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Casual Friday for Home Based Businesses
My youngest grandson came to visit last week. He brought his parents and I think a good time was had by all. But that’s not the point of this story. We declared Friday as “Casual Friday,” for our home based business. As you can tell from the picture, Hawaiian shirts were normal dress.The realization that I had is that seldom do home based businesses schedule anything frivolous. Most of the people I work with are home based and they each approach their work week in a manner that will help them be effective. They generally don’t see many people unless they are going out; mode of dress is usually more about comfort and time than anything else; and you should never ask unless you are looking for TMI about their habits. The two extremes are what you would expect:
- One end is those who work in their jammies and only dress when they get ready to go out.
- The other end is those who perform their daily absolutions and dress as if they are going to an office.
Regardless of the work dress choices, seldom is anything done to break the mold. Why do you think the cubicle culture started Casual Friday? It was a chance to break out of the weekly doldrums and get one more day of productivity from the windowless workers.
Ask yourself this: Why not? You have an opportunity to:
- Allow yourself an extra big smile.
- Push your creative envelope by doing something painless AND different.
- Mention it to someone on the phone and help them smile.
- Get a picture taken with the most beautiful grandson in the country.
What are your thoughts? Maybe you don’t own a Hawaiian shirt, but I’ll bet that you can do something to break your work mold. Friday’s coming quickly. What are you going to do?