Happy From 9 to 5

It was popular knowledge that told us that as long as you were happy, things would be all right. It was a general advice not focused on anything in particular.
Now science is proving that it was true.
A study my the Erasmus University in Rotterdam shows the link between happiness and longevity.
According to them, being a [...]

Everybody is talking about that medical research appeared in early December at the British Medical Journal saying that happiness spreads like a virus.
I looked for the actual research that is it here. I prefer to read the whole thing when available and not the blurb posted at media sites.
Haven’t read it yet but when I [...]

As I’m catching up on all my reading, I came across this post by Alexander Kjerulf at the Chief Happiness Officer Blog about getting a warm welcome letter from your boss in your first day at the office.
Wouldn’t it be awesome to be received that way? Wouldn’t it be awesome to have a boss who [...]

Finally the effects of the crisis are being felt all over the world. People are scared, they talk to other people and the fear gets bigger and bigger. Like a vampire, fear feeds on fear. It’s all over you: in the news, at home, when you talk to friends and coworkers, when you hear that [...]

I read this article at Steve Roesler’s blog “All Things Workplace” and thought it was appropriate to share given the beginning of the year:
We’re living in a literal and figurative season where people are often waxing nostalgic over the “good old days.” Holiday gatherings yield family stories that make one wish that somehow we could [...]

In times of a good economy, nobody cares about anything. We all think the good times will last forever and we tend to forget that the economy moves in cycles, some are good and some are bad.
Like in the Bible story, when we are living in a time of fat cows, we would love for [...]

Have you seen how men almost always only deal with their jobs because the rest of their lives is already resolved by us women?
Let’s face it: we women have several full-time jobs. Our jobs are our career, being a mother, a wife, a daughter, a girlfriend. With a little luck we get paid for least [...]

I read this article today at the Christian Science Monitor about companies boosting morale when sales are down.
What caught my attention was that Sam Chapman, CEO of Empower Public Relations in Chicago, banned gossip in the office and fired three employees for violating the policy. He believes the agency’s ability to avoid the negative energy [...]

It seems that right before I was offered this job (different department), my now former manager had leaked that a junior temp was going to be offered to become a permanent employee.
I showed up for my first day in the office and it turned out nobody knew, specially my department coworkers, that I was going [...]

I read this article by Jennifer Brown at Better Mondays and loved it.
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Your job, like any social setting, is a mixing bowl of habits. If you are lucky (like me) you end up in an enjoyable environment. Your officemates possess positive attitudes and good work standards. We all hope to land a job of this [...]