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Why Work Doesn't Happen at Work: A Blog Review

Just like education doesn't happen at school, so do work: it never happen at the office. The reason was pointed out really well by Jason Fried in his TED talk on October 2010 at TEDxMidwest. He bluntly just said that manager and meetings were the two suspects of this case! Wow, really? But we always think that these two are the crucial components of modern office days, don't we?


We almost never hearing someone saying that office is the place where things get done. Office is just like casual place to meet you colleagues, talk and chit chat over works, then mostly you left out with piles of papers undone. Well, not always the case, but it's frequently happening and no one seems like really put their concern about it, right?
I've been asking people this question for about 10 years: "Where do you go when you really need to get something done?" I'll hear things like, the porch, the deck, the kitchen. I'll hear things like an extra room in the house, the basement, the coffee shop, the library. (Fried, 2015)
Yes! I always hear my friends talk about coffee shops when they are about to enter serious mode. Oftentimes coffee places offer dose of caffeine to boost their mood in work, relaxed atmosphere, or just get out from distraction from workplaces (remember that guy who keep looking for stationary?). I don't know whether reasons pointed out by Jason Fried could help justify their act, but indeed too much meetings and getting distracted by that demanding manager is just slowing you down!

Work is like sleep - they get phases

Interesting point mentioned by Jason Fried in his video is that work is like sleep, they get phases. You can't sleep in just 15 minutes then simply get rest. Of course, at first you have to fake it, the you are going to enter deep sleep mode slowly. Sleep also has cycle where your brain alternately changes its mode. So do work - in order to work, just try open your laptop (or anything you work with), face it, try to open that files, think for a while, and slowly you get into your mood to work and start working.

In my interpretation, work also need convenient places like sleep. There are some conditions that are optimum for people to conveniently work in. Unfortunately most workplaces is not convenient - that's why people come to cafe to work. (Vice versa, why your husband lied and sleep at "other's" home. Try to make it a convenient home. Haha, kidding.)

Watch the full video here. It's interesting to hear him talk about his ideas about our modern workspaces and how we can improve them.



References
Fried, J. (2015). Why work doesn't happen at work. Ted.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015, from http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work

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