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4 Life Lessons That Lead to Happiness, Success and Longevity
see an endless stream of one-off studies in the news. This makes you healthy. Wait, no, it doesn't. Oh hold on, yes, it does. Um, no, no it doesn't... Unless we can somehow put them all into perspective, these little dribs and drabs of knowledge really aren't much more than trivia. What happens when you study entire lives? When you check in on big groups of people again and again for decades? What do you learn about what makes a good…
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The Two Words That Will Lead You To Success And Happiness
riously: Just Two Words Seems like this should be a very short post, right? Here's the quick and dirty: The word "yes" leads to happiness. The word "no" leads to success. Here's why. For Happiness Say Yes "Yes" creates opportunity. Saying yes a lot makes more things happen. And research shows that lots of little good things are the path to happiness. Spending money on many little pleasures beats rare big positives. Via The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but…
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The Way To Happiness: Remember The 4 P’s
ere's an overwhelming amount of happiness research. Forget incorporating it all into your life -- merely remembering it is daunting enough. I like to keep it simple: Remember the 4 P's. Purpose Perspective People Play Work those into every day and you'll be smiling more. Purpose This one gets short shrift in the modern era so we'll put it first. You don't need to live and die by the Bushido code but the best lives have purpose. Via The 100…
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3 Ways To Boost Happiness That Sound Really Stupid But Actually Work
her book Positivity, professor Barbara Frederickson provides a number of positive thinking exercises to increase happiness and good feelings. I've covered a lot of this research before so most of it wasn't too surprising to me... but three of them threw me for a loop. I looked up the studies to verify. Sure enough, they were all the real deal: 1) Be Sincere Or Your Heart Will Explode Frederickson says fake smiles can lead to heart attacks. Via Positivity: Groundbreaking…
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What can you learn about happiness from the unhappiest place on Earth?
ic Weiner traveled all over the world -- from the most joy-filled countries to the unhappiest place on Earth -- for his book The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World. His first stop is to check out the World Database of Happiness in the Netherlands where he reviews studies on well-being. He sums up the research pretty quickly and pretty well. Via The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the…
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Happiness: Bestselling author Gretchen Rubin explains the secrets
bsp; Gretchen Rubin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun and Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life. She also runs the very popular blog The Happiness Project. I've posted a lot of research on…
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Money Can Buy Happiness: 6 Ways You Can Do It
Buy Many Small Pleasures Instead Of A Few Big Ones Via The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't, What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does: One researcher, for example, interviewed people of all income levels in the United Kingdom and found that those who frequently treated themselves to low-cost indulgences— picnics, extravagant cups of coffee, and treasured DVDs— were more satisfied with their lives. Other scientists have found that no-cost or low-cost activities can yield small boosts…
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Is being busy the secret to happiness?
bsp; Dan Pink points to an interesting new research finding -- the happiest people are those that are very busy but don't feel rushed: Who among us are the most happy? Newly published research suggests it is those fortunate folks who have little or no excess time, and yet seldom feel rushed. This really clicks with me. I love blogging but I hate being under time pressure to get it done. I’ve posted before about how we’re happier when we’re busy. Jeremy Dean…
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