By Maynard Brusman
Happiness at Work
Many people today live hectic and stress-filled lives. Finding a balance between work and life and having a career with purpose and meaning is a challenge.
In the increasingly demanding world we all face; many people desire to achieve professional success, a fulfilling life, and true happiness. However, achieving both their personal and professional goals sometimes proves to be elusive. Many people report being unhappy with the choices they have made and desire a different future.
Most of us are so busy trying to juggle so many balls that we fail to focus on what matters most. We live in the past or future and don't savor the present moments that bring us joy and fulfillment.
You have made a major investment in your career. You've earned the right to both career success and a happy personal life. To be happy, requires knowledge about how to achieve happiness (wisdom and hard work) and taking small action steps.
The following are proven tips that can help you achieve your goal to be a happy.
1. Maintain a balance between your professional and personal life.
2. Express gratitude to others.
3. Create positive and collaborative interpersonal relationships.
4. Enthusiasm and happiness are highly correlated.
5. Focus on strengths and ask for 360-degree feedback.
6. Seek rewards other than money.
7. There is no relationship between money and happiness.
8. Develop and maintain a supportive network of close relationships.
9. Create a personal purpose/mission statement aligned with your values.
10. Care about character in your professional relationships.
In order to change habits and become happy requires experimenting with new behaviors. Choose one or two of the following to practice each week.
1. Count your blessings every day.
2. Take an inventory of your life and express gratitude for all the good in it.
3. Engage in five intentional acts of kindness each week.
4. Use your top strengths in new ways.
5. Focus on when you are at your best and which strengths you used.
2. Take an inventory of your life and express gratitude for all the good in it.
3. Engage in five intentional acts of kindness each week.
4. Use your top strengths in new ways.
5. Focus on when you are at your best and which strengths you used.
Happiness is clearly an option. It takes closing the door to whatever is not working in your life, and opening the door to a life where you can realize your fullest potential.
A coach might ask you the following question. How would you respond? What makes you happy? When were you happiest? How did you become happy?
Are you working in a professional services firm or other organization where executive coaches provide leadership development for positive leaders? Does your organization provide executive coaching to help leaders create a culture where people are happy? Leaders at all levels need to improve their emotional intelligence and social intelligence skills.
One of the most powerful questions you can ask yourself is "How can I become more happy at work?" Emotionally intelligent and socially intelligent organizations provide executive coaching for leaders to create happy companies.
Working with a seasoned executive coach and leadership consultant trained in emotional intelligence and incorporating assessments such as the Bar-On EQ-I, CPI 260 and Denison Culture Survey can help you become more happy at work. You can become a leader who models emotional intelligence and social intelligence, and who inspires people to become fully engaged with the vision, mission and strategy of your company or law firm.
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