The Secret to Finding Happiness at Work

Feb. 24, 2015

Instead of relying on your work to bring you happiness, you need to create it yourself.

There's no magical remedy for discontentment at work.

If you're unhappy at your job, you have two clear choices: find a new job or make the most of the one you have.

Dr. Travis Bradberry, president at TalentSmart, identifies ways that emotionally intelligent people make their own happiness at work.

Simple things, like smiling more or laughing at yourself, he says, can make the biggest difference.

Read the complete article “How to be Happy at Work” on EHS Today, a companion site of IndustryWeek and part of Penton's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Group.

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Ginger Christ | Ginger Christ, Associate Editor

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Ginger Christ is an associate editor for EHS Today, a Penton publication.

She has covered business news for the past seven years, working at daily and weekly newspapers and magazines in Ohio, including the Dayton Business Journal and Crain's Cleveland Business.

Most recently, she covered transportation and leadership for IndustryWeek, a sister publication to EHS Today.

She holds a bachelor of arts in English and in Film Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.