Regular readers of my blog would be well aware that a focus on positive relationships and friendships is one of my favoured happiness boosting strategies. Not just because I like it and have found it helpful myself; but just as importantly, because it's one of...
Many people mistakenly believe that happiness are success look like perfection. When you're happy, they believe, everything must be going perfectly; to be successful, they think, you must get everything right. But happiness and success are NOT like that. In fact, happiness and success are...
This one's for all the parents. For all the parents who want to be happy and who want to raise happy children. Happiness is challenging at the best of times; but when it's dependent on the happiness of others, as it often is for parents,...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Jordan B Peterson. If you’ve not, allow me to briefly introduce him to you. Jordan B Peterson is a Canadian psychologist and academic who’s main area of expertise has been meaning and religion; until, that is, relatively recently...
Happiness is winning. But happiness need not be about winning all the time. And happiness is about much more than winning; it's also about how you lose or how you define winning and losing or how you respond to and interpret losing. In fact, just...
via the Ladders by Eric Barker We all want to be happy. That’s obvious. But how much would people pay for a moment of happiness? Researchers did a survey — and the answer was about $80. Other than pure love and dodging discomfort, people were willing to pay the most for...
via Forbes by Brianna Wiest The most obvious fact about work is that you spend time to get money. The idea being that the more money you have, the more secure you will be, and thus, the more happiness you will experience. But what if that...
I hope some of you are happy with who you are and where you're at. In fact I'm sure some of you are. But at the same time, I'm sure many of you (like me) are trying to be better. Even if we're already happy...
Happiness is partly about personal development. Yes, happiness is about accepting who and where we are; but it's also about improving what we can and becoming better when we can. Accordingly, happiness requires learning news skills and if you've ever tried this and become discouraged,...