Is It Okay to Be Silly at Work?

7 Serious Lessons I’ve Learned from Being Silly

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Sometimes I like to be silly or joke around.

Silly is lighthearted.

Silly makes me smile.

Silly can make others laugh and then we both feel better.

But couldn’t being silly at work be misinterpreted as goofing off, unfocused on the task at hand?

Or people might just think I’m weird? Or worse… UNPROFESSIONAL.

To clarify, I don’t wander around wearing a big red nose or telling jokes about 3 guys walking into a bar. My silly is more like:

Occasionally coming up with alternatives acronyms for Industry Terms, such as HIPAA = ‘How I Probably A__ A__ ‘

Or

Maybe turning a buddy’s office nameplate upside down

Or

Using Animal Zodiac as part of my weekly status

Ah…. That last one sounds pretty weird right?

Could my urge to act silly be bad for my career? Not everyone gets my humor. Will people think I am wasting time while…