Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Robert K. Cooper
A distinctive, learning-filled life results from a succession of small, specific choices made each day. There's a world of difference between imagining such a fulfilling life and actually living it. It is through taking new actions that we learn to awaken and...
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- Written by: Christopher Timothy McGuirk, University of Central Lancashire
I was one of those considered lucky enough to be “good at languages” and I studied three: French, German and Spanish. Like me though, I imagine you can remember friends who froze at the thought of speaking a second language in class.
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- Written by: Joel Fotinos
Do ever feel stuck or unsure what to do next? All of us have felt that feeling, of not being sure what to do next. Whether it is feeling unsure what to do next for the day, or what to do next in life, confusion about “next steps” can leave us feeling stagnant, confused, frustrated, or even depressed. I’ve found that when...
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- Written by: Bob Doyle
Did you ever have the experience of seeing a movie for which you had a very similar or even exact idea? Did you ever think of an invention, and then a year or so later, that exact invention came out, created by someone else?
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- Written by: Erika Ebsworth, Washington University in St. Louis
We actively compete with our coworkers for a limited amount of perks, including raises, promotions, bonuses, and recognition
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- Written by: Roy Holman
What is your path? The key word here is your. There are many paths, crossroads, and choices in life. Only you -- you and your deepest truth -- can choose the path that is best for you. But is there only one right path or are there several? Are we punished or do we suffer if we...
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- Written by: Christian D. Larson
The attitude of overcoming is usually thought of as being inseparably connected with resistance, and as being directly antagonistic, in its action, toward that which is to be overcome. Nearly every person, when trying to overcome anything, begins to resist, begins to work against that...
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- Written by: Wendy Lustbader
There have been hundreds of roads not taken. We worry much less about making a wrong choice, since some of our carefully considered decisions have led to dead ends and some of our gut impulses have led to unforeseen gains.
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- Written by: Kathryn Tristan
We have somehow imposed an unconscious barrier to obtaining our desires. We are unconsciously worried and afraid to risk moving beyond our upper limit. But often we are not happy in this zone of restriction. Somewhere within us, in our higher self, we realize we are holding ourselves back...
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- Written by: Shakti Gawain
Making a "treasure map" is a very powerful technique, and fun to do. A treasure map is an actual, physical picture of your desired reality. It works along the same lines as a blueprint for a building. It is valuable because it forms an especially clear, sharp image which can...
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- Written by: Tony Burroughs
"I don't know about you but I'm being tested a lot nowadays." The Law of Adversity says that along with every challenge or problem we encounter, an opportunity also presents itself...
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- Written by: Helene Segura
What is the key to organization and productivity? I can tell you that there are no shopping lists involved. There’s not an inventory of tools or supplies to purchase. No containers. No apps.
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- Written by: Matthew Swayne, Penn State University
New research identifies ways to help people who don’t gel with the company’s culture stay engaged and become more productive.
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- Written by: Lance Secretan
The majority of people are aching to make a commitment in their lives—to others, to a goal, to the world—if only they could find the spark that would set them into action. The missing links are the belief in oneself and the inspiration from others. Few of us believe that we are...
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell
We've all heard of ask and you shall receive and I've been an avid proponent of that method myself. However, there is asking and there is expecting. Now on the surface, those seem to go hand in hand, yet they don't...
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- Written by: Alan Cohen
The business and relationship situations in your life do not have a life or reality of their own. They are reflections of your psyche, the images you hold about yourself projected onto the screen of the world. As James Allen stated, “We think in secret and it comes to pass. Environment is our looking glass.”
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- Written by: Mohammad Salahuddin, University of Southern Queensland; et al
Keeping up with our social networks online helps us get what we want in the short term, but could be worse for our accumulation of “social capital” in the longer term, our research shows.
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- Written by: Lorraine Flaherty
As Dorothy travelled along the yellow brick road she came to a crossroads. Out loud she wondered which way to go and she got a reply from a scarecrow that had been tied to a stake in the middle of a cornfield. He told her that he had no choice but to stay there as he believed...
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- Written by: Noelle Sterne, Ph.D.
Business writer and journalist Srully Blotnick wrote of a 20-year study of men who became millionaires. The single thing they all had in common was not an overriding desire to make money or gain international reputation, but an overriding love of and determination to do what they loved doing...
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- Written by: Brandon Ambrosino, YES! Magazine
How to cope with anxiety, self-doubt, and “the check’s in the mail.” I’m currently waiting for around $10,000 worth of paychecks to reach me for freelance writing projects I’ve done.
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- Written by: Michaela Edwards, Lancaster University and Adrian Sutton, University of Manchester
Well-being is seen as increasingly important in the workplace. A growing number of companies have well-being policies, such as free gym memberships and health insurance, to cater to their employees' needs.
