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The difference between living an “average” life and a happy and successful one!

Here at The Happiness Institute we spend much of our time studying what happy and successful people do; this is then often compared to what unhappy or unsuccessful (or sometimes just "average") people do so we can tease out the differences.  By doing so we can...

08 May, 2014

11 Life Lessons from Dr Seuss!

I'm sure many of you LIKE Dr. Seuss...

05 May, 2014

Proof that life experiences, not things, make you happier

Check out this great summary of research reinforcing what most of us really know, that happiness comes more from life experiences that it does from money or "stuff"...

03 May, 2014

7 things happy people do ALL the time

There's something about happy people; and you can learn that something!  In an ideal world we'd all do the RIGHT things all the time. What are the "right" things? Well, those things that contribute to our health and happiness and success.  Further, in an ideal world we'd...

02 May, 2014

How to have a great day at work…EVERY day!

Being happy at work is the result of the everyday steps you take to get into a positive place and remain there. Here's how. by Geoffrey James at Inc.com I've written before about workplace happiness in terms of general rules like "don't obsess about things."  Good advice,...

01 May, 2014

40 Ways to Find More Happiness WITHOUT Having More

So many of us have it so good.  But so many of us take for granted the good we already have in our lives.  Happy people focus MUCH more on what they have and much less on what they don't have; the practice of appreciation and gratitude...

01 May, 2014

Find happiness through perspective with these 15 great ideas

One of the keys to happiness is undoubtedly optimism.  And one of the keys to optimism is undoubtedly perspective.  Perspective allows us to enjoy gratitude and appreciation; it contributes to resilience and, therefore, happiness even during tough times.  So check out this great Huffington Post article for some...

30 April, 2014

Ask these 8 questions every day to live your best life

Happiness and success isn't always having all the answers.  More often, happiness and success comes from asking the right questions...

29 April, 2014

If you watch or read the news you might think the world is pretty bad and sad. But here are 19 wonderful facts that’ll make you happy!

Watching or reading the news can be pretty depressing.  In fact one of the simplest ways to boost your mood and to enjoy more happiness is to STOP watching the news.  Much of our news and current affairs is bias to the negative; but there's much good...

29 April, 2014

You REALLY should read this and you REALLY should start making time for these 21 things!

As I've written many times before, happiness and success is largely about making the right choices.  And making the right choices for happiness and success is largely about making more time for things that have a positive influence and spending less time on things that have...

28 April, 2014