via Eric Barker Last year Cal Newport convinced 1600 people to completely change their lives. He asked them to take a 30-day break from the optional technologies in their lives. Unless not using it would get you fired, divorced, or cause the people you love to spontaneously...
Happiness is feeling good when things are good. But happiness is also managing your moods when things aren't so good. Happiness is the "health" that's in mental health; and happiness is the response to mental illness. These ways of thinking about mental health and ill-health should...
Life's far too important to take too seriously. Happiness is about working towards and achieving meaningful goals. But happiness is also about fun and play, relaxation and recuperation. One of the activity types too many of us ignore when it comes to happiness is ...
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via Wired By DAPHNE LEPRINCE-RINGUET Want to be happy? Don't be a gardener. Or so the oddball logic goes. When I was in secondary school, a career counselor came into my class one afternoon and asked if any of us 14-year-olds knew what we wanted to do...
When I talk and write about happiness, I'm mostly coming from a Positive Psychology perspective. That is, the science of thriving and flourishing. But there's much that overlaps with Buddhism and other, related, Eastern Philosophies. Buddhism has had much to say about happiness AND NOTABLY, much of it...
To enjoy happiness, we need to keep healthy. To enjoy happiness, we need to look after our bodies; AND our brains. Brain health is a relatively new area of study but some of the findings are proving to be fascinating and potentially very important...
Happiness is often associated with being our best. Happiness is often considered the result of extraordinary and special efforts. And these are both true of happiness. But happiness is also about acknowledging and accepting the ordinary, simple moments. And maybe happiness is about accepting it's OK to be ordinary...
via Harvard Business Review by Ashley Whillans Adam (real story, fake name) was a good employee who was given a plum project he believed could get him a promotion and a raise. Taking it seemed like the proverbial no-brainer: Work hard, nail the assignment, get more...
If happiness is about being our best selves then aiming high and achieving as much as we can should be part of that. At the same time, however, one of the greatest happiness killers is unrealistic expectations which cause disappointment and frustration. What should we do then? Well,...