New York City lowered crime by creating an external image that subconsciously signaled people to stop breaking the law. Simple measures such as scrubbing off or painting over the graffiti in the subway made people feel like they were in a safer environment and they acted accordingly. This is Malcolm Gladwell's theory from the book …
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I’ll be in Iceland all next week for a work happy conference. Just kidding. But I will bring back some juicy tidbits about how the Icelanders work. So tune into WorkHappyNow at the end of April to learn a few tips on working happier from some of the happiest people on earth. (quote from travel …
Employees get in sticky situations with customers because of various reasons. When the customer complains the manager brings the employees into their office to reprimand them. This has happened to me and millions of other employees. This happens because of two reasons: Manager fails to listen to the employee’s explanation The employee fails to …
Most of my earlier working life had been a struggle. I swung between complicated and simple perspectives, hardly ever straddling the middle. I was afraid to let go of my limited view because I thought that if I just simplified my work I would be happy. A simple life is good, but there will always …
The first company that I worked for spent $4,000 on the annual Christmas party. It was usually enjoyable and posh, but forgettable. It was forgettable was because it was usually held at a nice restaurant and it rarely brought out people’s jovial side. They were reserved, ate their meal, had a few nice conversations then …
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How Toyota Became #1 was an enjoyable book because it helped me understand how to improve my role as a work happiness writer. There were so many great ideas throughout the book that I contacted the author and asked for a short interview. David Magee kindly responded with two great answers. Toyota has …
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It’s not positive thinking that makes people have a good outlook on life. It’s positive beliefs that build happy people. A person can think all the positive thoughts they want, but if they don’t truly believe them then they aren’t true for that person. You’ve probably met people who are good at what they do …
I'm trying to get my writing and name out there, so I've been guest posting. Check out the articles... At The Positivity Blog: How the Fear of Losing My Job Helped Me to Grow Working for a company that might be cutting jobs can force the energy right out of you if you don't take …
Everyone stresses out about something every now and again, but do you stress out about the same things over and over? If you do it’s probably a pattern that’s hard to break. One of my most productive tools was a stress journal. I documented everything that kept stressing me out. If my mom called complaining …
Sometimes the boss stresses you out and other times it's a co-worker who's a bully, but no matter what it is you must face it in order to relieve the anxiety that a difficult situation creates. Dumb Little Man wrote an excellent article, How to Deal with a Workplace Bully. I've had mild cases of …
