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WHY HAPPINESS AT WORK
MATTERS
AND 3 TIPS TO INCREASE IT
RAJ RAGHUNATHAN
KNOLSKAPE WEBINAR, NOV 28TH 2018
Functionality of happiness
Functionality of happiness
9%
What is happiness?
Pleasure
PurposeMeaning
Positivity
What it happiness? It is…
…an emotional state that you do not wish to avoid
Joy Love
Serenity Gratitude
Awe Laughte
r
Interest
HopePride
Inspiratio
n
Plea sure
Anxiety Sadnes
s
Envy AngerInsecuri
ty
Fear
Boredo
m
Frustratio
n
Misery DisgustDisappointment Grief
Purpose Meaning
What does it take to be
happy at work?
The 5 factor (“BAMBA” Model) of employee
happiness
Basic needs
It takes “2 to BAMBA”
3 tips for enhancing happiness at work
 Protecting cream time
Circadian rhythms
3 steps to protecting “cream time”
 Step 1: Identify your cream time
 Typically 3 hour window in the morning (9 – 12)
 Step 2: How do you typically get distracted
from being productive during cream time?
 Internet?
 Social media
 Lack of planning (e.g., commute)
 Urgent vs. important?
 Step 3: What’s your plan for protecting your
cream time?
Why protecting cream time is important
 Progression towards Mastery is important for happiness
 You can’t be a master unless you spend a considerable amount
of time (~10,000 hours) in a domain (e.g., brand management)
 10000 hours ~ 10 – 15 years!
3 tips for enhancing happiness at work
 Protecting cream time
 Expressing gratitude
Expressing gratitude exercise
 Step 1: Think of a coworker who had a positive
influence on you, and write down name of
person
 Step 2: Write down why they had a positive
influence on you
 What they did for you
 Why was it so meaningful to you
 Step 4: Write out a letter of gratitude to this
coworker
 Step 5: Read/email/send this letter to your
coworker
Why expressing gratitude is important
 Connection/belonging is important for happiness
 Being grateful to others increases happiness in multiple ways:
 Making others like you—and offer help to you
 Story you tell yourself about who you are
 Acting as a bridge from an egotistical (short-lived) emotion—pride—
to a non-egotistical (more sustainable) emotion: connection/love
3 tips for enhancing happiness at work
 Protecting cream time
 Expressing gratitude
 Leading a healthy lifestyle
ADT: Attention Deficit Trait
 Symptoms of ADT:
 Feeling overwhelmed (too many balls in the air)
 Easily irritable
 Work is no longer fun; it’s a chore (“TGIF”)
 Reasons for ADT:
 Biting off more than you can chew
 Unrealistic targets
 Unhealthy lifestyle
What’s a healthy lifestyle?
 Eating well
 Not eating junk food (e.g., French fries, pizza)
 Minimizing consumption of processed food
(including sugar and white rice)
 Eating lots and lots of fresh veggies
 Moving more
 Getting at least 20 min of exercise each day
 Morning is better
 Get a trainer
 Sleeping better
 At least 7 hours every day!
Matthew Walker Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
TY8_NeXNnwc
Summary
 Happiness at work is important, perhaps the
biggest determinant of your success at work
 5 major determinants of happiness at work
(“BAMBA”)
 “It takes 2 to BAMBA”
 3 things you can do to enhance your
happiness at work starting today
 Protect your cream time—and use it well!
 Express gratitude to coworkers
 Lead a healthier lifestyle
 Email me your ‘progress report’—or your
questions!
Thank you!
For more information on modern workplace training
& workforce development
Visit – www.knolskape.com

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Webinar - Why happiness at work matters

