Our values...

Are derived from what we value.

When we live according to our values, we can be wide open to true Happiness.

If we are not, we are jamming up the process.

So let's just value what we value, and the rest can blossom from there.

Yours in "Potential" - Coach

Back in the day...

"If you were happy when you were working, then you were not working",
which was a bad thing...and people were told to wipe that smile from
their face and put their nose to the grindstone.

Things have changed, but not all of the views have.

Some that come through Zappos seeing happy people, working and having
fun, and can't quite see how things get done...maybe the new saying is:

"If you are happy when you are working, you are not working", which is
a good thing, because if you are happy and enjoy doing something, you
are in bliss and studies show that you are more productive and creative
while in bliss.

New perceptions can take time to reach the tipping point, so let's all keep
being happy while working, until the rest catch on...and ultimately we
will be helping to deliver Happiness to the World.

Yours in "Delivering Happiness" - Zappos and Coach

Whistle while you work?

The saying has been around for quite some time and it really does have
meaning.

It basically means putting in a little fun and happiness in your work.

Occasionally, work may demand all of our attention, but the majority of
the time, we can put a little fun and happiness into it, while thinking about
other things, and still handle, what we need to
handle - safely.

This is because attention is a cognitive process which allows us to do
more than one thing while keeping our "environment receptors"...in the
ready...just like when we are talking on the cell phone driving through traffic.

So next time you forget to put a little fun and happiness into your work, put some in
quickly, you should be safe, creative and the time will fly by.

Yours in "It's OK" - Coach

Met Erica OGrady yesterday, a wonderful person, we had lunch with the
marketing team here at Zappos and even did a radio piece for her radio
show.

Her deal is "Bliss".

We talked about how there is Happiness and Bliss all around us, yet
many of us seem to be focusing on everything else but Happiness and
Bliss.

Flying on a plane, and your internet service is interrupted...instead
of being thankful and grateful for the speedy and comfortable flight
getting you to where you want to go, fast, we get upset at the
interrupted service.

And we spoke of other scenarios with the same theme.

The bottom line is, that we all need to be more thankful and grateful
for all the wonderful things in our lives, and not focus and lament on
the "stuff".

Yours in "Choice" - Coach

Of all the things we wear...

Our Expression is the most important.

An expression of happiness or one of anger can either be a green light
for great communication, or stop communication dead in it's tracks.

And since communication develops into relationships, we must be mindful
of what our faces are saying to others.

Even experts agree that expression is gaged more than any other other
body characteristics which leads us to be approachable or not.

Whatever is happening inside, we can always show a little game on our
face...because the resulting communication, sometimes is all we may
really need.

Yours in "Love that Smile" - Coach

There are a million...

Things that can annoy, worry or irritate us - don't let them.

It sure is easy to allow those negative things take over our emotions.

So why not...Let the million things...that can bring us joy, happiness
and love in.

It's Most likely the better choice.

Yours in another "Spin it and win it" - Coach

Happiness and Health?

You bet - Happiness has a big deal with your overall health!

Being unhappy or sad, go hand in hand with some pretty unhealthy
habits, such as over eating, laying around all day, smoking, drinking
or doing drugs.

And even without some of the unhealthy habits, depressed people have an
increased chance of getting diabetes - up to 42% more likely,
researchers say.

And the challenging thing to being unhappy is that it is always our
choice...we may have occasions where we can slip into a state of
unhappiness, but again, it is our choice to stay there.

Yours in "Being Happy" - Coach