Are You Happy at Work?

The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.
-- Francoise de Motteville

Google, the number-one-ranked company in last year's poll, may be the best place to work but it is not one of the top 50 happiest places to work. According to CareerBliss Hilton Worldwide and its 130,000 employees tops the 2012 survey for the happiest company.

You may not be working in one of the top 50 happiest companies, but you can create your own happiness at work.    Here are the things that you can do to be happy at the workplace:

·         Start a new day right: Wake up and get up early with the right frame of mind. Look forward to a new day with eagerness. It is a brand new day; you can make a happy difference in your life when you decide to be so. Take along happiness to work.

·         Project a happy image: It is easy to be happy at work. Just dress your best to project a professional image. Always wear a smile and acknowledge and greet others you meet. When you are lighthearted, you influence others to be happy too.

·         Be excited: Do you enjoy what you do? Be excited and enthusiastic about your work. Your passion to work your best is one sure way to be happy at work.  

I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.
-- Walter Chrysler

·         Be positive: Is your attitude positive? Positive thinking reacts to events with an open mind. They welcome changes, they enjoy learning new things. They welcome problems to stretch their mind.

Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.
-- Colleen C. Barrett

·         Be organized: Working orderly is the best assurance of happiness at work. You work according to your plan and you know you will get the results as expected.

·         Be productive: Smart people are happy people because they are creative to find the most efficient and effective way to do their best work. The happier they are, the more they will be able to simplify their work to achieve excellence.  

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. -Pearl S. Buck

·         Be responsible: Happy people are responsible people. They take pride in what they do because they take the pain to produce quality work. Their work is their brand. They are happy and proud of their reputation.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
-- Henry Ford

·         Be confident: To be happy at work is to know your job well. Be competent so that others can count on you. Continuous learning is the way to sustain your competency and build self-confidence. Happiness is knowing that you can get the job done no matter what.

·         Be motivated: You may be praised from time to time for doing a good job. How do you encourage yourself to excel in your work? Set challenging goals and monitor your progress. Reward yourself each time your performance meets with success. Motivation creates happiness and propels you to work harder and achieve more.  

 Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy with what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.
-- Johnny Carson

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