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I want to work and be happy.

Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn't-fair results, it turns out that the happy outperform the less happy. Happy people work more hours each week - and they work more in their free time, too.

I'm not a happy person when I'm working.

We must be doing something to be happy.

Happiness is an inside job.

As long as I am working, I am grateful and happy.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.