Workplace Unhappiness 1: Isolating the Source of Your Misery
In a recent blog post entitled “The Secret to Happiness,” I touch upon the concept of Subjective Well Being, or SWB for short. Subjective well
August 9, 2007
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Understanding Opportunity Costs Leads to Better Decisions
Opportunity Cost is one of those concepts that all of us think we understand, but we’re often unable to calculate the real dollars involved.
In its simplest terms, Opportunity Cost can be defined as follows:
In order to gain something, you must lose something else.
How does, and should, this factor into the decisions we make in our everyday lives?
August 9, 2007
Secrets to Success from 7 Well-Known Celebrities
Jerry Seinfeld, as told to Brad Isaac, said that: “in order to accomplish something you have to work at it every day. Get one of
August 8, 2007
My Recent Unexpected Findings on Happiness
Sometimes the things that you plan for are interrupted by the unexpected, unwanted things. Often, we have misguided expectations of things, but sometimes that can
August 7, 2007
The Path to Happiness is Paved with Gratitude
According to Robert A. Emmons, people who feel gratitude experience higher levels of happiness and joy in their lives, along with being in better health
August 6, 2007
Taking Action: Entrepreneurship ala Ben Casnocha
Ben Casnocha is a very young CEO who started his first company when he was 12 years old. Then, when he was 14 he started
August 3, 2007
The Hedonic Treadmill and Happiness
The hedonic treadmill theory explains our never ending pursuit of happiness in reference to someone trying to stay on a treadmill; they try and try,
August 2, 2007
Why Time Management Is Overrated
by David B. Bohl If you visit any library or bookstore, you’ll see shelves full of books on time management. It seems we all want
August 1, 2007
Scarce Resources, Human Needs, and Happiness
A quote from Robert H. Frank states: “The ultimate scarce resource in life is the willingness of other people to pay attention to us.” Frank
August 1, 2007
Finding Happiness at Work
Alexander Kjerulf is a Chief Happiness Officer. He believes that in order to be happy at work we should stop putting up with unhappy workplaces,
July 31, 2007
Positive Psychology and Happiness
Positive psychology can be defined as focusing on what is right with people as opposed to focusing on what is wrong, or negative. In the
July 30, 2007
Formula for Happiness Gets Simpler
A British Neuropsychologist, Dr. David Lewis, gave this formula for happiness: ((L+As) / 2) 2 + (( E+N) / 2) + 2A+C+B) x (4/ (S+1)).
July 27, 2007
Productivity, Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Balance – Knowing When Enough is Enough
What single obstacle repeatedly gets in the way of you getting the job done? For the most part, it’s not knowing when enough is enough.
July 26, 2007
What is Happiness?
Happiness can be defined as whether or not we are satisfied with how things are happening and unfolding in our lives, whether or not we
July 25, 2007
BlackBerry/ PDAs Detrimental to Work/Life Balance
In a recent survey it was stated that Blackberry technology has improved on executive and employee productivity, but they have also had a negative impact
July 24, 2007
Productivity, Efficiency, Effectiveness, and FOCUS, and Why I Love What I Do
What do you do when an idea clicks in your mind? Some suggestions are: apply it then and there, write it down and work on
July 23, 2007
Happy Therapy
The Dalai Lama, after many years of studying humankind and trying to reach enlightenment, stated that: “Happiness is the purpose of our lives.” There is
July 20, 2007
Children and Personal Fulfillment
According to a Pew Research Center Survey, that WashingtonPost.com ran, children rank as highest sense of personal fulfillment for parents but they have dropped to
July 19, 2007
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