I hope you enjoy the following happiness related article from the newsletter of Jon Gordon. Jon is "the energy guy" and energy is obviously important for happiness so if you'd like to find out more go to www.jongordon.com. I remember, as a high...
The path to happiness is paved with philanthropy, businessman tells NAACP chapter Entrepreneurship should be fostered for success, he said. By Daniel Patrick Sheehan | Of The Morning Call July 22, 2007 When Eddie C. Brown walks an audience along the path to success, he is a...
Money not always a ticket to happiness By Holly Miyasaki is a reporter with the Penticton Western News. Jul 22 2007 Irish poet Oscar Wilde once wisely said "Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken...
Happiness has a real economic role to play By Lu Chun-wei ê__ã_Ô_ê_Ô_ê‰Ô_ã Saturday, Jul 21, 2007 Discussion and research on "development" emerged in the middle of the 20th century. Since World War II the focus of international attention has been development in developing countries. And since the implementation...
Psychology: Optimism produces positive results -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By SCOTT SMITH, For The Capital I remember someone telling me he had a parent who could look out on a sunny day and see the one cloud in the sky and pronounce, "A storm might be coming." This pervasive negativism wore...
From The Happiness Project If you want to encourage people to do something -- such as eat their vegetables -- why is it a bad idea to give them a prize? One of my most important happiness principles is to "Follow my interests." Sometimes, I develop a...
Happiness is an inside job. Experiment with what works for you. Try these five essential happiness habits, adapted from "How to Do Just About Anything" on ehow.com. 1. Figure out what is important to you. Do you value a certain kind of job, material things, a...
Iceland ranks top in European table of national happiness THE GUARDIAN, LONDON Tuesday, Jul 17, 2007 Iceland is the leader in a league table judging the European country best able to give citizens a long and happy life. Estonia ranked last in the 30-nation survey, while the...
The International Herald Tribune Bangkok meeting discusses role for happiness in public policy Wednesday, July 18, 2007 BANGKOK, Thailand: Officials and scholars taking to heart the maxim "money can't buy you happiness" convened Wednesday to discuss whether economic achievements alone are a satisfactory indicator of citizens'...
I just discovered this interesting website, "Greater Good", whose aim is to highlight ground breaking scientific research into the roots of compassion and altruism. It fuses this science with inspiring stories of compassion in action, providing a bridge between social scientists and parents, educators, community...