What It Means To Be Happy Changes As Employees Age.

Another way to think of this change is as a gradual shifting from the promotion mindset (i.e., seeing your goals in terms of what you can gain ) to the prevention mindset (i.e., seeing your goals in terms of avoiding loss .)

In many articles and nooks, ti has been described how these two ways of looking at your goals create different motivations, and lead to very different strengths and weaknesses (e.g., creativity, innovation, speed, and embracing risk vs. thoroughness, accuracy, persistence, and careful planning).