Motivation Monday!

I've heard that there's a misconception when it comes to working environments. There is definitely a correlation between high morale and productivity. The misconception is that high morale leads to high productivity, but it's really the other way around. When people are able to produce, to meet their goals, their morale increases. If their morale is high, but they can't meet their productivity goals, the morale will drop again. The effect of improvements in work environments is really on productivity (people are able to do more in a better environment), which then improves morale.

Why did I just go through all of that? Because I think it's good to see the improvement so far. Here's the original list of elements when this whole thing got started:



Here's the list now:



That's a big difference. How big? I used to set my alarm for 5am and barely have time for everything before 6:30 rolled around. I would leave late and get to work just before 7am. Today, I set my alarm for 5:30 because I stayed up really late last night, and I still had time to do what's on the second list AND write this blog post.

I'm still not down to less than ten minutes on all the required preparation, so I guess this blog still has a purpose. :-)