A letter from December 7th, 2016

Dear FutureMe, Sometimes I have trouble motivating myself at work, while sometimes I am over the top. When I am less motivated, it's because I am working on menial tasks with fixed outcomes. Make the nametags, the participants use them, the program goes on. In fact, I have so little motivation that I don't even think about the "correct process" anymore. After action reviews and such - no one holds me or anyone else accountable. The best I can do is schedule meetings at times that colleagues appear to be free. Possibly I am not motivated because those tasks have a fixed outcome, because there is little follow through, because no one wants to tell me the "why" part (rationale for the activities we're doing and outcomes we expect), and recognition as a part of a high quality collective (not just recognition to me - thanks to all of us, participants had this outcome). When I am motivated, it's because I have autonomy to pursue tasks. This online course is an example - at home. Where this one falls short is the accountability and rationale part - no one really seems to care. So the podcast? Now that hits high on all of these. Colleagues recognize the high quality collective effort, the rationale is at my core - sharing knowledge for progress, the follow through is all up to me and one other who is good about it, and there is no fixed outcome. Receiving this letter, let's see how things go!