July 2007

Money not always a ticket to happiness By Holly Miyasaki is a reporter with the Penticton Western News. Jul 22 2007 Irish poet Oscar Wilde once wisely said "Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken...

23 July, 2007

Happiness has a real economic role to play By Lu Chun-wei ê__ã_Ô_ê_ԏ_ê‰Ô_㍠Saturday, Jul 21, 2007 Discussion and research on "development" emerged in the middle of the 20th century. Since World War II the focus of international attention has been development in developing countries. And since the implementation...

22 July, 2007

Psychology: Optimism produces positive results -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By SCOTT SMITH, For The Capital I remember someone telling me he had a parent who could look out on a sunny day and see the one cloud in the sky and pronounce, "A storm might be coming." This pervasive negativism wore...

22 July, 2007

From The Happiness Project If you want to encourage people to do something -- such as eat their vegetables -- why is it a bad idea to give them a prize? One of my most important happiness principles is to "Follow my interests." Sometimes, I develop a...

21 July, 2007

Happiness is an inside job. Experiment with what works for you. Try these five essential happiness habits, adapted from "How to Do Just About Anything" on ehow.com. 1. Figure out what is important to you. Do you value a certain kind of job, material things, a...

20 July, 2007

Iceland ranks top in European table of national happiness THE GUARDIAN, LONDON Tuesday, Jul 17, 2007 Iceland is the leader in a league table judging the European country best able to give citizens a long and happy life. Estonia ranked last in the 30-nation survey, while the...

20 July, 2007

The International Herald Tribune Bangkok meeting discusses role for happiness in public policy Wednesday, July 18, 2007 BANGKOK, Thailand: Officials and scholars taking to heart the maxim "money can't buy you happiness" convened Wednesday to discuss whether economic achievements alone are a satisfactory indicator of citizens'...

20 July, 2007

I just discovered this interesting website, "Greater Good", whose aim is to highlight ground breaking scientific research into the roots of compassion and altruism. It fuses this science with inspiring stories of compassion in action, providing a bridge between social scientists and parents, educators, community...

19 July, 2007

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. - Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965, Alsatian Theologian/Musician/Medical Missionary And my happiness version: How can you make others happy? Be happy and live happiness! Whether your goal or intention is to enhance happiness in...

19 July, 2007

Happines Story 1 Scientists admit yoga can relieve stress By Tamara McLean July 18, 2007 01:00am SCIENTISTS have found the first proof that yoga can ease the pain of premenstrual tension. Tests on women with the pre-period syndrome have found the ancient Indian art form can relieve their psychological and...

18 July, 2007