It is Friday afternoon in the middle of summer. In my mind, the very best time of the year (maybe second to the summer equinox). We are still weeks away from too much campaigning mania and the kids are not in school. I keep thinking about Tony Snow saying "... concentrate on living." That is very good advice. So grab this time and live it.

When I started my career, there was a great manager at IBM that would go around on Friday afternoons and check on his entire team. If they weren't working on an immediate deadline, he'd tell them to knock off early and enjoy the day. He wasn't my manager but I heard about it.

Which brings up my final 'affirmation comment' for this Friday. From research, we know that doing someone a favor not only makes the person being helped feel better, but also the person doing the good deed has more endorphins moving around too. More than that, if a 3rd party observes the good deed, that person ALSO has the benefit of feeling better, just by seeing the kindly action.

So, if you are a manager, help your team leave early. Many people will benefit from that act, including you.