Let’s face it, it is practically impossible to be happy with anyone or anything you do not love. Personally, I’d rather be penniless and free rather than spend another shift in a workplace I am not happy with. Not only will you be miserable the entire shift but the quality of your work will definitely suffer as well. Worse, your negative vibes can go viral and spread across your team. So do yourself and everybody else a favor and go on leave or maybe even quit if you absolutely cannot be happy and love your workplace anymore.
On the other hand, if you love your job and happy in your workplace, good for you! Not only will your morale be high but you can definitely be more productive working in a happy workplace. At the end of the day, it all boils down to your perspective whether you’d be happy in your workplace or be miserable.
Money should never be your primary motivation for loving your work. If it was just your paycheck you’re after then you’d never be happy in your workplace because eventually you’d feel you’re not being compensated enough for all the stress and hard work and would soon want more money. And this will lead to frustration and being unhappy with your workplace which leaves you even more miserable to the point that you just cannot do your work anymore. Instead, find a purpose why you need to stay wide awake working the graveyard shift taking care of customers most of whom would vent their frustration and spit venom at you rather than thank you for helping. It’s a stressful, thankless job and no amount of money can make you swallow the trash talk you’re getting. But if your primary motivation is the people you love who depend on you, or the house you’re paying the mortgage for, or the tuition you need so you could finally finish college, or to buy the latest gadgets your wealthy friends have, or anything worth your while, then your perspective towards your workplace changes and you get a happy, more positive attitude towards work.
On a personal note, my primary motivation getting back from semi-retirement and working full-time again was to pay for my mom’s chemotherapy and medication after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2011. Thankfully, mom completed her 5-year treatment and had been cancer-free for the past couple of years. I am eternally grateful to the call center industry for providing me the means to support my mom’s battle and eventual victory over cancer. As I said, we all need a purpose, an inspiration, to persevere and do what we need to do.
And speaking of inspiration, as promised, here are 8 inspiring happy workplace quotes I Googled that hopefully would make you fall in love with your work again.
8 Inspiring Quotes for a Happy Workplace
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”
-Pele, Brazilian Football Superstar
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
-Confucius, Chinese Philosopher
“I feel sorry for the person who can’t get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.”
-Walter Chrysler, American Industrialist
“It’s not the hours you put in your work that counts, it’s the work you put in the hours.”
-Sam Ewing, American Baseball Legend
“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.”
-Oprah Winfrey, American TV Personality
"The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.”
-Charles Schwab, American Banker and Philanthropist
“Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.”
-Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Writer, Poet and Visual Artist
“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”
-Theodore Isaac Rubin, American Psychiatrist and Author
There you have it, 8 inspiring quotes for a happy workplace that I sincerely hope can help bring more positive vibes for y’all this Valentines! Special thanks to www.brainyquote.com and www.great-inspirational-quotes.com for sharing these wonderful happy workplace quotes. If you loved this article and would like others to feel the love, please feel free to share this article with them. Thank you. Have a wonderful shift!
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