Several years ago I read a quite good book by Dan Baker called "What Happy People Know".
If you'd like to read a nice summary of his 6 key happiness tools - click here. ...
Though people have probably pondered happiness as long as we've been on the planet, the topic has only recently caught the attention of social scientists. In the emerging field known as "positive psychology," academics have begun to apply rigorous research techniques to quality-of-life issues, a...
I've often been heard to say that the reason many don't find happiness is because they look in the wrong place!
Below is an interesting happiness-relevant story I hope you enjoy.
There's an old story about a group of monks who lived with their master...
Two things have happened today to remind me that there is no one path to happiness but rather, many wonderful and varied paths to many wonderful and varied forms of happiness.
I was coaching a client this morning and spent close to an hour discussing...
CAN PEOPLE LEARN TO BE HAPPIER?
YES, according to Harvard University's most popular Lecturer on Positive Psychology
June 2007 - What is happiness? What does it mean? How do we find it? And, once we find it, how do we hang onto it? In HAPPIER -...
This isn't necessarily the best written happiness piece I've ever seen but it does include some interesting points.
Life itself is our greatest teacher. We learn how to act. We learn how to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. We learn how...
The happiness relevant article below appears in Science Daily (click here).
Two University of Missouri-Columbia researchers -- Professor Glen Cameron and doctoral student Jiyang Bae -- found when companies with good reputations give money to charitable causes, attitudes toward those companies are positive. However,...
One of our regular contributors to this blog asked me an interesting question recently. She wanted me to comment on the difference between un-happiness and sadness.
Apparently, in several dictionaries the terms are used interchangeably so in some quarters anyway there might not be...
Joan had always wanted to be a leader because she believed she could make her company a better place to work. But once she became a manager she found herself primarily dealing with the problem people in the organization. She became bogged down in negative...
Scientists calculate how much money it costs to buy happiness
It is one of the most pondered questions of all time - can money buy happiness?
The answer, according to a study, is yes - but so can friendships and successful relationships.
Researchers...
