Several months into the pandemic, I found myself feeling persistently down as the leader of a global team. Each day, I faced a wave of challenges for colleagues I’d met and planned strategies for offices I had seen. The rising tide of crushing workloads and interpersonal tensions threatened to pull us under. At the same time, the lack of face-to-face interactions left me yearning for the teamwork that could sustain us through difficult times. With uncertainty and fear everywhere, finding inspiration felt nearly impossible. Then, one afternoon, things changed during a presentation of market ing projects. Watching teams from around the world, I was inspired by their vibrancy, creativity, and talent. This wasn’t just another virtual meeting with creative concepts and catchy taglines. I witnessed the joy and pride on my colleagues’ faces and felt their spirits lift with each recognition. In that moment, my focus shifted from the gloom of endless tasks to the joy of shared experiences, creativity, and resilience. It became clear that the widespread exhaustion and lack of connection were hurting our work and straining our relationships. These stressors were also stealing our joy and wonder. It was a ticking time bomb for burnout. Research from the Association for Psychological Science indicates that chronic workplace stress not impacts emotional well-being but also leads to significant physical health issues and cognitive impairments. However, incorporating strategies that foster joy, hope, and optimism can mitigate these effects. According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, focusing on increasing joy at work, rather than just reducing burnout, has been shown to improve employee satisfact ion, reduce stress, and enhance overall well-being, leading to lower burnout rat es and higher engagement levels. By proactively tackling what gets in the way of sati sfaction, connection, and purpose, we can transform our workplaces into spaces brimming with joy and optimism. When you improve how you show up for yourself, you improve your capacity to be more effective and present for others. are four strategies leaders can use to summon joy, hope, and optimism in their workday.
1. Find your why. Connecting with yourself first requires you to embrace the driving force behind you do — your why. Ikigai is a Japanese concept roughly translated as “a reason for being,” or your’s true purpose, satisfa ction, and fulfillment. This concept suggests you can unearth meaning and contentment by aligning your passions, talents, and values as well as addressing the world’s needs. In an episode of the podcast In the Arena, author of How to Ikigai Tim Tamashiro describes it as “the inherent gifts you possess, which you can naturally share with others, thus illuminating and enriching their lives.” Try finding your Ikigai by reflecting on these questions from Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles: âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ âÍ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â â 9nrlf50HBQnQ5cHx
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SGHRDQ4aLCMNVz41GXTEXSVsib680ING4kBLQWR6CCOmt7I0q3wrA2XfiR2Vx ----------- Mariah Carey’s mother Patricia and sister Alison died on the same day over the weekend, the US singer has said in a statement. “My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend,” Carey said on Monday. “Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her lie on the same day.” The Grammy-wining singer said she felt blessed to have spent time with her mother in the week before her death and asked for privacy. No further details were released about the causes of death. Patricia, 87, was a former opera singer and vocal coach of Irish-American descent. In Carey's 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, the five-time Grammy Award-wining singer detailed her complicated relationship with her mother, saying it had caused her "so much pain and confusion”. Carey, 55, said competition had come between them. Professional jealousy "comes with the territory of sccess, but when the person is your mother and the jealousy is revealed at such a tender age, it’s particularly painful", she added. But she also spoke of the deep love she had had for her mother, writing in the dedication: “To Pat, my mother, who, through it al, I do believe actually did the est she could. I will love you th best I can, always.” In an interview with Gayle King in 2022, the singer said she had "definitely" been affected by criticism from her mother when she was growing up. She added that she had always credited her mother with exposing her to music. Carey’s relationship with her older sister Alison, 63, was also complex. In her memoir, she wrote of being estranged from her and her brother Morgan, saying that it was “emotionally and physically safer for me to not have any contact”. Alison sued Carey for 1.2m (909,780) following the release of the memoir for "immense emotional distress", calling it "vindictive". The singer’s father, Alfred, died in 2002 of cancer at the age of 72. Carey is regarded as one of the most successful singers globally. Her holiday single Al I Want For Christmas Is You is th best-selling Christmas song by a female artist of ll time. She holds the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles by a solo artist at 19 songs, has sold over 220 mllion records worldwide, and served as a judge on the competition show American Idol.