Given our efforts, here at The Happiness Institute, to build online methods and groups and reinforcement for happiness via the principles of positive psychology on Twitter, Facebook and our own website, we found this article of interest and hope you will too; here's just a sample...
So many people have so many opinions about how to find or create happiness it's hard to know, sometimes, what to do or where to turn. As the Chief Happiness Officer here at The Happiness Institute, and as a coach and consultant, lecturer and writer who's...
by Todd Kashdan for Psychology Today When I give seminars in colleges and corporations, I often ask if anyone has regrets in their life. If so, I ask them to raise their hand. Would you raise your hand? If you didn't, you wouldn't be alone. More...
Dr Happy and Mr Percival On Thursday July 15, the Business21C community was treated to a hugely entertaining, uplifting and enlivening double act: Dr Happy, aka UTS Adjunct Professor Dr Timothy Sharp, and his friend and inspiration Darren Percival, otherwise known as vocal artist Mr Percival....
from SkyNews A millionaire businessman has raffled off his luxury villa in the Austrian Alps, worth some 1.4 million euros (1.9 million U.S. dollars) after deciding that wealth does not bring happiness. Austrian Karl Rabeder no longer considers the mountain mansion as his paradise, saying he...
by Shadra Bruce for Mental Health News Positive psychology has taken on the role of helping people better understand happiness and well-being. Many positive psychologists are working diligently to take the speculation out of the science and have made great strides in increasing the understanding of...
Apple iPhones to _ãÄmap happiness_ã_ By Matt Warman for the UK Telegraph London School of Economics project will ask iPhone users to say how happy they are and compare answers to location. A new iPhone app has been developed by researchers at the LSE in a bid to...
By Vicki Salemi for Forbes.com For Jackie Donovan, director of marketing and merchandising at Fairway Market, coming to the office every morning is a joy, despite the long hours. Donovan manages 30 employees and fields approximately 600 e-mails every day. Although she's never worked harder in...
BEING HAPPY!By Lionel Ketchian (www.HappinessClub.com) The term "Excessive Happiness" was used in the movie Patch Adams. The truth is that there is no such thing. Having excessive Happiness is like having excessive money. Imagine someone telling you that his or her problem in life is...
Hi there and before I begin, I'd really like to thank you all for reading, for following our work and for joining in our increasingly interactive activities in forums such as Twitter and Facebook. As important as expressing gratitude is to me, this article is of...