Kevin Surace teaches a framework for combining joy and success: remove what isn't working, stop complaining, and find joy even in hard decisions like firing someone. Participants report dramatic improvements in happiness and productivity within weeks.
The Joy Success Cycle comes out in the fall 2026. It's a game changer. So I've been giving that keynote for many years, and the people I've given that keynote to, those employees, I get a callback a week or two later that it changed their lives. They're more successful, they're happier, they are accomplishing more. It taught them when to get things out of their lives that don't work. I mean, it gave them permission to act in a whole different way. And people who take it seriously, which won't be everyone, it will change your life. Your mind will be open to find these pain points and to see solutions that you weren't open to before, because before, All you were doing was complaining all day, and now you have no complaints. Every day is a joyous day. Every task is a joyous task. As I like to say, even if I have to fire someone, there can be joy in that. Why? Wasn't working out for them and it wasn't working out for us, and they're going to be in a better position 3 months from now. It hurts right now, but everyone's going to be happier 3 months from now. You have to approach it like that. You can find something joyful in all these things.
