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The Complete Picture: Why workplace happiness needs more than positive emotions

Sketchnote about workplace happiness from Shift Island 2025

Detailed image description of the sketchnote

  • Happiness = whistling to and from work
  • Today is gonna be a good day
  • How you feel (at work) has impact on performance
  • What was your BEST experience?
  • 4 pillars of happiness: positivity, purpose, progress, people

Zones:

  • Performance Zone: High energy and positive
  • Survival Zone: High energy but negative
  • Burn-out Zone: Low energy and negative
  • Renewal Zone: Low energy but positive

How To Manage?

  • Reframe the experience
  • Change focus
  • Change location
  • Use your senses

Learnings

  • All quadrants are useful
  • Don’t run from negative emotions
  • Find your ways to move between quadrants