  • 1. WHY HAPPINESS AT WORK MATTERS AND 3 TIPS TO INCREASE IT RAJ RAGHUNATHAN KNOLSKAPE WEBINAR, NOV 28TH 2018
  • 5. What it happiness? It is… …an emotional state that you do not wish to avoid Joy Love Serenity Gratitude Awe Laughte r Interest HopePride Inspiratio n Plea sure Anxiety Sadnes s Envy AngerInsecuri ty Fear Boredo m Frustratio n Misery DisgustDisappointment Grief Purpose Meaning
  • 6. What does it take to be happy at work?
  • 7. The 5 factor (“BAMBA” Model) of employee happiness Basic needs
  • 8. It takes “2 to BAMBA”
  • 9. 3 tips for enhancing happiness at work  Protecting cream time
  • 11. 3 steps to protecting “cream time”  Step 1: Identify your cream time  Typically 3 hour window in the morning (9 – 12)  Step 2: How do you typically get distracted from being productive during cream time?  Internet?  Social media  Lack of planning (e.g., commute)  Urgent vs. important?  Step 3: What’s your plan for protecting your cream time?
  • 12. Why protecting cream time is important  Progression towards Mastery is important for happiness  You can’t be a master unless you spend a considerable amount of time (~10,000 hours) in a domain (e.g., brand management)  10000 hours ~ 10 – 15 years!
  • 13. 3 tips for enhancing happiness at work  Protecting cream time  Expressing gratitude
  • 14. Expressing gratitude exercise  Step 1: Think of a coworker who had a positive influence on you, and write down name of person  Step 2: Write down why they had a positive influence on you  What they did for you  Why was it so meaningful to you  Step 4: Write out a letter of gratitude to this coworker  Step 5: Read/email/send this letter to your coworker
  • 15. Why expressing gratitude is important  Connection/belonging is important for happiness  Being grateful to others increases happiness in multiple ways:  Making others like you—and offer help to you  Story you tell yourself about who you are  Acting as a bridge from an egotistical (short-lived) emotion—pride— to a non-egotistical (more sustainable) emotion: connection/love
  • 16. 3 tips for enhancing happiness at work  Protecting cream time  Expressing gratitude  Leading a healthy lifestyle
  • 17. ADT: Attention Deficit Trait  Symptoms of ADT:  Feeling overwhelmed (too many balls in the air)  Easily irritable  Work is no longer fun; it’s a chore (“TGIF”)  Reasons for ADT:  Biting off more than you can chew  Unrealistic targets  Unhealthy lifestyle
  • 18. What’s a healthy lifestyle?  Eating well  Not eating junk food (e.g., French fries, pizza)  Minimizing consumption of processed food (including sugar and white rice)  Eating lots and lots of fresh veggies  Moving more  Getting at least 20 min of exercise each day  Morning is better  Get a trainer  Sleeping better  At least 7 hours every day!
  • 20. Summary  Happiness at work is important, perhaps the biggest determinant of your success at work  5 major determinants of happiness at work (“BAMBA”)  “It takes 2 to BAMBA”  3 things you can do to enhance your happiness at work starting today  Protect your cream time—and use it well!  Express gratitude to coworkers  Lead a healthier lifestyle  Email me your ‘progress report’—or your questions!
  • 21. Thank you! For more information on modern workplace training & workforce development Visit – www.knolskape.com

Hinweis der Redaktion

  1. Health Relationships Citizenship Success Creativity Productivity Sick-leave Tacit knowledge
  2. Health Relationships Citizenship Success Creativity Productivity Sick-leave Tacit knowledge
  3. Purpose is transcending the smaller self: not self-centered.
  4. But sometimes, it is not one of these 10 emotions. Rather it is one (or more) of the 12 negative emotions. But so long as you can derive meaning out of the experience of negativity, or you simply enjoy the negativity because you know that you’ll soon not feel that way, you can say that you are happy. We seem to know all of this instinctively, which is why we are never confused by the Question: How happy are you? Nor are we confused by the answer that people give to the question, “I’m feeling happy!”
  5. Take a nap in the afternoon; for 30 min or so (not longer)