Just Imagine the other way…

You wake up early on Monday morning and feel it’s going to be a wonderful week. You are going to have one full week of fun, happiness & productivity at work without getting stressed.You eagerly look forward to work with your boss, co-workers, colleagues whom you admire a lot etc.

You are ready to make a positive difference in everybody’s life out there at work-spot. Best part is you come happily & satisfied to spend quality time with your family & kids.

WOW! Amazing way to balance work & life.

So, the key question here, why be happy at work? What’s in it for me…

Because happyness@work ensures

•     More drive and motivation.
•     Have clear sense of direction
•     Better relations with co-workers
•     More success
•     More creativity and good ideas
•     More energy
•      Better health
•      Less stress
•     Much more fun
•     More meaning & purpose in work
•    Achieving desired results
•    More positive experiences than negative experiences
•    More grateful and not carry grudges on the past events or people
•    Become more optimistic
•      You Talk, act & behave in ways which promotes performance & happiness
•     More happy feeling about the workplace

And it’s not just good for people.

Global Organizations have understood the importance of inner well-being & happiness at the work-spot. More and more businesses are finding that things go better with happiness and that happy companies have:

• Higher productivity—happy people achieve better results.•

Higher quality—because happy employees care about quality.

• Lower absenteeism—people actually want to go to work.

• Less stress and burnout—happy people are less prone to stress.

• The best people—people want to work for happy companies.

• Higher sales—happy people are the best salespeople.

• Higher customer satisfaction—happy employees are the best basis for good service.

• More creativity and innovation—happy people are more creative.

• More adaptability—happy people are much more adaptive and open to change.

• Better stock performance and higher profits—for all of the above reasons.

Simply put: Happy companies are more efficient and make more money. And they make people happy, which is of course a goal in itself.

Now, ask yourself

Take this simple self assessment survey to find your happiness levels at work-spot.

Instructions: Use this survey to assess your performance and happiness in your current work place on the dimensions cited below. Rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 (“10″ being the highest or “very true”) for each dimension.

© Copyright, 2007, Charles D. Kerns, PhD

Score of 8 or above indicates higher performance & happiness levels. Score of 5 or below indicates opportunity for development or change.

Action Plan:

From today on-wards, let’s follow this simple technique.

Before you leave office, take a sheet of paper(or even on your comp), list down 5-10 good things that happened on that day. Talking nice to your colleagues, had a healthy or sumptuous lunch, got a new sale, solved an issue, making a deadline, successful client servicing, able to inspire one colleague, appreciated somebody & felt happy etc.

You can maintain this as a happiness log or happyness@work journal also. Since many of us have the tendency to remember the negative experience, it’s better to remember the positive one by writing in this journal.

Writing at-least 5 good things means, 100 in a month & 1200 positive things in one full year. This list will pep you up, motivate you and above you will surely even help you during half-yearly or annual appraisals.

Remember, the last 5 minutes of every single work day will determine your happiness at work.

Remember,