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Maximizing your work happiness should be the theme of your working life. Happiness creates success. When you stop putting in the hours and start extracting joy from work, you'll be successful.
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Hard, Fun and Beautiful – Holiday Hangover Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now – The Hard, The Fun and The Beautiful – Holiday Hangover Edition) Last week Thanksgiving came and went. There was family, almost half a work week and now I’m back to a grueli...
Work Happy Tip – It’s Time to Treat Your Co-workers
So you probably work closely with co-workers and/or clients. They’ve come to expect the usual things. We all do. So now is the time to surprise them with a treat. Last year I had a co-worker who baked a whole mess load of cupcakes. She didn’t jus...
Be One With Your Work
I’ve been playing with drawing in relation to work happiness. I’ve found that there are parts of me hidden within a pencil that don’t come out on the keyboard. I’ve been messing with this medium on and off for about 12 years,...
The Secrets to Workplace Leadership
I shared a drink with a friend who manages a team of five people. He was wondering how people’s moods can fluctuate in such a broad range, which affects the quality of their work. One of his employees is always up and down. He is engaged with his w...
Hard Fun and Beautiful – Ripped Web Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now – The Hard, The Fun and The Beautiful – Ripped Web Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. This week has been uneventful....
How Your Company Can Bring the Fun Back
We’re afraid of having fun because we might get caught by our boss. The dreaded Fired hangs over us like a dark cloud. So we quietly go about our work trying to stay under the radar. The problem with this method of working is that our confidence ta...
The Hard, The Fun, and The Beautiful – Puffy Smile Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now – The Hard, The Fun and The Beautiful – Puffy Smile Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. Connecting with like minded p...
When Do You Decide Whether or Not You are Happy at Work?
When you just got a raise? When you had a fight with a co-worker? When a client tears you a new one because they had a bad day? When you completed a tough project? When you slept 4 hours the night before? There are so many ways to judge our happines...
Hard, Fun, and the Beautiful – Before it Gets Cold Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now - Hard Fun and The Beautiful – Before it Gets Cold Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. Whenever I go away I can see time s...
Hard Fun and The Beautiful – Looking Forward Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now - Hard Fun and The Beautiful – Beautiful Brain Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. When we gaze off and zone out there are ...
How to Enjoy Staying Late at Work
I remember one winter a few years ago when I had to stay a few hours later at work. It was dark by 5pm. My co-worker also had to stay late. Nothing but grumbling came out of his mouth. That could have easily been me, but there was one difference. I f...
Happy at Work Action Day is Here
We are celebrating happiness at work on a Monday. I know it’s tough getting the motivation flowing. That’s why I chose October 5th. It’s the first Monday in October, during that time of year when most of the northern hemisphere is struggling wi...
Hard, Fun and The Beautiful – Beautiful Brain Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now - Hard Fun and The Beautiful – Beautiful Brain Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. This week has been more positive than n...
21 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Every Monday
It’s not the answers that you receive that bring you happiness; it’s the questions that you ask. The question must come before the answer. If you are looking for the answers on how to enjoy a tough project, they won’t come. You are searching fo...
Hard Fun and The Beautiful – The Rain Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now - Hard Fun and The Beautiful – The Rain Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. This week has been a doozie. Now that I’m lo...
Hard Fun and the Beautiful – Dog Paws Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now - Hard Fun and The Beautiful – Dog Paws Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. This week showed me a lot about who I am and wh...
Team Building Activity – Hint – Colorful Balls
Jeff Sloan, co-founder of Start-up Nation, talked at a Microsoft conference about creating your own business. He is a serial entrepreneur of electronics and various other media. Jeff and his brother were promoting one of their gadgets at a conference...
Do You Conference?
Lately I’ve been thinking about conferences. I was contacted by Texas Text Book Conference for a quote on a work happiness keynote speech. They are interested in the work happiness concept. Even if they don’t hire me, I know that work happiness i...
Career Renegade Interview
As always, I’m trying to bring as many perspectives about work happiness to you that I possibly can. Jonathan Fields of Career Renegade is a friend who I met at SxSW and he is also a wonderful writer. I reviewed his book and took away a ton of grea...
Save Money and Boost Energy at Work
This is a guest post by Nathalie Lussier of The Raw Foods Witch Do you feel tired, unnecessarily distracted, or just frustrated at work? What if it were possible to change the way you feel about your work by changing the way your body operates at wo...
Wine Company is Buzzing about Work Happy Now
I love a forward thinking company. Artesano is definitely that. They are making honey (mead) wine from start to finish. They make everything from scratch. They let the bees make the honey (Yes, they have their own bee farm in Vermont). They believe i...
10 Part eCourse to a Happier and More Successful You
You probably have arrived at work on a Monday, sighed and trudged through your day. This is what a lot of us do because that’s what we’ve been taught. We torture ourselves so we can save enough money to be happy. Work doesn’t need to feel this ...
Relax at Work
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now - Relax at Work) Have you ever been in a stressful situation and wondered how you can relax with your work? Many of us try to push to get stuff done only to feel stressed out and exhaus...
Netflix Company Culture - Freedom & Responsibility
Netflix believes in creating a culture that supports Freedom and Responsibility. They don’t promote to placate or keep people around out of loyalty. They know they have to make people happy and in order to do that they need to challenge and eng...
27 Reasons You Are Lucky to Have a Job
There are times when you may not like your job. We’ve all been there. During these tough times, we need to appreciate what we have. There are a lot of people out of work who wish that they had a job on which focus their energy. I have a few friends...
Use Your Time Off
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now) Your time off from work is probably underutilized. You may use it to run errands or tie up loose ends, but you should be using it for your mental and physical health. A stressed out you ...
Feeling Comfortable in Your Skin
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now) I’ve repeatedly made the mistake of letting one problem bring me down. There are always 1,000 other things we can focus on. Enjoying a difficult relationship at work is not easy, ...
Have Fun and Be Weird
(Can’t see the video? Then click here and try watching it at Work Happy Now) Too many of us get caught up in what our co-workers think of us, instead of letting loose and being a little weird. Zappos has ten values in place, one of which is “...
How do I make my people happy?
So you want an atmosphere that encourages great work? Don’t we all. Most bosses and managers talk a good game, but they don’t create a plan to make it happen. Almost every CEO I worked for always talked about the importance of their people, but t...
The Effects of Fast Food
(Can’t see the video? Then click here and try watching it at Work Happy Now) Fast food is a energy killer. I feel grumpy and lethargic after I eat fast food. The salt, grease, and preservatives can bring even the strongest person down. Your...
