In the workplace

People can increase their happiness at work by viewing work as more than labour exchanged for wages. In order to gain happiness in the workplace it is necessary to focus on the idea that work is ‘not about finding the right job but rather finding a job you can make right for you’ (recrafting). If people exercise their signature strengths in the workplace it will increase their level of satisfaction. There is a clear relationship between positive emotion, high productivity, low turnover and high loyalty. Seligman believes that Authentic Happiness comes from identifying your most fundamental strengths and using them every day in work, play and parenting to buffer against misfortune and against psychological disorders. This in turn helps to build resilience in people - psychological capital. To identify your signature strengths visit http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx and complete the VIA SIGNATURE STRENGTHS QUESTIONNAIRE.