什么能让你快乐的工作？

What Makes you Happy at work?  
Posted on February 13th, 2008 by Ethel

Choosing to be happy at work means avoiding negative conversations, gossip, and unhappy people as much as possible. No matter how positively you feel, negative people have a profound impact on your psyche. Happiness is largely a choice. I can hear many of you arguing with me, but it's true.

"You get paid to do your job, not to like it," seems to be the attitude of most managers and workplaces. What's worse, employees seem to be willing participants in this arrangement. When I ask people what makes them happy at work, they rarely talk about the work itself - many tend to see it as a means to an end, rather than as something to enjoy.

You spend more time at work than with your family, friends, and hobbies combined. Hating your job is not an inconvenience, it's a serious problem. It can cause stress and depression.

And yet, a job can be a tremendous source of happiness. It can give you success, victories, and professional and personal growth. It can let you contribute to something important. It can be a source of positive, meaningful relationships with both managers and co-workers. It can, in fact, be a lot of fun!

A young employee complained to me recently that she wanted to change jobs because her boss was not doing enough to help her develop professionally. I asked her whom she thought was the person most interested in her development. The answer, of course, was her. You are the person with the most to gain from continuing to develop professionally. Take charge of your own growth.

Employees fully expect to like their jobs. Few put up with bad management, stress, overwork, bullying, or anything else that makes us unhappy at work. What's more, companies have a genuine commitment to their employees' well-being.

Workers who love their jobs = more efficiency and innovation = more money. You may or may not love your current job and you may or may not believe that you can find something in your current job to love, but you can. Trust me. Take a look at yourself, your skills and interests, and find something that you can enjoy doing every day. If you do something you love every single day, your current job won't seem so bad."

Work should always be fun…. We all only have one life. A third of life is work. Without happiness and fun, work becomes hell."
Some companies get it. That's why Disney, Google, focus so intently on making their people happy at work. How do they do it?
Google gives their employees freedom to be creative, letting them devote 20 per cent of their working hours to projects of their own choosing. Also, Google's dress code is "You must wear clothes".

These efforts aren't just about morale - they are a major reason for bottom-line success. We don't have to choose between happiness and business success. Studies show that happy employees are more motivated, productive, innovative and engaged. In short: Happy companies make more money.

Other studies show that people who pursue the career they like, rather than the career they think will make them rich, are more likely to become millionaires.

Make no mistake: Happiness at work is on the march. It just seems that many people are stuck a little harder in the "work is unpleasant - that's why we get paid to do it" mentality.

So my advice to managers and employees is this: Make happiness at work your top priority. It will make work more fun, it will make you happier in life, and it will make you more successful.

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　　英文原文摘自thels talk blog

　　选择快乐的工作，也就意味着尽可能的避免消极的谈话，闲聊以及和闷闷不乐的人接触。不管你多么乐观，悲观的人对你的心智都会产生深远的影响。快乐很大程度上是一种选择。虽然很多人对此不以为然，但事实就是如此。

　　在很多工作场合和大多数经理的脑袋里，都弥漫着这样一种观点"工作是去获取报酬，并不是要去喜欢它。"更糟的是，员工似乎也心甘情愿接受这样的安排。我问起什么能让他们在工作中保持愉快，他们极少谈论工作本身---很多人把工作视为达到目的的手段，而不是一种享受。

　　你在工作上花的时间要比你在家人，朋友和兴趣爱好上投入的所有的时间总和还要多。厌恶工作很容易，但这是很严重的问题。它导致压力，让你消沉。

　　然而，工作也可以是你无限的快乐的源泉。工作可以给你带来成功和胜利，促使个人成长，推动事业发展；工作使得你参与重要的事情；工作还是你与上司和同事保持积极的，有意义的关系的基石。其实，工作的乐趣是无穷的！

　　最近，一名年轻的员工对我抱怨，说老板在她的职业发展上没有给予足够的帮助，她想换工作。我问她，在她看来，谁对她自身的发展最感兴趣。回答当然是她自己。从你不断进取的职业发展中获益最大的人，是你自己。让自己来把握自己的成长吧！

　　员工都希望能喜爱自己的工作。很少有人愿忍受混乱的管理、压力、超负荷工作、威胁或是任何让工作变得厌烦的东西。而且，公司确实有让他们的员工满意的义务。

　　热爱自己工作=更高效，更有创新意识=更多的报酬。你可能喜欢也可能不喜欢你现在的工作，你可能相信也可能不相信能在现在的工作中发现乐趣，但是你能够喜欢，也能够发现。相信我。观察一下你自己，你的技能和你的兴趣，找出能让你每天都乐意做的事情。如果每一天你都可以做自己喜欢的事情，你目前的工作不会太乏味。

　　工作本应永远充满乐趣。每人都只有一次生命。而生命的三分之一都是在工作中度过。没有快乐和趣味，工作就会成为地狱。

　　有些企业意识到了这一点。这就是为什么迪斯尼、谷歌会想尽办法让他们的员工快乐的工作。他们是怎么坐到的呢？

　　谷歌给员工创新的自由，公司鼓励个人将20%的工作时间用于做自己喜欢的事。此外，谷歌的着装要求是 "你只要穿着衣服来上班。"

　　这些努力不仅仅关系到民心---这是他们最终成功的基石。你不必在快乐和事业成功中做出选择。研究表明，快乐的员工更具动力，更有创新精神，更投入，工作产出也更多。一句话：快乐的企业赚钱多。

　　另一项研究表明，比起追求梦想发财的职业的人，追求自己喜欢的事业的人更容易成为富翁。

　　毫无疑问，快乐工作正在向我们进军。"工作是讨厌的---正因为如此，我们才得到报酬"，这种说法已经让越来越多的人产生怀疑。

　　所以，对经理和员工，我的建议是：让快乐工作成为最具优先权的事情。它会使你让工作充满更多的乐趣，让生活更加愉悦，让自己更加成功！