5 ways to turn happiness into an advantage

Write Down What You're Grateful For

Write down three new things you are grateful for each day

Research shows this will significantly improve
your optimism even six months later, and raises
your success rates significantly

Focus On The Positive

Write for two minutes a day describing one positive experience you had over the past 24 hours.

This is a strategy to help transform you from a task-based thinker, to a meaning based thinker who scans the world for meaning instead of endless to-dos. 

This dramatically increases work happiness. 

Exercise

Exercise for 10 minutes a day. This trains your brain to believe your behavior matters, which causes a cascade of success throughout the rest of the day.

Meditate

Meditate for two minutes, focusing on your breath going in and out. 

This will help you undo the negative effects of multitasking. Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. 

It also decreases stress and raises happiness.

Send A Positive Email

Write one, quick email first thing in the morning thanking or praising a member on your team. 

This significantly increases your feeling of social support, which in my study at Harvard was the largest predictor of happiness for the students.