The Poetry of Productivity

Nothing comes from nothing.
Look in the mirror
And work to achieve some fraction of such excellence.
- Joe Stenzel -
Their hands are busy...
their hearts join their work with joy;
the world grows better
- Joel Barker -
Encouraged, the workers found engagement
Engaged, the workers found enthusiasm
Enthused, the workers found energy
Energized, the workers found enlightenment

Enlightened, the workers found economies
Economized, the workers found encouragement
Encouraged, the cycle was accelerated
- Jim Rice -
Weary of six sigma approaches
Discouraged and disgruntled workers
Embrace real productivity-enhancing tools
- Geoff Kaufmann -
Productivity
Moving obstacles away
Streaming to sea home
- L.W. Hazlett -
Productivity
Has its own poetry . . .
Simply symphonic
- Maureen Schriner -
Scientists are just discovering
the truth we have known for years
that when the left brain
and the right brain
collaborate

you remove all roadblocks
along the superhighway
clear back
to the pit of the amygdala
shift into high gear
Purpose
Performance
Progress
Productivity
- Anonymous Contributor -
Without heart and mind, the work is drudgery
With heart, the work happily goes astray.
With mind, the work is awash in planning and thinking
With heart and mind, the work is a source of fulfillment for all
- Stevan Eikevik -

My father abhorred waste
The 30ies were a stern teacher
Absentmindedly
I turn off lights where I am not
He would have been proud
I'm his shadow.
- Tor Dahl -
Productivity is not the trumpet being blown
it is the music that flows from its bell.
- Terri O'Connell -
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