By Career Success for Newbies
Can someone really strive to be happy at work? I mean after all, it is called work. Is work supposed to deliver happiness to us? I believe work can deliver happiness and you can strive to be happy at work.
Entirely possible. I have seen people who are happier at work than anywhere else. And they are perfectly healthy people. Here are 6 Tips to Be Happy at Work.
1. Stop Complaining
I think one of the biggest obstacles to people being happy at work is really due to all the complaining. Add to it all the gossips and rumors, it makes a very difficult environment to try to build some joy and happiness. I suggest, tough as it may be, avoid complaining. In fact, stop complaining. When you distance yourself from negativity, you will quite naturally be happy at work. Or at least, feel a little happier.
Don’t feel the need to complain as though it will resolve the issue. If you need to, discuss the challenge. Then find a way to diffuse it. Otherwise, I suggest you just stop. Resist complaining.
2. Build Affinity
What does this mean? Humans are social animals. We need others to connect. Learn to relate to others not just on the professional end but also on the personal side as well. Who knows? You may share some common interests with your colleagues and work suddenly becomes interesting. There are common topics to talk about.
3. Look for Connections
Sometimes you may not know it, but you may feel unhappy at work because you do not really know your role within the bigger organization. Look for connections and try to understand your work. Where do you fit in within your company? How do you contribute to the profits of the company? Look for these connections and keep learning new things. When you understand the bigger picture, you will understand your role and hence feel happy at work.
4. What Is Work to You?
Work means different things to different people. What does work mean to you? Is it something that puts bread on the table and that’s all? Or do you look to work to fulfill other aspects of your life? Try to understand what your relationship with work is, if you want to feel happy at work.
5. Know Your Destination
Where do you want to be? How does this contribute to your goals? Give yourself a goal. When you feel unhappy, you can always remind yourself of the bigger goal and how what you are doing now contributes to it. Seeing your goal and how work contributes to it can make you happy at work.
6. Learn to Accept and Manage Disappointments
Learn to accept and manage disappointments with people and with work. Nothing is perfect and situations are always in a flux. Not just at work, but everything else too. So, don’t be too attached to the idea that you should be happy at work. Strive to be happy, but if sometimes that is not possible, learn to accept that it is a fact of life.
You can obtain happiness at work. I believe the secret is in understanding your role, your relationship with work, how you relate to people and how willing you are to be nice and stop complaining. Above and beyond that, learn to be accept that disappointments come and go.
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