Do you have to be serious to gain respect at work?

Business requires serious work, but it doesn’t have to be miserable. Whether you want to bring fun into your workplace is a choice, but the deeper layer of why people are afraid to have fun at work is the belief that you can only garner respect in the workplace when you are serious… and if you’re not serious, you’ll be disrespected or disrespect others. This idea begs the question: Is seriousness a…