{"url":"https://www.clear.sale/blog/when-innovation-is-taken-into-account-clearsale-comes-along","title":"Merging Personal and Professional Lives for Exceptional Results","tldr":"On May 6th and 7th, we participated in the Path Festival, an event which brings together dozens of scattered activities.","markdown":"On May 6-7, 2017, ClearSale participated in the Path Festival, Brazil's biggest and most diverse event celebrating creativity and innovation.\n\nOne of the lectures, titled \"Happiness, Love and Health in High-Performance Companies,\" featured ClearSale CEO Pedro Chiamulera; Alexandre Teixeira, the author of the book \"*Creative Routines\";* and Luisa Martini, the co-founder of Flag.\n\nPedro illustrated that even in an atmosphere of freedom and happiness, employees can achieve -- and exceed -- revenue goals.\n\nHe also discussed topics like:\n\n- - ClearSale's \"T!uesdays\", which are weekly one-hour gatherings dedicated to employees exchanging information and and learning from all employees.\n\n- - Affinity groups (groups of employees who periodically discuss subjects in common)\n\n- - Exchanges with the developer\n\n- - The need for flexibility\n\n- - Difficulties he experienced when he was a novice entrepreneur\n\nEach topic served to reinforce the importance of developing unity between the employee's personal and professional lives. Pedro also emphasized the need to ensure employees feel complete and fulfilled. It's only then, he said, that employees' work quality and deliverables improve -- by delivering quality work out of genuine enthusiasm, not out of obligation."}