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    Cover of Fish!

    Fish!

    Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen · 2000

    La historia de Fish! y los principios en ella expuestos muestran cómo renovar el interés de los empleados que realizan funciones administrativas, de tipo logístico y de apoyo a los departamentos "estrella" de la empresa. Los autores conocen y aplican la profunda necesidad que todos tenemos de sentir que lo que hacemos importa, que contribuye al éxito de la empresa y al deseo de disfrutar de nuestro trabajo. Este audiolibro va a ser una gran ayuda para quien desee redefinir cómo siente y opina acerca de su trabajo; porque gracias a estos consejos descubrirá que puede encontrar satisfacción y diversión en su vida laboral cotidiana.

    Productivity & Self-ImprovementBusiness & ManagementPsychology & Behavior
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    1. ThomPeteJan 2019
      I don't think you have to take it so literal and more importantly I think there is a bigger point than printing money.

      It's the same point that's made in Fish https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&key... which is that you can turn things that sound really boring into a labour of love and make a profit along the way.

      In other words there are opportunities all around us which can be turned into a more interesting business even though they sound really unattractive.

      Now apply that to technology (something like Pingdom.com as an example) and you might just have changed your perspective enough to get an idea you didn't have before.

      Scrubbing your driveaway for yourself isn't really comparable to supporting yourself financially scrubbing clients floors. 80% of jobs aren't sitting in front of a computer and most of them are not a joy to do for most people either.

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    2. cyberferretNov 2016
      Exactly. It's about reframing the task so that it goes from tedious to fun. I know it is an old and probably out of fashion book now, but I really think a lot of people who feel stuck in dead end jobs should read Fish! by Stephen Lundin [0]

      To reframe this from the 'musician' side of my life, a lot of other guitarists I play with absolutely hate changing the strings on their guitars. They treat it like a chore to be avoided and rushed through only when really needed.

      But a few years ago, I read a short story about how Samurai warriors used to care and polish their sword blades on a regular basis. I was entranced by the ritual and ceremony around this mundane process, so I set up a similar process around my guitar string changes. Now I actually look forward to doing string changes, as it give me a lot of meditative time to bond and learn more about my instruments and my music.

      [0] - http://www.fishphilosophy.com/

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