The Mantra to Happiness at Work (or Anywhere): "Enjoy the Process, Forget the Outcome"
Before a nerve-wracking exam, one of my professors remarked, "Do your best, forget the rest." It did not calm me then, but I aced the test, and his words stuck in my mind. It never does anyone any good to worry about the result. When you worry about the outcome, you replace pleasure with pressure. To worry is to let anxiety loose like a mad bull in your head. It is to allow the question, "When will I be there?" to take control. Or if things go wrong, strings of "Why?"s take over. Today we treat our jobs, our education, and even hobbies (!!), as means to an end. We treat them as mere tools to achieve something higher (mostly money, sometimes fame, rarely anything else). And for this we have abandoned what we would have loved to do, to do something that we hate, or are frustrated with anyway. So, if you achieve the desired outcome (=cash), you are elated. If the result fails to meet your expectations, your happiness is utterly ruined. You hate which you mi
