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15 Things Successful Women STOP DOING

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 March 3, 2017
15 things successful women stop doing

15 Things Successful Women STOP DOING

Stop doing what you doing if it’s not working!

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein

Learning from your experience is such a powerful skill. Many successful women acquire a “realisation” (over time) – they stop the old way of doing things. It’s a moment of splendour, insight and a huge AHA moment. It’s so great to be in this space. Can you imagine the possibilities and opportunities for new dreams and goals?

Here are the universal lessons that successful smart women learn and grasp. Its these insights that drive them to thrive in life. Propel them to flourish and prosper.

Successful women STOP …

  1. Doing things, the old way that did not work
  2. Relying on the outer world for validation and approval
  3. Being all things to all people
  4. Complaining , comparing and being a copycat
  5. Trying to be perfect
  6. Trusting anybody or anything that seems too perfect
  7. Focusing on short gratification and keep their sight on their long-term vision
  8. Being distracted by short term disruptions and instant results
  9. Trying to change other people
  10. Assuming and expecting. They act, measure, revolve, adjust & move forward.
  11. Doing everything themselves. They learn to delegate and ask for help.
  12. Letting circumstances define them.
  13. Blaming others and themselves for their mistakes. They acknowledge, accept learn and move on
  14. Carelessly and thoughtlessly trusting the venture. They gather relevant information that would impact them personally
  15. Pleasing others. They remain true to their own self, values and ethics

Smart successful women are not superwoman. They are human like you and me. They mess up like you and me. These women feel the pain of messing up like you and me. Smart women don’t want to experience pain again. They are willing to understand what caused it, change their game plan never to repeat it again……

What are you willing to stop doing to be successful?

Thriving in The Sweet Spot

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 September 5, 2016
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Thriving in the Sweet Spot

Since I have launched my 30 Day Sugar Free Sweet & Sexy for Spring Challenge (Join the challenge its FREE! www.ilovesugarfree.weebly.com), I have been thinking about the phrase “THE SWEET SPOT IN LIFE”

What is the sweet spot?

“The sweet spot is that place where your greatest strengths and your greatest personal power overlap with those arenas where you find ease, where there is little resistance or stress” Christine Carter

I’ve wrestled with the sweet spot for a long long time. What parts of life need to blend together to get to it? Do you know? When struggle sets in life I become stressed and sombre. I lose my mojo when I’m too tense or tired. I feel stuck and strained. I know that I can get great successes outside of my sweet spot, but my body and brain just freezes. What can I do?

Here are 3 ways we can flow into our sweet spot (easily and effortlessly):

  1. Rethink busy-ness  Busy-ness can exhaust us and make even easy tasks seem harder. Any time we feel anxious & stressed, we aren’t working or living from our sweet spot. So rethink busyness to finding meaningful things to do or doing things with a meaningful attitude.
  2. Engage with People. One requirement for human survival is connecting with people; this sense of connection to others brings us both ease and strength. We feel less isolated, less lonely and less stressed. We feel we belong. We gain immense strength and feel safer. Start today by connecting with one new person you encounter.
  3. Practice makes Perfect. If you continuously to live and strive in the sweet spot. Over time with practice it becomes a habit. As we develop a good habit, they become second nature. Where we don’t even have think about. Easy as pie.

We then Thrive in the Sweet Spot with ease and comfort.

Take Action: Pick one of the above ways to flow back to your sweet spot, and decide WHEN you will do it. Insert in your calendar or for all intentions & purposes your fire may dwindle.  Where is your Sweet Spot in Life?

12 Habits of Highly SUCCESSFUL WOMEN

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 June 11, 2016
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Recently certain thoughts have been needling me. It’s disturbing my inner calm. The world is obsessed with it. Life is not fulfilling and meaningful if you don’t achieve it. YES, it’s all about SUCCESS! One must be SUCCESSFUL to be happy, to fit in, to belong, to be recognized.

What it means to be SUCCESSFUL WOMAN?

Does it mean a high paying job, living in a big house and driving an expensive car?

Perhaps owning your own home…?

Running a thriving business…?

