Choosing to be happy at work means avoiding negative conversations, gossip, and unhappy people as much as possible. No matter how positively you feel, negative people have a profound impact on your psyche. Happiness is largely a choice. I can hear many of you arguing with me, but it’s true.

“You get paid to do your job, not to like it,” seems to be the attitude of most managers and workplaces. What’s worse, employees seem to be willing participants in this arrangement. When I ask people what makes them happy at work, they rarely talk about the work itself - many tend to see it as a means to an end, rather than as something to enjoy.

You spend more time at work than with your family, friends, and hobbies combined. Hating your job is not an inconvenience, it’s a serious problem. It can cause stress and depression.

And yet, a job can be a tremendous source of happiness. It can give you success, victories, and professional and personal growth. It can let you contribute to something important. It can be a source of positive, meaningful relationships with both managers and co-workers. It can, in fact, be a lot of fun!

A young employee complained to me recently that she wanted to change jobs because her boss was not doing enough to help her develop professionally. I asked her whom she thought was the person most interested in her development. The answer, of course, was her. You are the person with the most to gain from continuing to develop professionally. Take charge of your own growth.

Employees fully expect to like their jobs. Few put up with bad management, stress, overwork, bullying, or anything else that makes us unhappy at work. What’s more, companies have a genuine commitment to their employees’ well-being.

Workers who love their jobs = more efficiency and innovation = more money. You may or may not love your current job and you may or may not believe that you can find something in your current job to love, but you can. Trust me. Take a look at yourself, your skills and interests, and find something that you can enjoy doing every day. If you do something you love every single day, your current job won’t seem so bad.”

Work should always be fun…. We all only have one life. A third of life is work. Without happiness and fun, work becomes hell.”

Some companies get it. That’s why Disney, Google, focus so intently on making their people happy at work. How do they do it?

Google gives their employees freedom to be creative, letting them devote 20 per cent of their working hours to projects of their own choosing. Also, Google’s dress code is “You must wear clothes”.

These efforts aren’t just about morale - they are a major reason for bottom-line success. We don’t have to choose between happiness and business success. Studies show that happy employees are more motivated, productive, innovative and engaged. In short: Happy companies make more money.

Other studies show that people who pursue the career they like, rather than the career they think will make them rich, are more likely to become millionaires.

Make no mistake: Happiness at work is on the march. It just seems that many people are stuck a little harder in the “work is unpleasant - that’s why we get paid to do it” mentality.

So my advice to managers and employees is this: Make happiness at work your top priority. It will make work more fun, it will make you happier in life, and it will make you more successful.

差不多所有不高興的人都會選擇快樂的工作而去避免消極的談論和聊天，無論你有多強烈的感覺，消極的人都深刻的影響著你的心靈.幸福快樂是每個人的選擇，我也知道你們對此的爭論，但這是事實！

“從你的工作獲得付款，但不喜歡它！”這仿佛成了每個經理和車間的態度。更壞的是雇員也同意這一潛規則，當我問及人們是什么讓你們快樂的工作，他們極少的談及工作本身是為了達到目的的一種手段，而不是什么享受。

相對于花費時間給你的家庭、朋友還有你的愛好，你花費了大量的時間用于工作。不得不工作，是因為這是一個特別嚴重的事。它讓你緊張，讓你沮喪。

可是，一份工作是快樂的一個重要來源。是它可以給你成功，給你勝利，還有你職業的成長，它可以讓你有助于一些重要的事，它可以是積極的源泉，喝你的經理、同事建立和善的關系。這是你所能及的，事實上，其中充滿了樂趣。

一個年青的雇員向我抱怨她想換份工作，因為她的老板不愿意幫助讓她在專業上成長。我問她，你會正真的想著某個人的成長與發展嗎？當然，答案只會是她自己，你是一個一心只想著自己持續發展的人。對你自己的成長負責！

雇員都希望能熱愛自己的工作，很少有人提出管理不善、緊張、加班、蠻橫以及任何我們工作的不滿意。更何況，每個公司都有真正為了雇員的福利。

工人喜愛他的工作= 更高的效率和創新=更多的錢。你可以喜歡或不喜歡你現在的工作，你可以相信或不相信在你的工作中會找到快樂的元素，讓你從而喜愛上你的工作。你能做到！審視一下你自己，你的技巧和你的興趣，并試著發現你沒太難喜歡干的事，如果你每天都做你喜愛的事，你現在所做的工作將會變得一無是處。

工作應該始終充滿樂趣.....我們只擁有一次生命，生命的三分之一就是工作，沒有快樂和興趣，工作從而變得痛苦。

一些公司懂得它，這也就是Disney, Google, focus 堅決實行讓然們快樂工作的原因。他們怎么做的呢？

Google讓他們的員工自由的創意，用百分之二十的工作時間來選擇自己的工作項目，同樣，Google的著裝要求“必須穿衣服！”

這些努力不僅僅是斗志，還是成功的真正基礎，我們并不是非要在快樂與商業成功之間做出選擇。研究表明，快樂的員工更有動力，富有成效，創新和保障。簡而言之，快樂的公司轉更多的錢。

另外的研究表明人們喜歡一直從事自己熱愛的行業，而不是他們認為豐富的職業生涯，更有可能成為百萬富翁的職業。

別搞錯：幸福是在工作的路途上，這似乎只是很多人有一點艱難的堅持“工作是不愉快的-但是我們為什么要付出而且這樣做”的心態。

同樣，我給經理和雇員的建議是：快樂是工作的先決條件，將會給你的工作帶來更多的激情，讓你的生活充滿樂趣，而且讓你更加成功。