{"id":2916,"date":"2017-12-04T17:28:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/?p=2916"},"modified":"2017-12-04T19:03:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T19:03:39","slug":"there-are-4gs-in-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/there-are-4gs-in-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"There are 4Gs in Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much has been written about what might seem like a modern indulgence: the aim of being happy. I have previously added<\/a>\u00a0to the many, many articles online. And I enjoy (!) researching the topic, including articles<\/a>\u00a0on what makes us unhappy.<\/p>\n

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But, did you know that quite simply there are just 4 G\u2019s in \u201chappiness\u201d?<\/p>\n

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First, Give: the importance of performing acts of kindness for others actually helps us be happy too. I was reading recently of a local recording of the TV show \u201cDIY SOS\u201d where volunteer tradespeople give their time to help a family facing difficult circumstances.\u00a0 For this episode, they needed 100 people over 9 days.\u00a0 Nearly one thousand plumbers, electricians, carpenters and gardeners applied to give their time and talent.\u00a0 Week after week the volunteers say how working on the project has been the most enjoyable initiative of their lives.\u00a0 Many organisations have schemes to encourage staff to give to local initiatives or charities.\u00a0 These have spinoff benefits for both staff and employer wellbeing. This blog\u00a0<\/a>explains a bit more about giving.<\/p>\n

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Second, are you Grounded, with realistic expectations? \u00a0Mo Gawdat has written<\/a> how manging our anticipation in situations is the easiest way to create joy.<\/p>\n

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Thirdly (and two G\u2019s in one here), do you have clear goals for growth?\u00a0 One client I am working with is investing in helping all individuals (in all teams in all of their distributed locations) be really clear on their chosen goals and their plan to achieve them during 2018. They believe this will promote role and life satisfaction.<\/p>\n

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Finally, Gratitude: the importance of counting our blessings.\u00a0 Watch this space. My festive Business Briefing due in a week shares the twelve things I am grateful that 2017 has brought me.\u00a0 What are you pleased for?\u00a0 How do you keep focused on the good things in life, even when the journey is a bit rocky?\u00a0 One colleague regularly, even religiously, completes the journal book Two Minute Mornings.\u00a0 It asks you to jot down what you are grateful for (as well as what you will let go of and focus on) each day.\u00a0 She loves the impact it has for her.\u00a0 Leading speaker Michael Heppell shares how his Grateful List of 5 things to be thankful for each and every day is his most important ritual in life.<\/p>\n

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So, the 4G of happiness.\u00a0 Do they work for you?\u00a0 Does it give you the bandwidth for the life you want to live? So much better than GPRS (grumbles, pessimism, rumination and shame), I reckon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Much has been written about what might seem like a modern indulgence: the aim of being happy. I have previously added\u00a0to the many, many articles online. And I enjoy (!) researching the topic, including articles\u00a0on what makes us unhappy.   But, did you know that quite simply there are just 4 G\u2019s in \u201chappiness\u201d?   […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[136,128],"tags":[50,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2916"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2925,"href":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions\/2925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}