How to Take Control of Your Happiness and Positivity
3 Actions You Can Take Starting Now to Affect the Positive Changes Within You
It is another Wednesday morning. You woke up to a series of push notifications on your phone about another political scandal and world health crisis. You walked into the office and saw a group of people by the water cooler sharing negative opinions on recent sport events airing over the weekend. You open your email and see another reminder email from your senior management about the need for urgencies for staggering sales performance. It is only 9:30 AM; you are already feeling the overwhelming pressure from negativity weighing down on your shoulder. How do you get away from all these negativities? How do you stay positive? How do you feel happy?
What is Happiness? Most people can only describe it as a feeling of fulfillment along with other emotional descriptors like pride, joy, etc. The best definition of Happiness in my perspective is what psychology researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky wrote in her 2007 book, The How of Happiness. In her book, she described happiness as “the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.” In the book, she has also listed the impacts of happiness on one’s ability to optimize decision making and maintain positive relationships in personal and…
