Sari Deand Zara Chaudary from PowerToFly explored strategies for finding joy within the workplace and throughout your everyday life
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📝Key Takeaways
After watching the session, you will gain the following insights and actionable steps:
- KEY INSIGHT: Joy differs from happiness - happiness is temporary and externally triggered, while joy is an enduring internal state that can coexist with other emotions (including grief and sadness).
ACTIONABLE ITEM: Practice "relentlessly romanticizing" your daily life by intentionally finding beauty and appreciation in small moments (like the speaker's example of savoring morning coffee or acknowledging the special moments with family).
- KEY INSIGHT: Joy is intrinsically linked to community and authentic connections - you can't experience true joy in isolation, and cultivating meaningful relationships is essential for a joyful life.
ACTIONABLE ITEM: Implement the "SAVERS" framework for your morning routine: Silence (meditation), Affirmations, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, and Scribing (journaling). Start with just 10 minutes total and build from there.
- KEY INSIGHT: Joy at work isn't self-indulgent but actually improves performance - research shows joyful employees are more successful, focused, and likely to stay with employers who meet their needs. Joy is contagious and spreads wellbeing to others.
ACTIONABLE ITEM: Lead by example in normalizing healthy workplace behaviors - be transparent about putting therapy appointments, family time, or personal commitments on your calendar, and actively practice the optimal 3:1 ratio of recognition/reward to feedback with colleagues.
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