CHENNAI: For some odd reason, the first thing that comes to mind in connection with the word ‘happy’ is Will Smith and his nine-year-old child, from the blissfully misspelt Pursuit of Happyness. At the launch of her latest offering, The Happiness Quotient, Dr Rekha Shetty revealed glimpses of her story at Taj Connemara. She said, “It all started for me in the 80s when I was going through a rough patch. A temple priest approached me and asked, ‘why are you so sad?’” Apparently his (the priest’s) solution to all problems was changing the very basics, learning to breathe correctly. And on similar lines, so starts the first chapter of the book.Aravind is a burnt out corporate executive, living a high profile life with plenty of success and yet he seems to have lost his sense of purpose. One day, he meets Sadhu Mama (a fun guru) who shares with him the ‘Radiant Action’ principles for reaching out to joy in every sense. Dr Rekha, already the author of three titles, holds a PhD on the subject of innovation and has 20 years of field experience, working with a wide range of corporates. She explained, “Initially, I structured it like a management book, but afterwards, I made it a story. So now, it’s a ‘management novel’.”A light reminder of finding the joy in little things, the event showed a few videos of ‘happy professions’, and some startling statistics of no-sot-happy ones. Topping the list of happy office goers are hairdressers (40 per cent) and somewhere along the bottom rung are IT specialists (5 per cent) and surprisingly social workers (2 per cent)! Needless to say, there are exceptions to the rule because even if you dislike your present avenue of work, you could always take a ‘happiness break’.The chief guest at the book launch, CK Ranganathan, CMD, CavinKare Pvt Ltd, reflected on the title with much appreciation and even made it a point to share some personal turning points of his own. He handed over the first copy of the book to Rotary International District Governor, G Olivanan.
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