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11 ways to be a HappyEmployee
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1. Plan your week on Sunday night
Look at Ur work calendar and plan Ur week on Sunday night or
Monday morning.
This would include Important meetings. Deliverables. A brief summary of things that are pending from last week Any tasks to be achieved during the week.
At the end of the week, on Friday night when you re-visit what youhave achieved over the last five days, the satisfaction will be
immense.
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2.Undertake activities that you are passionate abouteven though it might not be in your job profile Start an initiative that you would love to do irrespective ofwhether it is required for you to do or not. Send a daily newsletter to your team on the topics that mostof them will be interested. Do a presentation on the topic that you are passionate about. Organize a small sports event for your team. Call everyone in your team for a team coffee, breakfastor lunch break Appreciate colleagues in your team or in a cross-functionalteam who did a great job Write a poem on your team's achievements
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3. Do not indulge in the blame game
If something goes wrong do not blameothers blindly.
If you commit a mistake, do nothesitate to accept it.
As Gautham Buddha said, there arethree things we can't hide for long: thesun, earth and the truth.
Accepting your mistake gracefully
will only make you look like a trueprofessional and also give you thesatisfaction of not cheating.
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4. Communicate more often in person
Utilize all the opportunitieswhere you can speak to anindividual in person ratherthan e-mail or phone.
But be aware of the otherperson's time andavailability.
Listening to a positiveanswer from a person willgive you more happinessthan if it is done over thephone or via e-mail.
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5. Know what is happening at Ur workplace
Jack Welch mentions in his bookWinning that every employee, not justthe senior people, should know how acompany is doing."
Attend all meetings that are addressed
by the CEO to your immediatemanager to know what is going tohappen around you
It could be the company's growth plan
or your department's next big project.
You will also get an extra edge if youare in a position to answer queriesraised by your peers or juniors.
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6. Participate in Organization-level activities
This could be as simple as
spending one weekend for acorporate socialresponsibility activity
or attending a recruitmentdrive to help your HR team
or arranging atechnical/sports event at
the organizational level.
Most of these events will besuccessful as people docome on their own to
contribute.
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7. Have a hobby that keeps you busyand happy
Many people say theirhobby is watching TV orlistening to music orreading the newspaper.
These aren't hobbies, theyare just ways of passing thetime.
Some hobbies are evergreen
and will keep you evergreenas well: dancing, painting,writing short stories,poems, blogs and sharingyour experiences.
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8. Take up a sport
While choosing a sport make sure that there is physicalactivity.
There is the danger of becoming addicted to sports wherethere is less physical activity (like computer games, chess,cards etc). Physical activity keeps a person healthy and happy. If you pick up one sport well, you can represent your
organization in corporate sports event too.
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9. Keep yourself away from office politics
Politics, as a practice, whatever its profession, has always been thesystematic organization of hatreds. - Henry Brooks Adams
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10. Wish and smile
More often than not, thereare fair chances that theother person will smileback.
This could be your securityguard at the gate, yourreceptionist, your officeboy, your CEO or yourmanager - Never forget to
wish them and smile.
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11. Volunteer for some activity
Do at least one activity without expecting
anything in return.
There is no set frequency for this.
This could be once in a day or once in a
week or thrice in a week. It could be assimple as making tea at the office for yourcolleague, helping a colleague who isworking in another department by usingyour skills.
Dropping your colleague at his door step inyour car, going to your manager orcolleague to ask if there is any help you canextend, contributing to technical orknowledge management communities in
your organization etc.
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