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How to Be Happy at Work
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How to Be Happy at Work

by Annie McKee
August 2018
Beginner
272 pages
5h 41m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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INTRODUCTION

Life Is Too Short to Be Unhappy at Work

Happiness Is a Choice

Life really is too short to be unhappy at work.

Yet far too many of us aren’t even close to being content—much less delighted—with our work or our workplaces. Instead, we are stressed and exhausted. We can’t remember what we used to love about our jobs. Colleagues we trust and respect are few and far between, and half the time it doesn’t even feel safe to be ourselves. All of this is spilling over into our personal lives. We’re having a hard time sleeping or have given up on exercise. Relationships are suffering, too. We feel trapped and struggle to see how things will ...

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ISBN: 9781633696815