My father recently sent me the following happiness qoute: "OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WISDOM PROVIDES TO HELP ONE LIVE ONE'S LIFE IN HAPPINESS, THE GREATEST BY FAR IS FRIENDSHIP" Greek philospher Epicurus ( 341-270 BC ) Some wise words indeed!...
As important as it is to practise happiness habits and to be disiplined with your happiness behaviours, it's also important to note that each and every action occurs within a certain context. And the context of happiness is also vitally important! I recently read an...
I'd like to take this opportunity to remind (or inform) you that on The Happiness Institute's website are a number of free happiness resources including one titled "What happy people do!". Based on the premise that achieving happiness requires nothing more than practising a few...
I hope you find the following short happiness article interesting (from topcancernews.com): Here's my problem with health-related advice and wisdom -- it's always changing. And I'm never sure if I'm buying into the right practice. Should I eat low-fat foods, for example, or should I stick...
Which workers enjoy the most happiness? Interested in a new happiness index from the UK? inthenews.co.uk published this happiness article recently...
Some time ago I came across the following great quote: "If we are facing the right direction, all we have to do is walk." Although this doesn't need much translation to make sense in the world of happiness, I offer the following: "If we know...
New research shows that when people give, especially when they start young, everything from life-satisfaction to self-realization and physical health is significantly affected. A study conducted by the nation's top universities - including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford and the University of Chicago - revealed people who...
I talk a lot about happiness and those who've heard me speak know that I place a lot of emphasis on the doing, not just the thinking. As important as contemplation and reflection are, so too is action and application vitally important. But having...
Studying happiness is hard. What one man loves another loathes. One woman's joy is another's junk. Social scientists, therefore, have generally left the contemplation of smiles and satisfaction to poets and philosophers. But that's changing. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a leading expert on well-being, is establishing what...
IT seems the old saying is true - the best things in life really are free. The top happiness-giver is quite simply spending time with friends and loved ones, according to a survey. Other joys included finding a seat on the train, hearing a favourite...