Mikolaj's Monday Maunder - Boosting happiness

Inspiration and lessons for your leadership journey!

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“Happiness is associated with greater cooperation, motivation, and creativity, which in turn are instrumental to success in business, and in life as a whole.”
~ World Happiness Report-2013 ~

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Does happiness matter? 

Consider this:  People who are happy, who have more satisfying lives, and who live in happier communities:

• Are healthier
• Live longer
• Are more productive, curious, creative, and cooperative at work
• Are more likely to feel energetic and interested in doing things
• Miss less days of work
• Get better performance ratings from their direct manager or supervisor
• Integrate information better
• Are less likely to have accidents
• Achieve more
• Have healthier relationships and thus, lower divorce rates
• Are, in general, a better friend, colleague, neighbor, and citizen
• Tend to earn more money
• And more!

By almost every measure, happiness does matter for us individually, at home, at work, in our communities, and for our world.

The World Happiness Report 2013

Because of this, the United Nations issued its second "World Happiness Report," which assesses a country's happiness level based on survey data about wealth, health, freedom, and more.  It is their contribution to a worldwide major policy debate about the objectives of public policy and establishing sustainable development goals for the period 2015-2030.  Happiness has merit in this discussion.

Experts examined 2010-2012 survey data from 156 countries and found that the countries with the highest levels of happiness were:

1. Denmark
2. Norway
3. Switzerland
4. Netherlands
5. Sweden
6. Canada
7. Finland
8. Austria
9. Iceland
10. Australia

While worldwide happiness levels slightly increased year over year, the United States dropped from its 11th ranking in 2012 to 17th on the list, putting it just below Panama and Mexico.

Boost your happiness

Boosting happiness has individual, social, workplace, and global impact.  I present  simple things you can do and outline multiple strategies that will help you boost your happiness and success in my latest book, A Travel Guide to Leadership. They will also help you help others to boost their own happiness.

Do yourself and those you lead a service; boost your happiness.  Dr. Wayne Dyer shares a charming story in today’s video about how to get happiness to follow you wherever you go.  Enjoy!

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BONUS VIDEO!

Watch: Don’t Chase Happiness

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Together we can spread words of Encouragement, Inspiration, Empowerment, and Loving Leadership!

Together we can make a difference!

Thank you and…

Have an amazing journey today!

Alan

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