Happiness

How to Be Happier Starting Today
We all want to be happy. We want to enjoy what we do every day. But how much of our time is spent doing things we genuinely enjoy? (…)

Are You Mortgaging Your Happiness?
In my previous post, I wrote about the someday syndrome - the tendency put things off to some indefinite day in the future. However, the problem has an even more insidious form. (…)

Do You Suffer From the Someday Syndrome?
I'll start working out once works slows down a bit. I'll start saving 10% of my income once I start earning more money. I'll have more fun when I meet my soul mate. (…)

How to Squash the Self-Help Junkie Syndrome
There is a lot of self improvement information out there. It's a multibillion dollar industry. It's easy for us to learn a great idea from a book, audio program or seminar and then simply not implement it. We get excited about it. (…)

3 Easy Ways to Change Your Emotional State Instantly
The quality of your life is determined in part by the quality of your emotions. Part of a good life is feeling good most of the time. (…)

Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude
Gratitude. It's a simple thing that can make the difference between a person who is living a happy life and a person who is living a miserable life even if their circumstances are identical. Few people are taught the importance of gratitude in living a fulfilling life. (…)

Anthony Robbins - Unleash the Power Within Review
Over the weekend, from Friday to Monday, I attended Tony Robbins' Unleash the Power Within (UPW) seminar in Toronto. It was a fun event. (…)

Giving Your Power Away
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." -Buddha
So what exactly does it mean to give your power away? Giving your power away means to give authority if your own life to something outside of yourself. This can be a person, an organization or a material object. It occurs anytime you feel powerless and unable to assert control over your own life. (…)

Building High Self-Esteem
There is a myriad of books written on the topics of self-esteem. The advice and suggestions ranges from the commonplace (dress in a way that makes you feel good) to the esoteric (cleanse your chakras). While some of these tools can be effective for certain individuals, there is an inherent problem in that many approaches try to build a person up (which operates from the assumption that they are defective) as opposed to realizing that people are inherently worthy and simply helping them realize that fact. (…)

When Do You Look for Happiness?
An interesting way to analyze our behaviour is looking at where we look for pleasure and where we don't on the timescale. The table summarizes the four quadrants or archetypes. (…)

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