Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful - No Matter What

✍ Scribed by Srikumar Rao

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 257
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn to create resilience and happiness no matter what’s going on in your life In these tough times, there are few people who are completely happy with the current conditions. From business executives to the everyday Joe or Jane, everyone seems to be going through a rough economic and personal crunch. But acclaimed business school Professor Srikumar Rao says that we can learn to create joy no matter what else may be going on around us. Rao shows you that it isn't the negative thing that happens to you that causes your unhappiness, it's how you see it. Happiness at Work is a thought-provoking new title that moves the mind away from negativity and forces you to resist labeling situations as "bad", but rather seeing them as neutral. Happiness at Work provides: Surprising ways of looking at change and problem-solving Exercises that shift one’s perspective Learn the vital wisdom necessary to achieving a joyful, successful life as you define it through greater resilience and a strong inner core. Get it now with The Happiness Choice. "Follow Srikumar Rao’s instructions and you will enjoy the journey to more happiness and meaning in your life, no matter what!" --Marshall Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There "Happiness at Work brings new understanding of the essential role happiness plays in workplace learning and performance. Srikumar Rao’s guidelines for our journey to leadership include aspects rarely explored and newly significant."--Frances Hesselbein, chairman and founding president, Leader to Leader Institute/Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management "This book is a treasure chest full of wisdom. Each and every one of its 34 chapters introduced me to or reminded me of a very important principle for living a happy and successful life."--Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and coauthor of The Success Principles

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 18
1. What you need is a paradigm shift......Page 22
2. Don’t stick a label on it!......Page 28
3. Why positive thinking is bad for you......Page 34
4. Be a Daruma doll......Page 40
5. Let it go—babies do!!......Page 46
6. Think your problem is managing time? It’s not!!!......Page 52
7. What do you really do (part 1)?......Page 58
8. What do you really do (part 2)?......Page 64
9. What do you notice?......Page 70
10. Why affirmations can actually hurt you and what to do about it......Page 76
11. Not a trivial question......Page 82
12. Are you really happy? I suspect not......Page 90
13. Happiness is your birthright—grab it now!......Page 96
14. Invest in the process, not the outcome......Page 102
15. On wild horses and freedom......Page 110
16. Taming the horses—’tain’t easy but it can be done......Page 116
17. The Bard had it right!......Page 124
18. The scientist who cheated. You cheat too!......Page 130
19. A hugely important question: who am I?......Page 138
20. Another hugely important question......Page 144
21. There are no mechanisms!......Page 150
22. How big is your pile?......Page 156
23. Where are they now?......Page 162
24. It’s your model—not reality!!......Page 168
25. Quiet the tumultuous horde!......Page 176
26. The question itself is irrelevant!......Page 184
27. It’s not fair!......Page 190
28. The root of all your problems......Page 196
29. Is anything for real?......Page 206
30. Standing on slippery rocks......Page 214
31. What counts is what’s inside you......Page 220
32. What to do when fear strikes......Page 228
33. Beware the stories you tell and the company you keep!......Page 236
34. A new model of the world......Page 242
35. Where does your journey take you?......Page 248
C......Page 252
E......Page 253
M......Page 254
S......Page 255
Z......Page 256