How Happiness Affects People
What?
How many people can say they are happy? I say I am happy most of the time but on the
inside it is not always true. I have
always thought that a person’s happiness is dependent upon their own choices
and actions in life. But what I am coming
to understand is that a person’s happiness can be greatly affected by others. There is an article in The Washington Post
that talks about happiness and how it can be spread from person to person. A
study was conducted followed 4, 700 people for 20 years found that people who
are happy or become happy boost the chances that someone they know will be
happy (Rob Stein). This is a very
important when it comes to team work; if a team members is happy there is a
greater chance that other member will be happy.
When individuals on the team are happier they tend to be more satisfied
more creative and more productive (Hughes p13).
So What?
A person’s attitude is so powerful that
they might be affecting people they do not even know. According to Nicholas A. Christakis, a
medical sociologist at Harvard University a person’s happiness can also
depends on the choices and actions and experiences of other people, including
people to whom you are not directly connected (Stein p2). In the business world working on projects,
there might be some interaction with non-members of the team that collaboration
be it positive could boosts the team’s emotional intelligence. On the other hand, if that communication is
negative it could have devastating consequences for that team’s emotional and social
intelligence (Hughes p14).
Now What?
Short entry today but the message is
powerful. People’s mood and attitudes be
it internal or external greatly affects others.
This interaction can be silent but can have a lasting impact. In order to have a more productive team happiness
needs to be involved. Also happiness has
been linked with healthiness contributing to an overall longer life. Being healthy
translates into being more productive less people absence from being sick. Humanity as a whole benefit when people work
together (Hughes p15). So always be nice
to others and wear a smile you never know who you might be helping.
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