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10 REASONS WHY HAPPINESS AT WORK IS THE ULTIMATE PRODUCTIVITY BOOSTER
Here
are the 10 most important reasons why happiness
at work is
the #1 productivity booster.
1:
Happy people work better with others
Happy
people are a lot more fun to be around and consequently have
better relations at work. This
translates into: .
Better
teamwork with your colleagues
Better
employee relations if you’re a manager
More
satisfied customers if you’re in a service job
Improved
sales if you’re a sales person
2:
Happy people are more creative
If
your productivity depends on being able to come up with new ideas,
you need to be happy at work.
If
people are in a good mood on a given day, they’re more likely to
have creative ideas that day, as well as the next day, even if we
take into account their mood that next day.
There
seems to be a cognitive process that gets set up when people are
feeling good that leads to more flexible, fluent, and original
thinking, and there’s actually a carryover, an incubation effect,
to the next day.
3:
Happy people fix problems instead of complaining about them
When
you don’t like your job, every molehill looks like a mountain. It
becomes difficult to fix any problem without agonizing over it or
complaining about it first. When you’re happy at work and you run
into a snafu – you just fix it.
4:
Happy people have more energy
Happy
people have more energy and are therefore more efficient at
everything they do.
5:
Happy people are more optimistic
Happy
people have a more positive, optimistic outlook, and as research
shows, optimists are way more successful and productive. It’s the
old saying “Whether you believe you can or believe you can’t,
you’re probably right” all over again.
6:
Happy people are way more motivated
Low
motivation means low productivity, and the only sustainable, reliable
way to be motivated at work is to be happy and like what you do.
7:
Happy people get sick less often
Getting
sick is a productivity killer and if you don’t like your job you’re
more prone to contract a long list of diseases including ulcers,
cancer and diabetes. You’re also more prone to workplace stress and
burnout.
One
study assessed the impact of job strain on the health of 21,290
female nurses in the US and found that the women most at risk of ill
health were those who didn’t like their jobs. The impact on their
health was a great as that associated with smoking and sedentary
lifestyles.
8:
Happy people learn faster
When
you’re happy and relaxed, you’re much more open to learning new
things at work and thereby increasing your productivity.
9:
Happy people worry less about making mistakes – and consequently
make fewer mistakes
When
you’re happy at work the occasional mistake doesn’t bother you
much. You pick yourself up, learn from it and move on. You also don’t
mind admitting to others that you screwed up – you simply take
responsibility, apologize and fix it. This relaxed attitude means
that less mistakes are made, and that you’re more likely to learn
from them.
10:
Happy people make better decisions
Unhappy
people operate in permanent crisis mode. Their focus narrows, they
lose sight of the big picture, their survival instincts kick in and
they’re more likely to make short-term, here-and-now choices.
Conversely, happy people make better, more informed decisions and are
better able to prioritize their work.
The
upshot
Think
back to a situation where you felt that you were at peak performance.
A situation where your output was among the highest and best it’s
ever been. I’m willing to bet that you were working at something
that made you happy. Something that you loved doing.
There’s
a clear link between happiness at work and productivity. This only
leaves the question of causation: Does being productive make us happy
or does being happy make us productive? The answer is, of course,
yes! The link goes both ways.
But
the link is strongest from happiness to productivity – which means
that it if you want to be more productive, the very best thing you
can do is focus on being happy with what you do?
So
how do you get to be happy at work? There are two ways, really:
Get
happy in the job you have. There are about a million things you can
do to improve your work situation – provided you choose to do
something, rather than wait for someone else to come along and do it
for you.
Find
a new job where you can be happy. If your current job is not
fixable, don't wait– move on now!
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