Happiness at Work Can Lead to Success!
Happiness at work is a great idea: it is related to greater employee engagement and — in the end — an increase in productivity. Besides, who really wants to hate work?
But researchers at Columbia University have linked happiness to health. To avoid heart attacks, we should add happiness to the list that includes limiting out intake of cigarette smoke and cheeseburgers.
I’m not a doctor, but I’m guessing that this study doesn’t mean we can eat more junk food if we are happy. But it does lend a bit of power to the notion that investing thought and energy in creating joy and happiness for ourselves and our work environments makes a ton of sense. How many total miserable jerks out there that exercise regularly and shop in the health food stores, but would never consider trying to make themselves — and their families and workmates — happier? Ironic.
