Jonathan Moore

Jonathan Moore

I am a designer who lives in code, entrepreneur, and an idea incubator driven to make our world a better place.

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The Happy Secret to Better Work

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html

Often I find myself chasing “success” in order to find happiness with my work.  Even though I know that the pursuing success or fulfillment in work does not lead to happiness.  With that frame of mind happiness will always be an elusive goal.  I’ll be happy when… I land that client, hit this milestone, get that recognition.

As I am preparing for my session at Circles Conference, Shawn Anchor’s TED talk on The Happy Secret to Better Work is a perfect reminder to reframe my around thinking around happiness and success.  It’s not our reality that shapes us, but the lens through which we view our reality.

Success is a catalyst for failure

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/08/the_disciplined_pursuit_of_less.html

Why don’t successful people and organizations automatically become very successful? One important explanation is due to what I call “the clarity paradox,” which can be summed up in four predictable phases:

  • Phase 1: When we really have clarity of purpose, it leads to success.
  • Phase 2: When we have success, it leads to more options and opportunities.
  • Phase 3: When we have increased options and opportunities, it leads to diffused efforts.
  • Phase 4: Diffused efforts undermine the very clarity that led to our success in the first place.

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