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10 Tips for Staying Happy at Work
Beverly West, Monster Contributing Writer
August 14, 2009
If you find yourself longing for greener work pastures, don’t immediately go looking for the first exit ramp off of your chosen career path. The Balance Team, which specializes in professional- and personal-growth seminars for administrative and executive assistants in Fortune 1000 companies, suggests these 10 tips for staying content at work:
1. Keep Personal Problems Personal:
When you’re preoccupied with personal issues, it’s difficult to concentrate or be happy at work, says Alison Rhodes, a founding partner of The Balance Team. By all means, make sure you have your kids covered in the event of an emergency, but realize that nobody’s personal life is ever going to be completely problem-free. Just as you need to let go of work to enjoy your time at home, it’s important to leave personal worries at home so you can focus and be productive at work.
2. Create an Office Nest:
“You are at your job for at least eight hours a day, which is more time than you probably spend in your bed,” says Jennifer Star, a founding partner of The Balance Team. "Make your space your own, decorate your area as much as your company policy permits, and make yourself as comfortable and relaxed as you can be in your office.
PetcuLuiza
about 1 month ago
70 comments
Done all that. But in the end had to quit. There comes a moment when nothing is enough to keep you happy in a job. Tried and true. Now I am looking for a job but I am happier than when I had the last one.
Mallory
3 months ago
14 comments
It is very important to create a balanced mindset for what belongs at work and what doesn't. Staying positive and keeping personal problems to yourself are not always the easiest thing to do, but it is necessary. I witness employees with confrontational, snappy, and down right mean attitudes because of something going on at home. These tips are excellent reminders for staying happy at work.