added by Keely Adler and · updated 2y ago
The Emotion Missing From the Workplace
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
- negative emotions are rising in India and China, Brazil and Mexico and many other nations. A lot of people are pretty miserable at work. In the most recent survey Gallup found that 20 percent of all people are thriving at work, 62 percent are indifferent on the job and 18 percent are miserable.
from Opinion | The Rising Tide of Global Sadness by New York Times
Keely Adler added
A recent study conducted by McKinsey and Lean In, for example, which surveyed more than sixty-five thousand North American employees, primarily from knowledge sector jobs, found a significant increase in those describing themselves as feeling burned out “often” or “almost always.” A subsequent Gallup poll showed that American workers are now among
... See morefrom Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
This is becoming far too common, and far too real