If you rate the value of your current job, the perfect score is ten. How many points would you give?
If you rate your interest in your current job, the full score is ten. What would you say?
If you rate the happiness of your work, the perfect score is ten. What would you say?
I won't let you raise your hand to answer, lest you be embarrassed. If you score below 7 in one of them, I recommend you to read the book I want to say:
The subtitle of "Happy Workplace" is "Tossing your work into what you want".
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We usually think that unhappy jobs have something to do with this.
Stress, right? We think that stress will kill cells, destroy DNA, make us sick and so on.
The United States once conducted a survey and asked respondents "the state of stress" and "Do you think stress is harmful?". After eight years of investigation, it was found that the risk of death of some people under high pressure really increased by 43%.
However, the increased risk of death only applies to those who think that stress is harmful to health.
In other words, stress itself will not kill people, but "stress plus the belief that pressure is harmful" will kill people.
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Thinking mode, that is, the way we look at and understand the world, is the key to people's happiness.
Many successful entrepreneurs and state leaders should be under no less pressure than ordinary people. But they can still laugh at life and take it easy. They turned pressure into motivation and mission.
It's getting hotter and hotter now, and it's really embarrassing that a middle-aged uncle like Mr. Zhao Can's belly is no longer covered by a thick coat.
I also want to lose weight, but it's too difficult. Is there a way for us to lose weight just by thinking about losing weight? The answer is yes.
A psychologist at Columbia University once did a study on "You can lose weight if you think about it".
We know that cleaning the hotel is very hard and consumes a lot of calories every day, but many hotel waiters have not lost weight because of it.
So, psychologists did an experiment and told these waiters that their work was equivalent to exercise, and put labels on luggage carts and vacuum cleaners. For example, cleaning the bathroom 15 minutes will consume 60 calories and so on.
A month later, these waiters lost weight and became happier at work.
The only thing they changed was their concept, which really achieved the effect of taking work as exercise to lose weight.
The heart is heaven, but the mind is hell. The mode of thinking is so magical.
Your thinking determines your behavior, and your behavior will bring you the desired results.
To improve one's sense of happiness in the workplace, one should regard work as a kind of learning and growth, not a burden and a burden.
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What else does happiness in the workplace have to do with?
When I first came to Changzhou, I joined a large American listed company. I am the youngest professional manager in the department and an elite returnee. I am also an MBA student, and I am in high spirits.
Before long, another manager came to the department. After 80, he is handsome and capable, and is deeply loved by leaders.
You see, people are younger than me, and their values crush me. They entered the company later than me and were promoted faster than me. The key is to hear that the salary is much higher than mine.
Now, I'm not calm. Why? !
You see, if you want to be unhappy, compare with others!
Wang Xiaobo once said: All human sufferings are essentially anger at their incompetence. Only 10% of people's pain comes from their own misfortune, and the remaining 90% comes from comparison with others. So, how can we be happy?
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Is to face the reality and compare with yourself.
Look at yourself today, whether you are more mature and progressive than yesterday; Tomorrow's self will be more exciting and richer than today.
There is a classic book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, which puts forward the concepts of "circle of influence" and "attention circle".
Circle of influence is something you can control and influence. Like what to wear today? Do you work hard?
The circle of concern is something you care about but can't influence. For example, Lao Wang next door raised his salary, who Trump hooked up with, and who Hongmao medicinal liquor fought with recently.
Put your time and energy into circle of influence, and you will be happy, because you can control it. Paying too much attention to the circle of concern will make you angry, unhappy and, of course, unhappy in the end ~
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Happiness in the workplace is also related to self-awareness, so you should find your own meaning in life.
There are three ultimate questions in a person's life: Who are you? Where are you from? Where are you going? This is also a question that our community security guards ask every day.
I have been doing technical management work in the workplace since I was a science student in primary school. I once had an affair with a group of foreign technical experts who were nominated for the Nobel Prize.
Although this brings me honor and a sense of accomplishment, I know very well in my heart that this is not my favorite job and my ability is limited.
Just like you let a pig climb a tree, how can a pig be happy?
Gradually, I became the "third class" in the company: waiting for work, waiting for salary, waiting for vacation.
I am not reconciled. I don't want to live a life of "dying at 3 0 and being buried at 80".
35-year-old, through continuous study, reading, learning from books, learning from others, exploring my interests, abilities, values, and re-understanding myself.
It can be said that reading has changed me; Let me make up my mind to give up my well-paid job and become an entrepreneur in the cultural field.
Although this is a hard job, I can do what I like every day, spread culture, help others and feel the happiness brought by work by sharing the good books I have read.
Therefore, "the meaning of work" is an essential element of happiness in the workplace.
Only when a person finds meaning from his existing job, or finds a meaningful job, can he give full play to his internal driving force and work and live actively and happily.
Finally, to sum up, the book Happiness in the Workplace tells us:
If you have a good thinking mode, always compare with yourself, influence what you can master, and constantly explore yourself, find the meaning in your work, and toss your work into what you want.
Then, your workplace happiness score will definitely improve.
Finally, I want to send you a word: You think "happiness" is a cloud in the horizon, but in fact, he lives next door to you, waiting for you to knock at the door.