Happiness in the Workplace - Blog 4

The ultimate happiness one can achieve in a workplace environment is a self responsibility. Throughout our growth, we are made responsible for the decisions we make. Working at a certain company, choosing to work a job or choosing to receive an education and begin a career is decision that will impact our happiness. And that decision is left to our discretion. At times we may choose to do things we may be good at or have a talent for. But not always will these things that we choose to do for talent will bring us to the ultimate currency of happiness as Tal BenShahar mentions. We often follow a path set by others to receive positive judgement and be a success story to their perception. In doing so, we often times fail to do things that bring us personal satisfaction and success.
Hapiness in the workplace is the sole responsibility of the employee. An employee going to work day by day to a job will reach a limited degree of happiness. In this example, the employee simply attends his/ her job to receive a paycheck. They often have the job from necessity, instead of desire. On the contrary, a person with a career will find workplace happiness and satisfaction being that they've been prepared to carry on their labor. A person with a career has made the choice to persue something they're talented in. Furthermore, a person with a career has defined themselves as someone of greater value or importance and therefore experience an ego boost. Workplace happiness, as mentioned earlier is the responsibility of an individual for the aforementioned reasons among an array of others.