{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F7e2b1b5e-4ab8-4ea9-862e-61a6aef33eff","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 39: Making Work Fun","description":"Do you have fun at work? We sure hope you do. If work can sometimes be a drag, this episode is for you. This week, Shannon and Janine talking tips and strategies for making work fun. Because, in Oscar Wilde's words, \"Life is far too important to take seriously.\"\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 How are perception of our work has everything to do with how much fun our work is\n\u2022 How perfectionism can play a role in making work not feel fun\n\u2022 Janine\u2019s experiences with making organizing fun\n\u2022 The prescient Oscar Wilde quote on Shannon\u2019s high-school yearbook page\n\u2022 Letting go of perfectionism to try to make work more fun\n\u2022 Gamifying your work\n\u2022 Sharing your work achievements to make them more fun\n\u2022 How working with someone else\u2014even if you\u2019re working on different things\u2014can make boring work more fun\n\u2022 The importance of setting boundaries at work to create space to have fun\n\u2022 Freeing up some personal capacity to have fun by doing rather than thinking about doing \n\u2022 How fun is in the eye of the fun-maker (and it\u2019s good to know what your idea of fun is)\n\u2022 The mean trick played on Shannon\u2019s coworker\n\u2022 The role of rewards in making work fun","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}