HAPPINESS AT WORK

It’s obvious that happiness plays a key role in our lives.

A study of over 250,000 people found that happiness leads to many
positive benefits, including:

HIGHER INCOME MORE PRODUCTIVITY HIGHER ENERGY BETTER RELATIONSHIPS BETTER HEALTH

Surprisingly, it’s not success that causes

happiness, but being happy that tends
to lead to success. Studies have identified
three common factors that can increase AUTONOMY
our happiness at work—and in life.

PURPOSE MASTERY

AUTONOMY

Employees with autonomy—whether managing

their own time or deciding what they work on
and when—have greater job satisfaction and
report more fulfilling lives.
AUTONOMY IS 20 TIMES BETTER THAN INCOME AT PREDICTING HAPPINESS.

People with high income but little autonomy are

usually much less happy than people with low
income but control over what they do.

Finding ways to control your work with time-management

skills and productivity tools can bring peace to your
schedule and happiness to your job.

Lumberjack was the worst job of 2014

PURPOSE in America due to low pay, high danger

and dwindling job opportunities.

abcdef 4 We want to feel that we matter and that we

make a difference. Data from 11,000 U.S. workers
+2 showed that the strongest predictor of meaning-
fulness at work was the belief that the job had a
positive impact on others.

There is a direct brain-based link between

Helping Others Happiness

Finding meaning in what you do gives longterm inner satisfaction.

MASTERY

One common habit of people who are

happy at work is that they identify their
strengths and skills and are committed to
continuously improving as a lifetime goal.

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SOURCES:
http://sonjalyubomirsky.com/wp-content/themes/sonjalyubomirsky/papers/BLinpressb.pdf
http://www.hrgrapevine.com/markets/hr/article/2014-04-16-lumberjack-named-worst-job-of-2014#.U0544vldWv0
http://www.fastcompany.com/3045979/know-it-all/7-habits-of-people-who-are-happy-at-work
http://www.lynda.com/articles/online-learning-employee-engagement