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 website href="http://cyreousquotes.com" ourselves through our meaningful title="http://cyreousquotes.com" work. Our work is us. target="_blank">color="#001000" My encouragement to you is find size="-2">http://cyreousquotes.co the kind of work that can bring 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 work expands us; it fills our border-left: #BAC9FF 1px solid; 10px;" valign="top" border-right: #BAC9FF 1px solid; align="center"> margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom:
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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