So last week, our boss announced about a contest he’d be running for the next seven days. He told us that for the next few days, he will be monitoring our productivity status. All of us were really surprised about this as he rarely does such kind of evaluation with his employees. Since its the Christmas season, he told us that he is doing this so that he will be lining up the ones who are up for promotion and this week’s results can highly affect the line up.

I was very motivated to do my job well for this week, especially because I know I have lacked in some of the tasks given to me prior this week-long evaluation. The only competition is myself and once I have the discipline to take onto the challenge, I know I can emerge at the top.

And so I did, and at the end of the week, I was at the top of the list. My boss told me that my performance was definitely remarkable and because of that he would give me a five-day trip to Canada, all-expense paid! That means I’ll be in one of the finest hotels in Calgary next month! Awesome, right?