Tuesday, 8 September 2009

specify happiness

I was at an event yesterday where a group of people were establishing goals for themselves at work. Some big targets had already been set by their organisation so this was considering how to operate within those.

I proposed that we specified "more happiness, more often, at work" and was taken aback when this was received with nervous giggles .... not from everyone of course but some people in the room were obviously a bit unconfortable with the idea.

Nevertheless discussion followed and before too long suggestions were made about how some things might be changed to create more happiness.

We could have addressed the same issues by considering what annoys us at work or what causes stress but I think that would have led to us thinking about the negatives and possibly getting stuck in in a group moan.

As it was the focus was on positive change; on accepting that things in our working lives don't always bring happiness but more happiness is usually within reach. ..... and an example of such a change ?

Ensuring that the right people are doing the right things at the right time .......

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