happiness Tag

So you have some extra cash in your pocket. Do you spend it on the latest gizmo or on going to a restaurant with friends? How does your choice affect your happiness? Money as an Inexact Surrogate Given that January is synonymous with high street sales, I...

27 January, 2010

Happiness is not just a feeling but a science. CBS station WCBS-TV in New York spoke to the experts to learn not only how to get happy, but how to stay that way. It was a popular New Year's resolution for 2010. But just like...

27 January, 2010

I recently heard from a Living Single reader who has so much stacked against her, I don't know how she gets up in the morning. She asked me for suggestions for how to be happy under her difficult circumstances (which I'll tell you about shortly)....

26 January, 2010

FOR 60 seconds last night, at the behest of a Buddhist monk, 250 people sat in silence at the University of Sydney contemplating happiness. The monk, Bhante Sujato, thought about gratitude, he told his audience when he broke the quiet reverie. Seated next to him on the...

25 January, 2010

I just found this meditation in the context of helping people with chronic pain conditions but I thought it might also be very helpful for any and all of us seeking more happiness and contentment in our lives. Try it and see how you go...

25 January, 2010

The first rule of negotiation is to always be willing to walk away from the deal. The first rule of happiness is to not be attached to pleasing moments. So how do we get into sealing the deal of happiness? We experience happiness as a...

25 January, 2010

In my workshops, I find that Chinese executives are receptive to positive interventions but something about Chinese culture gets in the way of their pursuit of happiness, and until these concerns are addressed, their pursuit of happiness will be a futile endeavor. Two weeks ago,...

24 January, 2010

Is Australia's biggest problem that we're not rich enough, because we aren't "productive" enough? The Government thinks so, and the Opposition agrees. In the first of his series of Australia Day speeches, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd suggested that a 2 per cent annual growth in productivity...

22 January, 2010

I don't usually watch much tennis (it's not really my sport) but last night I found myself watching Roger Federer (arguably the best player in the world over the last decade or so (and probably one of the best ever) cruise to a pretty easy...

22 January, 2010