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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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Work Happy Tip – Remember 3 Good Things
There will be days when there seems like nothing is going well. The back pain is flairing, the co-worker next to you finds it funny when he is a little extra annoying, and you can’t seem to get anything done (constantly interrupted). A few weeks ag...
January Theme of the Month – Relaxing With My Work
Two weeks ago I did a theme of the week: “More Listening, Less Talking.” It forced me to really listen to what people are saying to me instead of interrupting people before they are done. My main weakness during that week was that I really wanted...
Hard, Fun and Beautiful – Backyard Sledding Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now – Hard, Fun and Beautiful – Backyard Sledding Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. If life was just about dealing wit...
What About Me – Cartoon
We can’t forget about our own needs. The only way we will be truly happy is if we express our needs to the people in our lives. If they don’t know how to help us become happy then they will never even care to do so. *Are you on Twitter?...
How to Deal with Goals You Don’t Reach
The winner for the Happy at Work Action Day contest is in. S/he will be announced at the end of this blog post. I have a confession. I wanted Happy at Work Action Day to be a big/huge/life changing success. I wanted hundreds of people to join in. Ove...
Hard, Fun and Beautiful – Dancing Delight Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now – Hard, Fun and Beautiful – Dancing Delight Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. As the year begins to wrap up (no pu...
Theme of the Week – More Listening Less Talking
I’m changing up my Monday post to see if we can’t shake things up a little bit. I’ve been struggling with 30 day challenges. They work well on tangible things like no sugar for thirty days, but when dealing with social aspects of wo...
Hard, Fun and Beautiful – Team Work Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now – Hard, Fun and Beautiful – Team Work Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. There were so many great responses from la...
Work Happy Tip – Lucky Pen
So you probably carry around a gnarly looking rabbits foot whenever you have a big meeting. You know, that memento from 9th grade that has patches of bald spots all around it from you rubbing it too much. Right? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Oh, you pro...
How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed
So you’re stressed out and you have too much to complete. What do you do? Usually someone does the opposite of what they should really do. They try to rush through to get as much done as possible without being aware of their body signals. This is a...
Hard, Fun and Beautiful – Addition by Subtraction Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now – The Hard, The Fun and The Beautiful – God Hugging Butterflies Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. Encouraging myse...
9 Bold Tips to Work Place Happiness
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Tess Marshall of The Bold Life. According Deepak Chopra, a senior scientist for the Gallop poll: 29% of employed people in the U.S. are happy, passionate and take interest in their work. They are passionate...
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...
What Hidden Emotional Anchors are Holding You Back?
When you are happy you are confident. You make choices that give you a better chance at success. Don’t let the fear of making a mistake take over. Pulling up your emotional anchors and letting the “happy you” sail is hard. “Some people are af...
Hard, Fun and Beautiful – God Hugging Butterflies Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now – The Hard, The Fun and The Beautiful – God Hugging Butterflies Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. This week was fi...
Need an Edge Up on Your Career?
You want that promotion? You need to wow your employer. You want to land that client? You need to impress them. That’s why I asked Frances Cole Jones for an interview. I read her book “The Wow Factor,” and I knew that a podcast would be a good ...
Hard, Fun and Beautiful – Red Skin Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now – The Hard, The Fun and The Beautiful – Red Skin Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. Dealing with negative emotions ...
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,...
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....
Nothing is 100%
This past Saturday I was going to take all day to work on my book. I woke up early, did some Yoga and was all set to go. I sat down in my office chair, opened the document up and stretched my neck a little, then jotted down a quick note into my calen...
The Hard, The Fun, and The Beautiful – Double Whammy Edition
(Can’t see the video? Then try watching it at Work Happy Now – The Hard, The Fun and The Beautiful – Double Whammy Edition) Where we are free to talk about the hard, the fun, and the beautiful of our work week. My brain has been cloudy th...
5 STEPS to Success
Sid Hurlbert is a renowned public speaker, who teaches the art of “What to say & How to say it” using his STEPS method. When I first heard of Sid I had no idea who he was, but after reading his website, talking to him in person, and attending...
Unconventional Guide to Self Acceptance
This post was inspired by Chris Guillebeau’s Unconventional Writing Contest. What holds you back from accomplishing your dreams? If you could pin down the one thing that is keeping you from reaching your most glorious dreams where you travel li...
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...
Office Dilemma – Clocking in a Co-worker
From the comments on this blog and the emails I’ve received I can see that we have some experienced workers who know their way around the office. I have a scenario that I’ve been pondering. One of your co-workers walks up to you at the end of the...
5 Reasons to Stop Trying to be Perfect
Perfection can kill the motivation of the brightest minds. Some people just want every detail to be perfect. I think perfection is for losers. When you try so hard to make everything perfect, you bind your creativity. Instead of putting out something...
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...
Who Do You Admire at Work?
The person who is engaged with his/her work and works hard to finish projects? or The person who makes everything look easy? or The person who gets paid too much to do nothing? or The person who seems so smooth that s/he glides across the floor? By n...
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 ...
