Monday, May 11, 2020
Some more quotes from my book - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog
Some more quotes from my book - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Here are some more quotable quotes from my new book Happy Hour is 9 to 5. The uncontested, number-one reason why people are unhappy at work is bad management. Nothing has more power to turn a good work situation bad than a bad boss. Some managers steadfastly refuse to acknowledge that they?re bad leaders, or even revel in the fact that they make people unhappy at work. These managers are usually beyond helping and may never learn and improve. Get away from them as fast as you can. Let?s once and for all drop the cult of overwork and realize that it?s not the hours that count?it?s the results. More hours DO NOT equate to better results. If you feel constantly behind and neglected, are being treated unfairly, ignored or bullied, or are going through large changes and fearing for the future, you can become stressed from working 40 hours a week. Or even 20. If this is the case, working less will not help at all. What?s more, you can?t fight stress?fighting stress just creates more stress. Just 50 years ago people had many sources of identity. Religion, class, nationality, political affiliation, family roots, and geographical and cultural origins all went into defining who we are. Today most of these, if not all, have been subsumed by work. When you meet someone at a party, what?s the first question you typically ask them? Exactly: ?So, what do you do???? What is the point of spending most of your life at a job that doesn?t make you happy? What would you feel like, lying on your deathbed, having achieved all the traditional signs of success?a huge house, flatscreen TVs in every room, lots of cars, a huge salary, a lofty title and a corner office?if your career never made you happy? We don?t have to sacrifice happiness for the sake of success?a depressingly common assumption these days. In fact, the opposite is true: The happier you are, the more successful you will be. So, according to our cultural roots, work is a curse, a punishment for original sin, and only for slaves. In short, life is hell?or ?nasty, brutish and short,??? as Hobbes put it?work is hell, and we must endure it because we?re all sinners. It?s time to put that particular view of work behind us! You can read the whole book free on line or buy it on paper ($29) or as a pdf ($19). Previous quotes from my book. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related
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