By Maggie Bullock — 2019
How Pamela Abalu got out of the cubicle hamster wheel with a single mantra: “Work is love made visible.”
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LinkedIn’s head of mindfulness and compassion programs says, “Compassion is a strategy for long-term success.”
What matters is not so much the “what” of a job, but more the “who” and the “why”: Job satisfaction comes from people, values, and a sense of accomplishment.
Research-based tips that draw from the GGSC’s new website, Greater Good in Action.
The people you surround yourself with have a profound impact on your happiness.
It's so secret—managing all the things you have to do as an adult is a challenge. From doing your best on the job to taking care of yourself (and, if you have them, your kids) to trying to see friends and stay sane, we know you've got a lot on your plate.
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Kindness is more than behavior. The art of kindness means harboring a spirit of helpfulness, as well as being generous and considerate, and doing so without expecting anything in return.
How being kind can boost your happiness and change your life.
Happiness researcher Sean Achor demonstrated through his extensive research that if you perform random acts of kindness for two minutes a day for twenty-one days, you can actually retrain your brain to be more positive.
Passion is a powerful force in accomplishing anything you set your mind to, and in experiencing work and life to the fullest extent possible.
I’ve become convinced that one of the greatest supports to a person’s happiness is passion—whether for musical theater, video games, constitutional history, camping, stamps, shoe-shopping, teaching English as a second language, or whatever.
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