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A Business Mission of Happiness | Axiom News

Thanks to Axiom News for taking the time to interview our very own John Miles about workplace democracy here at Integritive. Our company was recently included in the WorldBlu list of most democractic workpaces for 2011 and we are thrilled to share our culture with others, in the hopes that the list of companies on the WorldBlu list will continue to grow and grow.

 

A Business Mission of Happiness

Web company Integritive seeks to blur lines between work/life balance

What happens when a web development and branding company make its mission “to love and have fun?”

According to Integritive founder and CEO John Miles, great things. He’s been running his Asheville, North Carolina company under the banner of happiness at work and the company has grown steadily since its inception in 2001.

Miles says bliss in business is the way of the future to break free from the outdated model of work/life balance. That’s because true happiness isn’t leisure time, but rather when a person becomes deeply engaged in something they love and are good at doing.

 

Read the rest of the article here: A Business Mission of Happiness | Axiom News.

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Experiencing Self vs. Remembering Self

This talk is one of the most insightful talks I’ve heard in a long time about the concept of happiness. It appears as though two selves are to be appeased, but the more important one for long term happiness is the remembering self.

“Always end on a positive”, my old basketball coach in middle school used to say. The wisdom in that is deeper than I could have imagined. After this talk I will be more conscious of the ending of things on a positive note.

Enjoy, this one of my top 3 TED2010 talks!