Renewable Energy & Sustainability Heroes by GineersNow Engineering GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue No. 017, Ren | Page 50

Small Ways Engineers Can
Be Happier At Work
Tired and unhappy with your job?
Here are 7 small things you can do to make your workplace happier.
Most of us spend almost half of our adult days working. Many consider it a sacrifice- a
price you have to pay so that you can provide you and your family’s needs, and so that
you can have enough money to buy the things you desire and enjoy our lives.
This attitude isn’t healthy, and it needs to change.
Instead of looking at work as a
burden, why not make the workplace
your happiness in itself? Why not
try to change your thinking into
something more positive? As the Dalai
Lama has said, “Happiness is not
something ready-made. It comes from
your own actions.”
If you’re in an abusive, extremely
stressful, or in an unhealthy
environment in general, the best move
to happiness is to leave that job and
find someplace else where you know
you’ll enjoy working. However, for
the rest of us who just hate having to
wake up early in the morning to go to
work, here are 7 simple actions that
can make our lives happier:
1) Make Feedback a gift
People usually dread feedback
and criticism as they equate it to
negativity. Instead of thinking it this
way, why not think of feedback as
something that motivates you to
improve on your actions and make
yourself better at what you do.
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