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建议 What Makes you Happy at Work
Choosing to be happy at work means avoiding negative conversations, gossip, and unhappy people as much as possible. No matter how positively you feel, negative people have a profound impact on your psyche. Happiness is largely a choice. I can hear many of you arguing with me, but it’s true.
“You get paid to do your job, not to like it,” seems to be the attitude of most managers and workplaces. What’s worse, employees seem to be willing participants in this arrangement. When I ask people what makes them happy at work, they rarely talk about the work itself - many tend to see it as a means to an end, rather than as something to enjoy.
You spend more time at work than with your family, friends, and hobbies combined. Hating your job is not an inconvenience, it’s a serious problem. It can cause stress and depression.
And yet, a job can be a tremendous source of happiness. It can give you success, victories, and professional and personal growth. It can let you contribute to something important. It can be a source of positive, meaningful relationships with both managers and co-workers. It can, in fact, be a lot of fun!
A young employee complained to me recently that she wanted to change jobs because her boss was not doing enough to help her develop professionally. I asked her whom she thought was the person most interested in her development. The answer, of course, was her. You are the person with the most to gain from continuing to develop professionally. Take charge of your own growth.
Employees fully expect to like their jobs. Few put up with bad management, stress, overwork, bullying, or anything else that makes us unhappy at work. What’s more, companies have a genuine commitment to their employees’ well-being.
Workers who love their jobs = more efficiency and innovation = more money. You may or may not love your current job and you may or may not believe that you can find something in your current job to love, but you can. Trust me. Take a look at yourself, your skills and interests, and find something that you can enjoy doing every day. If you do something you love every single day, your current job won’t seem so bad.”
Work should always be fun…. We all only have one life. A third of life is work. Without happiness and fun, work becomes hell.”
Some companies get it. That’s why Disney, Google, focus so intently on making their people happy at work. How do they do it?
Google gives their employees freedom to be creative, letting them devote 20 per cent of their working hours to projects of their own choosing. Also, Google’s dress code is “You must wear clothes”.
These efforts aren’t just about morale - they are a major reason for bottom-line success. We don’t have to choose between happiness and business success. Studies show that happy employees are more motivated, productive, innovative and engaged. In short: Happy companies make more money.
Other studies show that people who pursue the career they like, rather than the career they think will make them rich, are more likely to become millionaires.
Make no mistake: Happiness at work is on the march. It just seems that many people are stuck a little harder in the “work is unpleasant - that’s why we get paid to do it” mentality.
So my advice to managers and employees is this: Make happiness at work your top priority. It will make work more fun, it will make you happier in life, and it will make you more successful.
Your turn to talk now, what makes you happy at work, lets talk…
快乐地工作,快乐的工作
选择快乐地工作意味着要尽量避免消极的交谈，八卦和不开心的人。不管你感觉多积极，消极的人会对你的精神产生深刻的影响。快乐很大程度上是一个选择。我能听到很多人想反驳我，但这是真的。
“你拿薪水是为了干工作，不是爱工作，”似乎是大多数经理和公司的态度。更糟的是，雇员似乎乐意在这样的安排中行事。当我问他们是什么使他们工作时感到快乐，他们很少谈论工作本身—很多人是为了工作而工作，而不是享受工作。
你在工作上花的时间比家庭，朋友，爱好上加起来的还多。讨厌你的工作就不止是小菜了，而是个很严重的问题。这会导致压力和抑郁。
然而，工作可以是快乐的主要源头。它能给你成功、胜利、个人和专业成长。它能让你为重要的东西付出。它是与上司和同事建立积极有用的关系的途径。事实上，它可以很有趣。
最近有个年轻的职员向我抱怨，她想换工作，因为她的老板没有做足帮她提升专业素养的工作。我问她，她认为谁才是对她本人发展最感兴趣的人。答案当然是她本人。你是不断提升专业素质时收获最大的那个人。对你自己的成长负责吧。
职员都希望能喜欢上自己的工作。几乎每人提到差劲的管理、压力、加班或其他东西使我们工作时不快乐。更甚的是，公司对其雇员的福利有真诚的承诺。
热爱工作的人=更有效率，更有创意＝更高的薪水。你也许爱或不爱你现在的工作；你也许相信或不信你能从现在的工作中找到喜欢的东西；但你可以。相信我。看看你自己，你的技能和兴趣，找到你每天都喜欢做的事。如果你每一天都做自己喜欢的事，你现在的工作看来还不错。
工作应该一直是有趣的…。我们都只能活一回。三分之一的生命是工作。没有快乐和趣味的工作会变成地狱。”
有的公司明白这个道理。这就是为什么迪士尼、谷歌非常注重让雇员快乐地工作。他们怎么做的呢？
谷歌给雇员自由来发挥创意，让他们自愿抽出20％的工作时间来做项目。还有，谷歌的着装要求是“你必须穿衣服。
这些努力不止是跟精神有关—它们是靠近成功的一个主要原因。我们没必要在快乐和生意成功间做选择。研究表明，快乐的员工更积极，更高产，更创新，更投入。简而言之：快乐的公司赚更多钱。
还有研究显示，追求自己喜欢的职业的人比追求能赚钱职业的人更有可能成为百万富翁。
别犯错了：快乐地工作在进行中。很多人似乎受“工作不是舒服的—这是为什么我们要拿薪水来干活”的思想毒害已深。
因此，我给经理和职员的建议是：让快乐工作成为你的首要任务。这会令工作更有趣，让你活得更快乐，使你更成功。
