WANT TO BE HAPPY? THEN SERVE!
An Authentice Leadership Article By Dr. Kreslyn Kelly-Ellis
Some people experience fulfilment when completing their job-related duties while others feel little-to-no satisfaction reporting to work every day. For some, their sole purpose for showing up is to make a living provide for their families, maintain healthcare benefits, as well as for other security reasons. In fact, in a 2013 Forbes magazine article, a Gallup poll was summarized reporting that only 30% of U.S. workers enjoy their jobs, 52% implied having no feelings at all, 18% are simply not happy, and 90% of workers, worldwide, are more frustrated with than fulfilled by work. Furthermore, The Washington Post (2019) reported that there has been a constant decline in personal happiness, in general, which was indicated by a 50% increase in the number of people saying they are “unhappy” in 2018 than in 1990. I'M GETTING
One may find these stats interesting since Positive Psychology suggests that people desire and attempt to be happy and to live meaningful and fulfilling lives through human flourishing. “Flourishing”, according to Dr. Seligman, founder of Positive Psychology, is comprised of five components: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment also referred to as the acronym, PERMA, by which people aim for a state of wellbeing, specific and unique to their individual values and interests. With that in mind, why are people reporting lower levels of happiness, especially in the socially connected world in which we live, work, and play?
TIRED AND,
FRANKLY
IT'S ABOUT
TIME I TALK
ABOUT IT.
