Learn to create resilience and happiness no matter what’s going on in your life In these tough times, there are few people who are completely happy with the current conditions. From business executives to the everyday Joe or Jane, everyone seems to be going through a rough economic and personal crunch. But acclaimed business school Professor Srikumar Rao says that we can learn to create joy no matter what else may be going on around us. Rao shows you that it isn't the negative thing that happens to you that causes your unhappiness, it's how you see it. Happiness at Work is a thought-provoking new title that moves the mind away from negativity and forces you to resist labeling situations as "bad", but rather seeing them as neutral. Happiness at Work provides: Surprising ways of looking at change and problem-solving - Exercises that shift one’s perspective Learn the vital wisdom necessary to achieving a joyful, successful life as you define it through greater resilience and a strong inner core. Get it now with The Happiness Choice. "Follow Srikumar Rao’s instructions and you will enjoy the journey to more happiness and meaning in your life, no matter what!" -- Marshall Goldsmith , author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There " Happiness at Work brings new understanding of the essential role happiness plays in workplace learning and performance. Srikumar Rao’s guidelines for our journey to leadership include aspects rarely explored and newly significant." -- Frances Hesselbein , chairman and founding president, Leader to Leader Institute/Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management "This book is a treasure chest full of wisdom. Each and every one of its 34 chapters introduced me to or reminded me of a very important principle for living a happy and successful life." -- Jack Canfield , co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and coauthor of The Success Principles Srikumar S. Rao created "Creativity and Personal Mastery," the pioneering course that was among the most popular and highest rated at many of the world’s top business schools. It remains the only such course to have its own alumni association. His work has been covered by major media including the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal , the Financial Times , Time , Fortune , BusinessWeek , the London Times , the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph . CNN, PBS, and Voice of America, and dozens of radio and TV stations have interviewed him. Please visit www.srikumarsrao.com for many tools and useful resources.You can follow him on Twitter @srikumarsrao Srikumar S. Rao created "Creativity and Personal Mastery," the pioneering course that was among the most popular and highest rated at many of the world’s top business schools. It remains the only such course to have its own alumni association. His work has been covered by major media including the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal , the Financial Times , Time , Fortune , BusinessWeek , the London Times , the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph . CNN, PBS, and Voice of America, and dozens of radio and TV stations have interviewed him. Please visit www.srikumarsrao.com for many tools and useful resources.You can follow him on Twitter @srikumarsrao happiness at work Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful—No Matter What By Srikumar S. Rao McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2010 Srikumar S. Rao All right reserved. ISBN: 978-0-07-166432-5 Contents Chapter One What you need is a paradigm shift At certain milestones—the two most common being birthdays and New Year's Day—people decide that their lives will be different from that day on. I bet this is true of you. At different times, you've probably resolved to eat healthy, exercise regularly, stop procrastinating, catch up on your backlog, stop watching junk TV, get enough sleep, and so on. How long did it last? Odds are you were back to your old habits in short order until the next milestone, when you repeated the cycle again. And again. There is a reason for this. When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances are very good that you will not succeed. This is so universally true that you can actually make money from it. Gyms cheerfully and unabashedly sign up many times more members than they can handle in early January. They know there will be open slots on treadmill sign-up sheets by February. If you have a strong will and persist in your new behavior, you will likely encounter side effects you would rather not deal with. If you stop smoking cold turkey, you may eat too much and put on weight. Then you starve yourself to regain your ideal body weight, and your crotchety temper ruins relations with your family. Violence to yourself is not a good way to go. My methods produce lasting behavioral change without unpleasant consequences, because the change does not come from an effort of will. It comes from examinin