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Study, work hard, and you will be successful.
This was the mantra repeated by educators throughout my youth. None of them added "be happy" to the success equation.
But a growing body of research in positive psychology and neuroscience is demonstrating that happiness is the secret ingredient to success. It turns out, our brains are more engaged, creative, productive, and resilient when in a positive state.
All this unhappiness comes with a high price tag to businesses, costing more than $550 billion a year in lost productivity. In his book, Donovan identifies 60 simple steps individuals can take to improve their happiness and get back on the path to success. Here are six of the top things happy workers do:
Via The Learning Factor
The secret sauce for success? Finding happiness in our work -- even simple things -- makes a difference.
Doing what you love can make you happy-- finding a way to make money while doing what you love is even better!
If you don't enjoy what you do it is very difficult to be successful. There are ways to re-frame the way that you look at things to help you focus on what is important to you.