happiness Tag

As many of you would well be aware, there are many, many books on happiness and more being published almost on a daily basis. What many of you possibly don't know is that quite a few of these books are sent to me and I'm regularly...

26 April, 2010

Although _ã–success_㝠can be defined in a variety of ways, for many in the _ã–western_㝠world success is primarily something most associate with wealth. This is not necessarily or completely invalid, but a focus on finances to the exclusion of other life domains can be...

26 April, 2010

More than ever, we are defined by how much we earn. But does a higher salary make us more content? Or is it enough just to be paid more than our colleagues? With the gulf between top earners and the lowest paid at its widest...

25 April, 2010

By Srikumar S. Rao Many of us believe that happiness can somehow come only by great effort, and we spend a lifetime seeking it. But unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or...

23 April, 2010

A recently published Conference Board study found that only 45% of Americans are satisfied with their jobs. While the causes of dissatisfaction may be many, it doesn't seem to be rooted in the person we sit across from in cubicleland. In fact, a new Randstad...

21 April, 2010

Here at The Happiness Institute we believe, very strongly, that achieving happiness requires nothing more than practising a few simple disciplines every day. But to practice these positivity disciplines we need to know what to do and where to look for happiness (as opposed to...

21 April, 2010

Most of my posts are inspired by a response to something I've done, my response to something I've seen, or just an observation of something interesting and/or happiness related. Today's short post is "inspired" by...

20 April, 2010

by Denise Clegg - from Positive Psychology News Daily The stories we tell weave moments, days, and years into a meaningful sense of life. Researchers have found that the way we tell those stories about our own lives is directly related to long-term well-being and resilience. But...

19 April, 2010