| Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. | | | | | | | | | | | | | JANUARY 18, 2010 | Want to Be Happier at Work?
Take Ownership | | | A recent Gallup Healthways report showed that business owners outrank others in terms of overall well-being. And, autonomy, influence, and a sense of meaning are all associated with lower stress. If you need to find more joy at work, take on a new project that will improve your job, division, or workplace. While you may not have the same degree of freedom that an entrepreneur does, you can find ways to set the agenda and exert ownership over tasks and projects. This ownership will likely improve your job satisfaction while adding an important accomplishment to your résumé. | | | | | | Read the full post and join the discussion » | | | | | | RELATED PRODUCT |  | | | Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People | | | Harvard Business Press Book — A Financial Times "Best Business Books of 2009" Selection | | | If your company is like most, it has a handful of people who generate disproportionate quantities of value. Companies' competitiveness, even survival, increasingly hinges on such "clever people." But the truth is, clever people are as fiercely independent as they are clever — they don't want to be led. | | | | | | | | | | ADVERTISEMENT | | | |  | | | | | | | Follow the Tip: |  |  | | | | | ALSO OF INTEREST | | | | | | PREVIOUS TIPS | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Copyright © 2010 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved.
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