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As part of my responsibilities at The Happiness Institute I deliver many presentations on happiness to organisations and at conferences. My most popular seminar has, to date, been "Happiness - Strategies for a great life!" but I've just developed a new Keynote and workshop based...

Chinese happiness at work Mon, August 13 2007 Employers in China who are fretting about surging salaries on offer to talented staff may be encouraged by evidence that employees are looking for more than a fat pay packet. While job-hopping is rampant amid a talent shortage,...

Money can buy happiness, but not love Academic research has shown that money can buy happiness - but only to a point. It still can"t buy you love. Having more money does make you happier if you start out poor, and get enough more money...

I've been reflecting on my own happiness during the last 48 hours and wanted to share with you a few personal happiness moments. 1. I completed my next book (although it still has to go to the publishers for editing) and as I typed the...

"One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows of the necessary ingredients of happiness-simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that...

The Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of: Capitalizing On A Day with Dad Posted: 11 Aug 2007 06:16 AM CDT By John Yeager John M. Yeager, Ed.D, MAPP is Director of the Center for Character Excellence at The Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana. John consults with Dave...

10 Simple Ways to Make the World a Kinder Place From Gimundo.com Whether the server at your local Dairy Mart puts an extra cherry on your sundae or a friend makes you a custom-mix CD, it doesn't take much for someone else to brighten your day....

The big happy Six lies we tell ourselves about happiness By Melinda Welsh [email protected] Pilar Rivera was devastated by the diagnosis. Breast cancer was the last thing the single mom from Davis thought she"d be facing at age 37. Rivera prepared for an aggressive treatment...

Once again Lou Tice has written a great little piece, this time on 'self-fulfilling prophecy". Read on and enjoy, then check out my comments below. Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice - 8/8/07 - 'self-Fulfilling Prophecy" Do you know what a self-fulfilling prophecy is? Most people...

Happiness is performance pay New research claims that pay based on performance goes further than improving productivity; it actually boosts levels of employee happiness. These are the findings of Lancaster University Management School which looked for the first time at the impact of performance pay not on...