The 20 Principles of Career Happiness (INSPIRING)

To many people, career happiness seems like an unattainable or unrealistic goal meant for people with better education, more money, a different upbringing, or even just better luck.

No matter where you’re at in life, you deserve career happiness. If you’re feeling demotivated, uninspired or downright unhappy in your career, take a look at these 20 principles of career happiness. Pick a few attainable principles to implement (10, 11 or 19 for example), and work your way forward!

20 Principles of Career Happiness: 

1. We spend more than 100,000+ hours of our life at work. Spend it doing something you enjoy.

2. Work isn’t just a paycheck – it’s part of your life.

3. When you love your job, work feels like play.

 4. Follow your dreams without hesitation.

5. Don’t wait for the ‘right’ time - it will never come.

6. Carve your own path and dance to your own beat.

7. Give yourself permission to succeed.

8. If you can’t find the right opportunity, create it.

 9. If something isn’t working for you, change it.

10. Help others along the way and always remember the golden rule.

11. Respect yourself, and others will respect you. Above all, respect others.

 12. Stop worrying about what anyone else thinks of you.

 13. Spend time getting to know yourself. The relationship you have with yourself is the most important one you’ll ever have in your lifetime.

14. Discover what makes you tick.

15. Know that what’s good for someone else isn’t necessarily good for you.

16. Find your fit and surround yourself with people you enjoy.

17. Great coworkers will both challenge and support you.

18. Apathy is death.

 19. Learn something new every day and never stop growing.

20. Whatever you’re doing, do it for love, not money.

Remember: When you’re doing something you love, money and success will come naturally. And those 100,000 hours? Will be time well spent.