Check out my op-ed piece - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Check out my op-ed piece - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Today The CS Monitor published an op-ed piece I wrote called Yes, you can be happy at work which talks about the difference between American and Scandinavian attitudes. A quote: You get paid to do your job, not to like it, seems to be the attitude of most US managers and workplaces. Whats worse, American employees seem to be willing participants in this arrangement. When I ask Americans 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. The result is that US workplaces are dominated by status-seeking career climbers, where the paycheck is the only motivator, where employee turnover is shockingly high, where bad management is never challenged, where burnout and cynicism are the order of the day, and only Dilbert comic strips provide relief. Click here to read the whole thing. Its inspired by this earlier post about my experiences from a recent trip to America. Before the paper would publish it, I had to agree to a few edits though. For instance this line didnt make it into print: In fact, recent studies have Denmark leading the lists of happy nations so eat it, Sweden! Though I kinda figured it wouldnt :o) Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related