March 2011

Involvement in significant activity leads to happiness

A group of researchers have discovered new facts which are related to human life’s most desired thing, happiness. It has been proved by the study, that happiness is a feeling of contentment, which actually comes after getting involved in some kind momentous or result oriented...

17 March, 2011

What does Wednesday really mean for your happiness?

It's Wednesday morning here in Sydney Australia which means that for most people, it's the middle of the working week.  Some people call this "hump day" because they feel that if they can get over this "hump" then it's a downhill run towards the weekend.  What they...

16 March, 2011

Why I’m happy today and a request for you to share why you’re happy

Although there are times when we all (myself included) forget what happiness is and why happiness is so important, there are so many reasons to be happy and this is something we should remind ourselves of frequently. This is not to deny that there are also,...

15 March, 2011

An article on the interesting intersection of happiness, economics and politics

Check out this interesting article exploring the role of happiness in political and econcomic policy decision making...

14 March, 2011

Happiness sometimes requires making changes

From The Happiness Institute's free eNewsletter that goes out each and every Monday morning come these two articles...

14 March, 2011

2 interesting happiness articles to read this weekend

In a cross between literature, philosophy and psychology, The Sydney Morning Herald published this interesting story from one of Australia's (and the world's) great writers, David Malouf.  Titled "Why is it so hard to find happiness?" it begins...

12 March, 2011

Happiness is not a long commute – driving to work might drive you mad!

Check out this, yet another interesting happiness related article, from the Huffington Post...

11 March, 2011

Happiness…it’s right in front of you!

It's Thursday morning, and as I watch the hordes of workers walking down the city streets and heading into their Sydney CBD offices and jobs, I don't see many smiling faces. Now obviously I don't know what's going on in their lives but surely, our...

10 March, 2011

Want to know what happiness looks like? Meet the happiest man in America!

BY KIM CAROLLO, JOHN BERMAN AND ALICE MAGGIN March 8, 2011 ABC News Alvin Wong always considered himself a happy guy. "I get up in the morning and say, 'I'm very fortunate. I'm living in Hawaii, doing what I want to do,'" Wong said. But when Wong, 69, learned he...

09 March, 2011

Finding happiness…10 easy ways to make your goals stick

Following on from the above, on the same day Prof. Sharp also found this great Huffington Post article on finding happiness via achieving your goals. It begins like this...

07 March, 2011