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THE WHY OF WORK

• • Who are your least creative employees? What do
they need to work more creatively? (Consider the same
possibilities.)
• • Which category do you fall into? What do you need to
work more creatively?

Pleasure

Positive psychology guru Martin Seligman has identified
three sources of happiness: things we find deeply meaningful,
things that are deeply engaging, and things that simply feel
good. While lasting happiness is not found in pleasure alone,
in balance with meaning and engagement pleasure contrib-
utes a lot to our sense of well-being, including at work.
Number your sheet of paper from 1 to 10 again. What are
10 things you could do to make work more pleasurable that
would cost nothing or less than $20? Ignore all judgments
about whether these ideas are practical or even possible—
just brainstorm and see what comes up. Go!
If you are having trouble getting started, try deliberately
including at least one item from each of the following cate-
gories of pleasure: physical, intellectual, spiritual, social, and
emotional/aesthetic.
Here are some of the things we’ve heard:

• • Physical. Play air Ping-Pong with Fred in the hallway
on breaks, take a walk at lunch, burn scented candles in
the lobby, keep a golf ball and a putter behind the door,
stash chocolate, organize a yoga class, rearrange my
office furniture, do sit-ups.

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