Firms who have set healthy expectations around that for their work forces, and are starting to do that with success. You know what's funny is, i see it in sports. We often don't pay market rates inside companies, right? People know that they have to leave the company and get a job an have you ever heard people say, i got to leaving the company, go somewhere else to get what i deserve? All the time. Rather than suffer from my annual two % rays that i have to get at this company is the only way to go up. Well, same with t motion conversation. We the money side of it has to corroborate. So we have to
Neil Pasricha: The Happiness Equation
Neil Pasricha is a top-rated leadership keynote speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and positive psychology researcher focused on the relationship between happiness and leadership in business. He leads The Institute for Global Happiness.
Neil has written five New York Times and #1 international bestsellers including: The Book of Awesome*, Awesome is Everywhere*, and The Happiness Equation*. His books have been on bestseller lists for over 200 weeks and sold millions of copies.
Key Points
Retirement can be a shock for people, but having a sense of purpose makes it much easier to handle.
We need to take the stigma off demotions, because for some people it’s a better match to their stage of life. As people get older, they work less. It shouldn’t be a shame for them to earn less.
Social media solutions:
No screens in the first or last hour of day.
Put your charger as far away from your bedroom as possible.
Turn off notifications on your phone, or put your phone on airplane mode.
Happiness should be a starting point, not a destination.
The best time of day to check email is 9-10 am and 4-5pm.
If you’re only doing the urgent tasks, your never doing the important ones.
Resources Mentioned
The Happiness Equation* by Neil Pasricha
Irresistible* by Adam Alter
Abundance* by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Book Notes
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