Comments on: Happiness, Satisfaction, & Change: Day I http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/ Make Yourself and Your Business Happy At Work Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:56:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corporate governance must be grounded in ownership despite the difficulties | Managing Leadership http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-221394 Corporate governance must be grounded in ownership despite the difficulties | Managing Leadership Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:10:36 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-221394 [...] tip: Steve Roesler, author of All Things Workplace, is presently continuing his important series on change at the vacationing Alexander Kjerulf’s site, The Chief Happiness Officer. Please stop over [...] [...] tip: Steve Roesler, author of All Things Workplace, is presently continuing his important series on change at the vacationing Alexander Kjerulf’s site, The Chief Happiness Officer. Please stop over [...]

]]> By: Steve Roesler http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-220383 Steve Roesler Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:19:34 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-220383 Right, Tech. I'll bet it makes the employees yell "Yahoo!" Right, Tech. I’ll bet it makes the employees yell “Yahoo!”

]]> By: Tech http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219793 Tech Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:33:05 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219793 Google definitely have the right idea. Happy an motivated employees will be far more productive. Google definitely have the right idea. Happy an motivated employees will be far more productive.

]]> By: Steve Roesler http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219743 Steve Roesler Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:00:03 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219743 Alik, Kasper, Mark, and Michael, By now you've all received an email response to your comments and a note lamenting the fact that I didn't have access to the "Comment" page in the back end of the blog. And then it hit me: I'll just log in like everyone else...no problem! Just goes to show that we are, indeed, creatures of habit. I've been using a certain system over at the blog daily for about 18 months: so it's like, "Oh, this is the way it has to be done." (Please don't rat me out to any of my clients). Your collection of comments touches on so many facets of life that I've decided to use them for the next post. Gracias...Danke...Grazie...Merci...Shukran...Thanks! Alik, Kasper, Mark, and Michael,

By now you’ve all received an email response to your comments and a note lamenting the fact that I didn’t have access to the “Comment” page in the back end of the blog.

And then it hit me: I’ll just log in like everyone else…no problem! Just goes to show that we are, indeed, creatures of habit. I’ve been using a certain system over at the blog daily for about 18 months: so it’s like, “Oh, this is the way it has to be done.” (Please don’t rat me out to any of my clients).

Your collection of comments touches on so many facets of life that I’ve decided to use them for the next post.

Gracias…Danke…Grazie…Merci…Shukran…Thanks!

]]> By: Michael Lee Stallard http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219712 Michael Lee Stallard Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:27:46 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219712 The Greek language has two words for happiness that are relevant here. Hedonism is the word for happiness that comes from enjoying good food, entertainment, relaxation and similar activities. Eudiamosnisn is the word for the happiness we experience from personal growth(flow and optimal experience are similar notions). Personal growth requires enough change to stretch our talents so that they are further strengthened. in this state we lose a sense of self and time passing quickly. Beyond these Greek concepts are the feelings of happiness we experience when our needs for respect, recognition, belonging and meaning are met. The highest degree of contentment is met when all of the forms of happiness are experienced during the seasons of our lives. I should point out that the degrees that we experience these forms of happiness tends to fluctuate from season to season. It's a mystery why this is so. It reminds me of El Gallo's question in the Fantasticks, "Who understands . . . why we must all die a bit before we grow again?" The Greek language has two words for happiness that are relevant here. Hedonism is the word for happiness that comes from enjoying good food, entertainment, relaxation and similar activities. Eudiamosnisn is the word for the happiness we experience from personal growth(flow and optimal experience are similar notions). Personal growth requires enough change to stretch our talents so that they are further strengthened. in this state we lose a sense of self and time passing quickly. Beyond these Greek concepts are the feelings of happiness we experience when our needs for respect, recognition, belonging and meaning are met. The highest degree of contentment is met when all of the forms of happiness are experienced during the seasons of our lives. I should point out that the degrees that we experience these forms of happiness tends to fluctuate from season to season. It’s a mystery why this is so. It reminds me of El Gallo’s question in the Fantasticks, “Who understands . . . why we must all die a bit before we grow again?”

]]> By: Mark Harrison http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219511 Mark Harrison Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:25:02 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219511 Where did the implication that "contentment" is somehow related to "status quo" come from? Thinkers as far back as Maslow identified "self-actualization" as a core human need - indeed, the one at the top of the hierarchy. Self-actualization implies, well, CHANGE rather than stasis. I view "change" as a continuum - at one end is perfect statis... and the other is the kind of rabid upheaval you get working in organisations with "initiative overload" problems. The ideal for me is somewhere in the middle - where we can see change happening (in a positive way), and help make it happen. Earl Nightingale, back in the 1950s, used the phrase "Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal." My personal definition could substitute the word "happiness" instead of "success"... Where did the implication that “contentment” is somehow related to “status quo” come from?

Thinkers as far back as Maslow identified “self-actualization” as a core human need – indeed, the one at the top of the hierarchy. Self-actualization implies, well, CHANGE rather than stasis.

I view “change” as a continuum – at one end is perfect statis… and the other is the kind of rabid upheaval you get working in organisations with “initiative overload” problems. The ideal for me is somewhere in the middle – where we can see change happening (in a positive way), and help make it happen.

Earl Nightingale, back in the 1950s, used the phrase “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.”

My personal definition could substitute the word “happiness” instead of “success”…

]]> By: Kasper http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219425 Kasper Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:21:27 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219425 I very much agree with Alik .. The essence of maintaining a good worklife is to achieve something everyday. A little but could be the word goal - I think it is used and misused in so many ways that we sometimes misunderstand it and gets a negative idea. Therefore i suggest that instead of achievable goals we use the words "happiness condition" :-) And thank you for all your positive input here on the site .. both from Alex and all the comments !!! I very much agree with Alik ..

The essence of maintaining a good worklife is to achieve something everyday.
A little but could be the word goal – I think it is used and misused in so many ways that we sometimes misunderstand it and gets a negative idea. Therefore i suggest that instead of achievable goals we use the words “happiness condition” :-)

And thank you for all your positive input here on the site .. both from Alex and all the comments !!!

]]> By: Andy Baird http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219412 Andy Baird Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:40:48 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219412 I think the key to that is first accepting that change is inevitable, in fact change is the only certainty. From there it is a matter of recognising that we have a choice to move the change in a positive or negative direction. If we're moving it in a positive direction happyness and satisfaction should follow :D. Andy Baird Cash. Free Time. Luxury Travel. Are you getting yours? http://go.yourwebcash.biz/ I think the key to that is first accepting that change is inevitable, in fact change is the only certainty. From there it is a matter of recognising that we have a choice to move the change in a positive or negative direction. If we’re moving it in a positive direction happyness and satisfaction should follow :D.

Andy Baird
Cash. Free Time. Luxury Travel. Are you getting yours?
http://go.yourwebcash.biz/

]]> By: Alik http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219392 Alik Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:34:06 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/02/happiness-satisfaction-and-change-day-i/#comment-219392 You set achievable goals - daily and weekly. 3 very concrete things each day. You conclude the day with satisfaction if all three are done. You conclude the week with happiness if all the days are concluded with satisfaction. Tune yourself for happiness, anticipate satisfaction – set achievable goals and execute. So far works for me :) You set achievable goals – daily and weekly. 3 very concrete things each day. You conclude the day with satisfaction if all three are done. You conclude the week with happiness if all the days are concluded with satisfaction.

Tune yourself for happiness, anticipate satisfaction – set achievable goals and execute. So far works for me :)

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