success Tag

by C. Clinton Sidle In an editorial in the New York Times last week David Brooks argued that most of us pay attention to the wrong things when it comes to happiness and success. We want to believe that success and material gain bring happiness, but...

08 April, 2010

In the media this last week and featured in the New York Times editorial page yesterday is a new study on happiness by Andrew Oswald of Warwick University in England and Stephen Wu of Hamilton College in NY. It explores quality of life data like...

26 December, 2009

What makes women happy? Looking at scads of data, some pundits say: "nothing." On a personal journey since turning the fated 50, and helped by a talented team at McKinsey, I also pursued the answer. Five years later our research has helped us begin to...

24 October, 2009

Because happy people tend to have a clear sense of life purpose, which allows for greater clarity of their life direction and specific and measurable life goals, these happy people also tend to feel markedly more focused and in control _ã_ of themselves, their lives...

16 September, 2009

Modern science (and positive psychology) builds the case for an old-fashioned virtue - and uncovers new secrets to success (and happiness) To read more - click here...

03 August, 2009