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WHAT DELIGHTS ME? (CIVILITY AND HAPPINESS)

• • Intellectual. Ask people about their favorite books, get a
new iPhone application, learn new vocabulary words, set
up a friendly debate, study a language, look more stuff
up on the Internet, Google myself or a friend, attend a
conference or class in a field I don’t know much about,
read more, listen to people I disagree with until I can
clearly articulate their position.
• • Spiritual. Organize volunteers for Habitat for Humanity,
privately pray for coworkers, pool money with office-
mates to support a disadvantaged child, play Gregorian
chants in the elevator, fast for world peace, give fast-food
coupons to homeless people, post and practice the values
our team believes in, plant trees, get out the vote.
• • Social. Invite some new employees to a picnic lunch,
start a sudoku contest, tip a good flight attendant, go
bowling as a work team, become a better listener, com-
pliment people more, do an act of unsolicited service for
someone you care about, make a real connection with
someone every day, respond more to others’ bids, share
ideas more.
• • Emotional/Aesthetic. Smile more, take good pictures
and share them, plant flowers, find a great screensaver,
get colored file folders, bring in a headset and some
good music, get an office pet, sponsor a company talent
show, write in your journal and share it with your family
or friends, have a poetry contest, make more jokes, tell
patriotic stories.

Will any of these things save the economy or improve your
market share? Not immediately. Could bringing pleasure to
work get out of hand? Of course. But somewhere in between

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