“Happy Employees Create Happy Residents”... Jongno-gu Staff Happiness Campaign ‘Jujeomalgo Sohwakhaeng’

From the 14th to 30th, Employee Happiness Campaign '2020 Jujeomalgo Sohwakhaeng' Unfolds... Continuously Held Since Last Year to Boost Employee Happiness Index... Showcasing Various Thoughts on a Happy Life and Content to Reflect on Happiness

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Jongno-gu (District Mayor Kim Young-jong) is conducting the employee happiness campaign "2020 3rd Don’t Hesitate, Small but Certain Happiness" from the 14th of last month until the 30th of this month to create a happy workplace environment.

The Small but Certain Happiness campaign started in 2019 with the belief that "happy employees create happy residents" to increase employees' happiness index. Various contents related to a happy life have been shared, and programs that allow employees to check their own happiness level and reflect on happiness have been conducted.

This 3rd campaign focuses on introducing good books about happiness to employees who are exhausted due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, encouraging them to reflect on their own happiness based on the book contents.

Participation involves completing two missions during the campaign period: ▲Reflecting on my happiness ▲Writing down happy (or thankful) moments, and submitting them via email to the person in charge.

The first mission is to read about the "10 skills of happy people" from Professor Choi In-cheol of Seoul National University’s Psychology Department’s book Good Life, and write about the skills you are applying in your life and the skills you need to learn.

The 10 skills include ▲Doing what you like rather than what you are good at ▲Seeing the self you want to become rather than the self you have to be ▲Not comparing yourself to others ▲Believing in the power of relationships over money ▲Buying experiences rather than possessions ▲Buying stories with money ▲Buying time with money ▲Walking, meditating, and traveling ▲Frequently discovering small pleasures ▲Filling up by letting go.

Good Life was also the selected book for October in the "Haengbuk (happy books) Club" project started by Jongno-gu to spread a happiness consensus among local residents. It is meaningful in that Jongno-gu employees and residents read the same book, empathize, and think about a happy life together.

The second mission is to share three happy or thankful moments from the past week. Employees who complete both the first and second missions will be given a small happiness gift.

In March this year, as part of the happiness campaign, Jongno-gu collected encouraging messages from employees to overcome COVID-19 and selected outstanding works.

These selected works were displayed on banners throughout the district to deliver warm words of comfort to residents. In June, under the theme "Discovering Happiness Amid COVID Blue," employees shared actions that make them happy, actions that do not, and their own ways to refresh their mood, receiving positive responses.

District Mayor Kim Young-jong stated, "Through the operation of the 'Don’t Hesitate, Small but Certain Happiness' campaign, we want to share small but certain happiness that can be felt in daily life with employees," adding, "We will continue to implement policies that increase employee happiness and also enhance residents' happiness."

Jongno-gu established the nation’s first dedicated happiness team in January 2015, enacted Seoul’s first ordinance to promote residents’ happiness in 2017, and developed the Jongno Happiness Index in 2018.

Additionally, the Jongno Happiness Dream Project, which discusses and implements happiness in Jongno based on resident participation, is actively underway. In this way, Jongno-gu prioritizes residents’ happiness as the top value in district administration and strives to prepare practical measures to improve residents’ happiness.

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