How can I keep others happy?
Posted on April 28, 2019 by Deepa Kannan, One of Thousands of Leadership Coaches on Noomii.
How can I make (others) my employees, friends, family or spouse and my near and dear ones happy?
Once I hosted a birthday party and was providing lot of return gifts and prices for the games conducted. While I noticed some of them enjoying the games leaving aside the prizes, a few were not happy about the prizes and gifts that they received. I wanted everyone to be happy on this occasion and so I changed the gifts and gave more gifts to those who were not happy but still they were not satisfied. Event passed and I was thinking about why this happens and why I am not able to satisfy them or keep them happy. I am sure many of us would have been in this similar situation where we try to make near and dear ones around us be happy and satisfied but sometimes, we fail in those attempts. What could we have done better? Well, the answer is the thought that we think about keeping others happy itself is an attempt that we have already made to keep others happy. The effort that we have put to keep others happy itself tells that we have done our part of contribution and beyond which it is the individual’s choice of being happy and satisfied. Which means we can only help bring a moment of happiness and beyond a point other can’t make anyone happy until the individual decides to be happy. So, make a choice of being happy always. A Coach can help you explore ways by which you could create those moments and situations for others and yourself to be happy and understand your contributions towards it.
