read the title”.  My goal with this series is two fold:

1. I want to make you laugh
2. I want to make you develop some critial thinking skills.

Chances are I’ll just get the first one right, but I’m okay with that!  I’m going to post a short clip each week from a scene from NBC’s “The Office“.  We’ll all watch it together… or alone and think about some important questions.

Today’s topic is ENERGIZING YOUR OFFICE!

1. Does your office or workplace need a boost of energy?
2. Who’s in charge of facilitating changes?
3. What can you do to provide a boost of energy to your team or office?
4. What can you do to provide a boost of energy to your clients and customers?
5. Why do you need to re-energize anyway?  What’s keeping you from always being full of energy?

Not everyone works in a place like the video above.  It can either be very over the top or pretty close to the truth.  Today think about how you can make small changes in your daily life to provide more energy for yourself, your team, your company, and your customers.  Sometimes, a little’s enough.