Happiness is also closely related to satisfaction. If you are satisfied with your life, chances are that you are happy.
How you respond to situations in life will determine your level of happiness. There is much in life you cannot change, but your attitude towards these circumstances is in your control.
Here are four important determining factors that can help in keeping you happy:
1. Count your blessings. Do not compare your situation to others. This is easier said than done because the tendency to compare is so strong. Surveys have shown however, that “perceived wealth matters more than absolute wealth”. Your focus, then, should be on appreciating what you have rather than on what you don’t have.
2. Smile. Smile even when you don’t feel like it. In other words, “act as if”. In behavior modification, we asked people to act as if in order to change. You’re afraid of the dark? Act as if you’re not and go out in to the dark and see if you can survive. When you do and nothing horrible happens to you, your acting as if had has modified your behavior.
3. Stay connected to people. Don’t isolate yourself, especially when you feel down. Stay connected to people.
4. Keep busy. Do things that are meaningful to you. People who get into things they love to do perform better and feel satisfied and accomplished. And satisfaction is happiness. Psychologists refer to this state as flow. To be in flow is “to be unselfconsciously absorbed”. If you do things that you are good at, you will have more positive feelings that will contribute to heightened levels of happiness.
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Happiness is largely a choice. I can hear many of you arguing with me, but it's true. You can choose to be happy at work. Sound simple? Yes. But, simplicity is often profoundly difficult to put into action. I wish all of you had the best employer in the world, but, face it, you may not. So, think positively about your work.
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