Don t Worry Be Happy At Work
he highest reward for of scratch lying around. I
man's toil is not what he recently read an article that
gets for it, but what he showed how much that song has
becomes by it. " – John Ruskin been used in movies, pop culture,
and advertising and I was blown
My son came home from a away! Here is a brief summary:
basketball game last night all “Don’t Worry – Be Happy” was
aglow bragging about how he referenced in the movie “Public
almost made a double triple, or Enemy”. George Carlin wrote about
was it a triple double, I’m not it in his book, “Napalm and Silly
sure. The reason it struck me was Putty”. It was used in the movies
he was in a state of pure joy. “Jarhead”, and “Dawn of the
Exhilarated from just playing a Dead”, “Flushed-Away”. It was
competitive game with a bunch of used by George H. Bush in the
other basketball enthusiasts, he 1988 elections until McFerrin
was unaware of how his shining protested against it. He was a
face and simple state of joy made democrat of course. It was used
me feel happy for a brief moment. in two episodes of “The
Yes, joy is catchy! I started to Simpsons”. The song was adapted
think about “joy” and how it to an “Alamo Rent –a –Car”
applied to our work. commercial. It is used in a
“Nintendo DS” game, “Phoenix
Another thing came to my mind Wright: Ace Attorney”. It was
when I saw that remarkable moment used in an episode of “The Fresh
of pure joy in my son’s face. It Prince of Bel-Air”. It also
was that Bobby McFerrin song from appeared in an episode of “The
back in the 80’s, remember, 70’s Show” and made it on a
“Don’t Worry- Be Happy”? Talk “Huggies” commercial. The song
about being a millionaire, I bet won a “Grammy” for “Best Song of
that McFerrin has a decent amount the Year” in 1989. It remained in
the number one spot of the “Top need to be happy in all our
100 Billboard Hits” list for two activities, including work. That
weeks in 1988. is why when I became a workforce
development trainer in 1998 I was
I guess the popularity of that startled to learn that most
McFerrin song has a lot to do Americans were unhappy about
with the fact that not worrying their jobs. Statistics tell us
and being happy is where most of that over 60% of Americans are
us want to be. Humans need to be not happy about their jobs. I saw
happy. Come to find out, our it everyday, people coming in to
being happy is essential to our see me after losing a job and
health. Recent studies have declaring they were never happy
indicated that when we are happy at most of their jobs. It’s no
we secrete hormones that bolster wonder we hear songs like
the immune system in our bodies. “Working Nine to Five” and “Take
A study on stress for example This Job and Shove it!” as
revealed that stress brings about Americans lash out from anger at
a drop in the number of their unhappiness with work.
lymphocytes (white blood cells)
in the body. These white blood But take comfort at the thought
cells are important players in that this information has made an
the immune system. So, if you can impact and we are seeing a new
control stress, you can increase generation of workers that are
your immunity. This of course turning to face the issue and
controls disease and ultimately making happiness at work their
relates to how long we live. I’d concern. Ultimately what we are
say that has everything to do finding is people are looking for
with being happy! right job matches more than ever
before. They have been made aware
Yes, happiness is important! We that happiness on the job is
important and they are looking striving to better the world or
for jobs that will supply them the things that will make the
that happiness even at the world a better place, we
sacrifice of wages if they must. ultimately feel the rush we can
only explain as “joy”. My maxim
Which brings us to the quote for for life is: “when our work makes
today which I feature on my a better world, it makes a better
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m John Ruskin, an you joy. You will be happy in
English reformer from the late your work; your days will go by
1800’s said, “The highest reward quicker; and you will see that
for man's toil is not what he living is a beautiful thing! You
gets for it, but what he becomes will feel the pride that comes
by it.” Ultimately, work must from creating, mostly creating
bring us satisfaction, just like you. You might then find
the satisfaction my son had when yourselves humming that catchy
he came home from his basketball little tune I can hear now… Don’t
game gleaming with joy of his Worry – Be Happy!
competitive victory. Work must be
like that! Satisfaction about our
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About the Author:
John Cyr is a retired workforce development trainer and motivational consultant who writes articles and editorials under the pen-name Johnny Cyreous, or Cyreous. He maintains a website of quotes by famous people and advocates his method of teaching at www.cyreousquotes.com Published At: www.Isnare.com |
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