Maybe successful is having a happy and healthy family life? For others success is being able to stay at home with their children, just getting along with a sibling/spouse/parent day after day.

Learning another language. Being able to coax an Orchid into re-blooming?

Or perhaps it is just as simple as being happy when you drinking a cold glass of water on a hot day … Success comes in many forms and has many meanings. What success are you seeking in your life right now?

Whatever successful means to you, there are certain habits of successful women that help them achieve their own success.

Giving them their own unique SUCCESS -It has genius, power and magic in it. SUCCESSFUL WOMEN have some unique habits that helps them to their pathway to success.

  1. She is committed to herself, her life, and her dreams. Until there is no commitment, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. All acts of initiative and creation, ideas and splendid plans will fade away and die until that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then magic happens. The pathway to success begins. Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Be Bold COMMIT – Boldness has power and magic in it.
  2. She makes time for herself. Women on the GO schedules are demanding & running rife filled with meetings, deadlines, kids’ soccer matches, etc. A successful woman knows her own value and knows that she needs time out to rejuvenate and just focus on herself. She is smart enough to schedule some time for herself.
  3. She challenges herself. This can be done in so many ways. She can challenge herself intellectually, physically, mentally, spiritually…… She sets goals for herself then push them a little higher. The point is that she is always challenging herself to achieve more be more…growing and creating a colourful life
  4. She educates herself. And I don’t mean she has to have a University degree. Knowledge is power and a successful woman is aware that she needs to be educated. Whether it’s in business or day-to-day life, a successful woman researches, reads and asks questions. Applies this knowledge in her life to make wise choices.
  5. She understands mummy guilt and general woman guilt, acknowledges it, and moves on. Mummy guilt is something we live with everyday, we feel guilty if we go to work, we feel guilty if we stay at home, we feel guilty for just about everything. But we need to acknowledge that we feel this way because we want the best for our children, for our families and for ourselves.
  6. She knows it’s important to be healthy. Healthy isn’t only about exercise and food. Healthy is a mindset, it’s about her heart, it is about our whole life. It encompasses everything we do, every day. A successful woman knows the importance of her overall health & wellbeing.
  7. She is financially savvy. It is vitally important to know the ins and outs of your finances, to be on top of your financial situation. Successful women are successful because they can manage financial side smartly. Financial stability is such a massive part of life –A successful woman doesn’t live a champagne life on a beer budget.
  8. She smiles at herself and life. Do you realize how different you feel if you smile? And what about when you smile at someone else? I challenge you to smile at a complete stranger today. Chances are they will smile back. That means your smile just made someone else smile. That’s pretty darn powerful. Successful women know the power of a smile and use it. A successful woman knows that we all get further in this world by being nice and smiling, our mothers taught us so.
  9. She can step away from her job and have a life outside of her workplace. A successful woman knows that work isn’t everything, all the time. She knows that she can step away and it’s okay. She can switch work off, step away and have some fun.
  10. She makes a plan. A successful woman knows where she wants GO and has a plan on how to get there. She sets goals for herself and puts into place an action plan to achieve those goals. She measures, re-evaluates and sets more goals.
  11. She celebrates her wins, both big and small. A successful woman knows the importance of celebrating the wins. Some days that are as simple as ticking off items from the to do list or as big as achieving her major goals – either way, she knows that celebrating the wins helps keep her motivated, committed and driven.
  12. She helps others through selfless acts of kindness. The old idea of needing to be ruthless in order to succeed is outdated. A successful woman gives back, she gives and expects nothing in return. She smiles at others, she helps others and she is kind. She is generous. She understands random acts of kindness

What does SUCCESS mean to you?

Why Getting Happy at Work is so Important?

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 April 5, 2016
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Getting happy at work is one of the most important reason to be more successful at work!

Drawing up impressive to do lists, having the right system, time management methodology, keeping detailed logs, eating your frog first, having an efficient structure – all this is correct and valid – but it does not make you more productive. There is one important thing that makes all the mentioned work more effective and fun: Liking what you do! Yes, liking what you do! By liking what you do, you can tackle the to do lists, etc., with more ease and resilience.

The single most efficient way to increase your productivity is get happy and be happy at work. No system, tool or methodology on earth can beat the productivity boost you get from really, really enjoying your work.

