life Tag

via the Huffington Post by Jeannette Maw When it comes to creating a successful life, most of us were introduced to a variety of traditional skills designed to get us there. Habits like time management, creative thinking, and self-discipline are commonly celebrated as key to success. We...

27 January, 2016

via Tiny Buddha by Paul Milano “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” ~Vincent Van Gogh I attended an interesting event a few nights ago. It featured ten speakers who spoke for ten minutes each on ten things you should know before you die. The speakers...

25 December, 2015

by Mo Seetubtim via the Huffington Post 1. Be comfortable in your own skin. The first step to becoming happy is to feel comfortable in your own skin. Everyone was born with a flaw. No one is perfect. Accept yourself with what you're born with whether it...

22 October, 2015

by Eric Barker via TIME I went through a number of great books on happiness and pulled together ten research-based tips that can help build a happier life: 1) Cut the small talk. Discuss what matters. First, happier participants spent more time talking to others, unsurprising finding given...

10 September, 2015

via the Huffington Post by Kimanzi Constable Life is short. In the last year, I lost the man I consider one of my father figures -- my grandfather. He died in December at 87 years old. When I think back on our time together, my memories are...

13 August, 2015

Truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great attention if you want to improve your life instantaneously. Enjoying happiness isn't always easy; life isn't always easy.  But one of the things I've learned from reading the research, working with thousands of...

11 March, 2015

Here at The Happiness Institute (and especially HERE on Dr. Happy's Twitter feed) we love inspirational quotes and accordingly, we love this article from Mamiverse with 10 of Gandhi's great happiness quotes...

16 December, 2013

by Ashley Wilhite from TinyBuddha  “Don’t worry about what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman I didn’t spend two years and $100,000 for a master’s degree in counseling...

15 August, 2013

There's much we can learn about life and happiness from the most unexpected sources. I recently discovered this little gem of a story as it flew, like many less notable examples, around cyberspace. Many of these "jokes" or stories are barely worth reading; this one...

28 November, 2012