Book Review: Happiness at Work by Srikuma Rao

Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful - No Matter What was written by Srikumar Rao who created the course “Creativity and Personal Mastery”, which has helped to transform the lives of students and executives at many leading schools and corporations. He has taught at Colombia Business School, London Business School, Kellogg School of Management, and Haas School of Business at UCLA. In addition, he has spoken to and conducted workshops for firms such as General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Google, and Microsoft. 

In this book, the author shares his teachings at some of the world’s most prestigious business schools. The underlying message in the book is that “happiness works” for everything that you do in your personal and business life.

The book is broken up into 35 short chapters of lessons. Below are a few of these chapters:

• What you need is a paradigm shift
• Why positive thinking is bad for you
• Think your problem is managing time? It’s not!!!
• Why affirmations can actually hurt you
• How big is your pile?
• Is anything for real?
• What to do when fear strikes

Throughout the book, the author provides inspiring stories and thought provoking exercises drawn from ancient wisdom, world history, and business. By reading this book, you will learn how to reclaim your happiness and begin to create your vision for success. In this book, you will learn how to:

• Greet each day with a sense of purpose
• Commit intensely-and joyfully-to everything that you do
• Stop defining your life with “good” or “bad” labels
• Create your own miracles-no matter what life throws at you
• Attract positive people, energy, and actions into your universe

Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful - No Matter What is easy to read since each chapter is short and very practical. By reading this book, you will come away with some new inspiration on how to lead a more successful life.

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