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
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
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
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
Happiness through “Taking What You Need”
Have you ever heard the saying “Take what you need and leave the rest behind?” There’s another meaning to the phrase (other than the obvious one). In some ways it’s the opposite of, and counter-intuitive to, what you already know.
July 18, 2007
How Does This Father Balance Work and Home Life?
Some examples of the way to try to balance work and a home life are: Step back and evaluate, objectively, what’s going on in our
July 17, 2007
Voluntary Simplicity – The Path to Happiness?
Many people, over the course of their life and careers, lost sight of what truly matters and what they truly value. If we prioritize our
July 13, 2007
Tama Kieves Interview: 7 Reflections with Tama Kieves, Author of This Time I Dance! Creating The Work You Love
7 Reflections with the Tame Kieves, Author of This Time I Dance! Creating the Work You Love. Summary: Even though Tama graduated from Harvard Law
July 12, 2007
Be Careful What You Wish For – Part 3: Quotes
Some examples of quotes that remind you to “be careful what you wish for,” are: Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit and the greatest peril
July 11, 2007
Be Careful What You Wish For – Part 2: Overcoming Pride to Find Happiness
What could someone say to you, if you are working an exhausting, career inspired, trying to reach the top of the ladder kind of life,
July 10, 2007
Be Careful What You Wish For – Part 1: Losing Sight of What’s Important
OK, there’s something that you really, really want. You’re absolutely yearning for it with all of your soul and being. All you can think about is how much you want it. You ache for it and hunger for it. You become obsessed with it. You spend all of your waking hours thinking about it – consciously and subconsciously – and how to attain it. It consumes you.
You disregard your health – your diet, your sleep, your recreation, your personal time, your intellectual and creative nourishment. You rationalize that the things you’re doing in pursuit of this dream are for the good of all those involved in your life, yet you ignore them, erecting a wall between you and your partner, family, children, friends, and colleagues. Worse yet, you treat them in ways that leave in your wake a sea of emotional turmoil.
July 9, 2007
Predicting Happiness
Harvard Professor Daniel Gilbert, University of Virginia psychologist Tim Wilson, Carnegie-Mellon economist George Loewenstein, and Princeton Psychologist Dan Kahneman have been studying the question: “What
July 3, 2007
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