I’m not belittling all the productivity advice out there – it’s not that it’s faulty or ineffective. It’s just that when you apply it in a job that basically doesn’t make you happy, you’re trying to fix the symptoms when the problem goes much deeper.

Here are the 10 important reasons why being happy at work is the #1 productivity booster. Happy people:

1: Work better with others
– Better teamwork with your workmates
–  Better employee relations if you’re a manager
– More satisfied & happy customers if you’re in a service-orientated job
– Improved sales

2: Are more creative
If your productivity depends on being able to come up with new ideas, you need to be happy at work. You think better when you are happy.

3: Resolve problems instead of complaining about them
When you don’t like your work, every molehill looks like a mountain. It becomes difficult to solve any problem without agonizing over it. When you’re happy at work and you run into a snag – you just deal with it!

4: Have more energy
Happy people have much more energy and are therefore more efficient at most things they do.

5: Are more optimistic
Happy people have a more positive, optimistic outlook in life, and as research shows, optimists and happy people are super successful and way more productive.

6: Are way more motivated & driven
Low motivation means low productivity & drive, and the only sustainable, reliable way to be motivated at work is to be happy and really like what you do.

7: Get less sick
Getting sick is a productivity killer. If you don’t like your job, you’re more prone to contract a long list of stress related diseases. More sick leave taken. You’re also more prone to workplace stress and burnout.

8: Learn quicker

When you’re happy and relaxed, you’re much more open to learning new things at work

9: Worry less about making mistakes
When you’re happy at work the occasional mistake doesn’t bother you much. You pick yourself up, learn from it and move on. When you happy your concentration is better therefore fewer mistakes.

10: Make better decisions

Happy people make better, more informed decisions. They are better able to prioritize their work under stressful situations

You wondering all this sounds great BUT how do you get happy at work? There are two ways, really:

  1. Get happy in your current job. There are numerous things you can do to improve your work situation. The magic trick is that you choose to do something! For example- sit down and write what you like about your work and what you don’t like. Then take one or two things you do not like then find ways to change them. Once you start you will see the impact and you will be pleasantly surprised.

2. Find a new job where you can be happy. If your current job is not changeable, don’t wait– move on! Again that is if you choose to do so.

What are you willing to do to get happy at work?

How to be Happier at Work

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 February 21, 2015
How to be Happier at Work

We spend a great deal of our life and time at work. So happiness at work should matter. Here are 7 ways to get happy working for you:-

1.    Take note THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN HAPPINESS. Start noticing how happy you are at work. Make a list of happy things and unhappy things. Make a plan to change the unhappy and enhance the uplifting things about work.

2.    Dress for success. Work image is important. Dressing up shows that you are serious about work. Dressing up gives you a boost in self-confidence. Self-confidence makes you more radiant and happy. The happier you are the more productive you will be.

3.    Build a good professional relationship with your boss. Have regular meetings to discuss your work and getting feedback. Have meaningful conversation to understand your boss’s expectations and goals. This way you can negotiate and manage your career path. Being proactive in your work life can give you a sense of personal power.

4.    Connect with positive uplifting thinkers at work. Happiness is contagious. This way your mood will improve. Making working time fly. As the saying goes. Time flies when you having fun. Do not get involve in office gossip and complainers. They can drag you down and lower your morale.

5.    Add some fun uplifting energetic activity in your work time. Go for a walk at lunch time or meet up with a friend for lunch. Do some meditation, go to the gym or listen to Happy song. This way you will feel good mentally, emotionally & physically and be happy. Your positive energy can enhance or create a positive environment at work.

6.    Tackle the difficult tasks and the ones that are unpleasant first. Procrastination can rob you of your happiness at work adding huge amounts of stress. Find assistance if you feeling stuck.  Have the courage to tackle the task. As the joke goes how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

7.    Build relationships with workmates. You spend a lot of time with your colleagues, so invest in these essential relationships. Develop a strong network that gives you moral and practical support. And never underestimate the power of laughter— it can relieve stress, inspire creativity and enhance your feelings of connection with your co-workers. It’s good for you, and great for business.

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