happiness Tag

As a father, I've often said that having children was one of the hardest things I've ever done BUT also one of the best things I've ever done.  Personally, there's no doubt it's impacted on my happiness and pleasure in some ways, but there's also no...

18 December, 2011

Day after day I surprise myself by finding happiness lessons in the most amazing places. I've learned about happiness in books and songs; success and failures; other people and within.  Throughout all of that I've learned that, among other things, happiness involves...

16 December, 2011

Approaching something desirable is more motivating than avoiding something unpleasant.  This simple concept can be very powerful and ultimately, life changing.  Too many people set "negative" or "avoidance" goals. That is, they try to get away from something they don't like which might seem to make sense...

16 December, 2011

As I get further and further into this TV project on which I'm working (http://www.facebook.com/excessbaggageau or @excessbaggage9) I'm enjoying myself more and more and this is partly because I'm working more and more closely with the contestants.  Not surprisingly, it took them all a few weeks...

15 December, 2011

Several years ago a simple book became a massive best selling. In "Rich Dad Poor Dad" Richard Kiyosaki told how he had to decide whether to listen to and take on his real father's words and attitudes about living as a respected but salaried professional...

13 December, 2011

I hope you're enjoying some of my references to the new show I'm working on, Excess Baggage. It won't screen until some time early next year but it's taking up so much of my time at the moment that it's hard not to refer to...

12 December, 2011

OK, so as many of you would well be aware I'm currently working on a reality TV show called Excess Baggage (it's early days and there's much more to come but you can see the beginnings HERE) where I, along with my colleagues, are trying...

09 December, 2011

As I've said and written many times before, happiness is a multifaceted and multidimensional construct that, as far as I'm concerned, includes a range of positive emotions such as...

07 December, 2011

by Dr. John Grohol from the Huffington Post Happiness is one of those concepts we all seem to love to learn more about, but we are unwilling to take any big steps to increase it in our own lives. Some experts claim happiness can be found...

07 December, 2011