How happy are you?
How much has your company grossed this quarter?
Which question is more important to you? If you are more concerned about the latter, then one suspects the answer to the former is not going to be very positive.
By focusing on people’s well-being rather than economic productivity, there is likely to be a knock-on effect for business too. After all, a happy workforce makes for a more successful and productive team.
Success and money can contribute to happiness, but happiness itself is another thing altogether. Words like ‘family’, ‘friends’, ‘love’ and ‘laughter’ have a lot more to do with happiness than words like ‘gross’, ‘capital’ and ‘revenue’.
Money is a by-product of bigger, more meaningful goals such as passion, fun and wisdom. As I’ve said before, have fun, do good, and the money will come.
Perhaps we could learn a thing or two from the latest research in positive psychology and their findings. What other measurements for success are important to you?
Many corporations have now waken up and start to invest in their people, the results in any business come from people and if they are happy they are more likely to bring extra to the business.
I hope this makes you reflect on what’s really important.
Happy Regards
Joao Bocas
CEO at Sports13
