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Aaron McHugh| < 1 minute read

TGIF Labor

Nameless person

nameless department

phone/email

didn’t create it

didn’t cause it

can’t cure it

This is an email signature I came across, in real life, not a Google search. “Thank God it’s Friday,” TGIF laborers.

Don’t get me wrong I love to play.  I work daily at finding new ways to live well outside of work.  And yet, it’s this kind of posture that I believe actually makes the walk from Monday morning to Friday afternoon that much longer.

I hold onto the belief that work can be fun, innovative, adventurous, challenging, rewarding, personal, and too large a part of my life to approach like this.

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About the Author Aaron McHugh

Aaron McHugh is an executive transformation coach, enterprise agility consultant, writer, podcaster, adventurer, and author of Fire Your Boss: Discover Work You Love Without Quitting Your Job.

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