Happiness At Workplace Quotes

“Ninety percent of the people are not happy with their jobs. The remaining ten percent don’t deserve their jobs in the first place.”
― Abhaidev, That Thing About You

“There is no greater predictor of human well-being than the amount of social time we spend with one another.”
― Tom Rath, Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World

“Instead of the sterile language of resumes, we need a language for contributions that captures the humanity of what we do—that expresses how we draw on our human talents to make contributions to people, not just to companies.”
― Tom Rath, Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World

“The time to be asking tough questions about whether you can make your current job into a sustainable worklife is as early as possible. Start with a very basic question: Who can, does, or will eventually benefit from my efforts? See if you can answer with the names of actual people, not abstract groups.
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A commonality I have observed, across professions, is that your contributions come into clearest view as you get closer to the beneficiaries of your work. The more you can learn about a person who directly benefits from your time and effort, the more motivation you will have to improve that person's life in the future.”
― Tom Rath, Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World

“And all of the self-awareness in the world can quickly go to waste if you fail to keep learning about what the world needs from you and how you can best serve others.”
― Tom Rath, Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without

“The responsibilities, work, position and the authority which comes with it can keep you happy for a period of time. But what makes us come out of our warm bedding & blankets in these cold and chilly mornings are the people we work and toil with.


It's not the place which is pleasant or not. It's the people we converse & associate us with. And foremost it's You.”
― Jatin Nasa

“Once someone tells me their functional position, I, somewhat naïvely, probe a bit deeper. I ask, “So what does that mean a typical day looks like ... what do you spend the most time doing?” This is where I get into the far more interesting and revealing parts of each person’s story.
... asking someone to reconstruct yesterday is a better lens into their happiness than simply asking them if they are happy overall.”
― Tom Rath, Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World

“Through this qualitative research, we learned that all teams need to do three very basic things: Create, Operate, and Relate. If a team is lacking in any one of these three major functions, it is almost impossible for the group to be effective, let alone thrive.”
― Tom Rath, Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World

“Whether you are an individual contributor, manager, or leader, fixing the broken social contract between people and work starts with you. When you are able to make your work more enjoyable and purposeful, that possibility will be greater for others.”
― Tom Rath, Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World