You can starts with putting something on your desk that makes you smile –
switch them up every few months, and think outside the photo album.
Schedule
something during every workday – maybe lunch at a new place,
15 minutes reading a good book on your break, or a phone call to an old
colleague/friend to catch up.
Choose your
projects carefully – when you’re excited about a project, you’re
naturally more focused. Aim to be in that state most of the
time. Seek these projects out and do what it takes to land them.
Get
a grip on your time – time wasters like random web surfing and
instantly responding to email are fun in the moment, but weigh you down
like eating too much fast food.
Make friends – try to grab
coffee with someone new each week. Social ties are a strong component of
happiness, and knowing people personally makes work less chilly.
Take
the long view - you can perceive ambiguous comments as slights, and
ruminate on them all day or you can remind yourself that you will have
absolutely no memory of this incident two years from now. One mindset
will definitely make you happier than the other.
Choose the bigger life – we often like to keep things simple and avoid
rocking the boat but while trying to improve a popular product, or
reform a storied culture is a huge risk, in the end, we only live once
so spend out and you may just buy happiness.
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