5 Tips to be Happier at Workplace Unhappiness at work-place can be a bane as it dents productivity, and also results into other problems such as high level of stress and a toxic work-environment. So to avert such problems it is important to have a happier work-place environment, and be happy yourself. Also having a healthy environment and happy co-workers makes working more pleasant. So following the given steps can certainly help you to be happier at the workplace, and can nurture positivity at the workplace. Maintain good relationships: Daniel Goleman in his book “ Emotional Intelligence” has described multiple studies that he conducted on working …show more content…
But we forget to notice that if everyone expects the same, then there is hardly anyone left to give. So, we must keep in mind that what we give comes back to us, so it is giving which is important more than expecting. And so if you want to be happy be ready to make someone happy, and doing so may not even take a lot of effort and by just doing small favors or gestures is enough, for example, helping your co-worker in completing a project, remembering their birthday 's, wedding anniversaries etc. Now it might sound very small , but gestures like this can certainly help you in the long-run, and the same people that you 've helped will be always ready to return you the …show more content…
Too much work can exhaust you mentally and physically and that can literally be harmful for your personal life at home. So it is important that you maintain a proper work-life balance and give time to your friends and families. Even companies realize its importance and have policies that let employees work from home. So it is advisable to make use of such policies and try to work from home at least once a week so that yo can spend some quality time with your
I live by the quote, “I always feel happy. You know why? Because I don’t expect anything from anyone, Expectations always hurt… Life is short… So love your life… Be happy..
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My attributes of being active and competitive both help me feel happy all the time. This lets me give my all into everything I do. Many people say I cast a happy atmosphere onto everyone near me. Almost every day at work, I am always happy to be there and am always in a good mood. When most of my coworkers are tired and ready to go home, I have just happy to be there.
In his Ted-Talk “How to buy happiness”, Michael Norton (2011) states that happiness can be bought with money by giving it to other people. I fully agree with Norton. I received my first paycheck around Christmas last year and the first thing I bought with that money was a present for my mother. Christmas is a great example: giving and receiving gifts bonds everyone together, because it shows that we care about each other. Even helping someone you barely know is really satisfying, you did a good deed, it is good for your self-esteem.
In addition, employees who experience more positive emotions at work make greater contributions to organizational effectiveness and, when people are in a good mood, they are more sociable, less aggressive, and better able to recall positive information (Pinder, 1998). Also, those employees who are more positive possess higher confidence, optimism, self-efficacy, likability, and sociability, which in turn, making them more satisfied with their job and increases workplace achievement (Lyubormirsky, King, & Diner, 2005). Happy employees bring their happiness from the office to their home and they also transfer their happiness from their home to the office (Lyubormirsky et. al,
In my experience nothing, nothing at all feels better than the feelings after you have just volunteered your time or donated something to help someone. The feeling of making someone’s day and observing the bright smile on their face definitely makes me happy. Also with my experience, doing things I want to do is what makes me happy. I find happiness in running, getting away from the world for an hour, being able to clear my mind and just focus on the nature around me makes me happy. There are activities for everyone out there, no matter who you are to make you happy; you just have to get out and find them.
Based on the reflection of emotional intelligence case study on Kathy Smith, she is a experienced and competent project manager with ambitious, determined, confident and goal oriented. With the assigned of oversee a multimillion-dollar chemical plant construction project in southeast asia, she need to work with a team of local people. The working style of Kathy is top to down which is directive and performance-oriented. In my understanding of this case study, Kathy Smith is a person that lacks of cross cultural intelligence and competence. Despite experiencing problems with the team, she tend to persists in her own normal approach to work.
A wise mercenary once said, "Life is an endless series of train-wrecks with only brief, commercial-like breaks of happiness" (Deadpool). Happiness is believed to be the major component of a good life some people happen to disagree with that notion because people have jobs were they make a solid income they may not be happy but they have a good life outside of work, people tend to be more content then they are happy, and people's happiness can be just too short that it's a waste of energy to be happy. In William Saroyan's play "The Oyster and the Pearl," the school teacher, Miss. McCutcheon, goes to Harry, the local barber, for advice about what she should do: "One week at this school has knocked me for a loop.
I do think we are in control of our own happiness because I think the human controls how we feel on a day to day bases because of the actions we do so really I do think we control our own happiness just how we control our actions. So One example is our decisions that we do during the day make our happiness because if you start thinking about all this negative stuff you won't be happy therefore like say if your in school and all this negative stuff starts to happen you just got to deal with it because if you don't then that shows that your not a strong person inside and that any little thing will bother and will ruin your day and so if you just know how to deal with it and put it aside and not let it break your happiness then that shows that
Think of some favorite memories or objects: the first love, favorite pet, favorite foods, or maybe even a good vacation. What do all of these have in common? When recalled, these memories or objects bring a sense of happiness that makes one think fondly of these things. Happiness is an emotion that the human race strives for. As Schoch explains, “Happiness is...
As the saying goes, “A person cannot give something that he does not have.” For a person to be truly happy, he should imbibe it and be a role-model on how it is to be truly happy. One of the best ways for a person to do these things, is to be open enough to do good things as well. He should always remember that genuine goodness leads to true
Raising a child is full of surprises. No matter how many books, parenting forums, and Dr. Sears articles you read, nothing can completely prepare you for becoming a parent. If I could go back to before my daughter was born and tell myself what I didn’t know I would experience, this is what I would say. 1. Making a Baby Isn’t as Easy as It Sounds
How does someone know if they are truly happy? Much of society have come to associate happiness with the pursuits of personal pleasures or that which makes us “feels good”. When we feel good we display positive expression of emotions such as joy, laughter, kindness and fewer negative emotions such as anger, hate, and sadness. To some people our happiness is already determined through our genes. Some people seek happiness through money and material possessions.
Outline General Statement : Happiness is not the absence of problems as life would not be that perfect without problems; they are our guidelines so have the ability to expect them and deal with them. Problem statement : One of the social problems that we are facing nowadays is Divorce .
This will help the customers get a very best experience. An unhappy employee can become the reason to ruin the brand experience for the customers. Studies have also shown that people surrounded by happy people are more likely to be happy as well. So Good moods are contagious but same holds true for bad moods as well. So it is very important to create a positive and happy work environment for the employees so that they can give their hundred percent at work.