People tend to think that happiness comes after work. But if we wait until we clock out from work to be happy, we’ll spend one-third of our lives feeling unhappy.

Being happy at work makes us more productive, more creative, more optimistic, and better problem solvers, as well as better prepared to face challenges and manage stress. Not to mention that feeling happier leads us to a healthier and longer life.

Based on scientific evidence and her own journey toward happiness in the workplace, Angelica Ribeiro shows how to create happiness at work, especially if we have experiences such as:too much sitting, too little movementtoo much time stuck in traffic, too little time building positive habitstoo many tasks to do, too few hours of sleeptoo much computer work, too few social interactionsCombining storytelling and science, Ribeiro shares how we can transform those experiences into happiness strategies, including making time to move, building positive habits during traffic, and creating social connections at work. By following these happiness strategies, it helps us increase our happiness even if we have a busy work life.

Nobody is happy all the time. But consciously working toward happiness at work increases how often we feel joy and helps us feel happier a lot more than one-third of our lives.

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