Happiness matters. For yourself. The people around you. And the world as a whole. For yourself, because it’s the key to better health, greater resilience, thriving social relationships, higher productivity, and reduced levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. For the people around you, because happiness is contagious. If you’re happy, you literally lift up the world around you, […]
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Happiness is no secret. Certain factors boost it while others reduce it. Most of these factors are under our control. Better yet, we can change many of them quickly and easily. In this article, we’ll look at 17 factors that may reduce your happiness. And we’ll discuss what you can do to correct hem. If you’ve ever asked yourself, […]
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Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and endlessly […]
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Feeling grateful is awesome! Not only is it a pleasant experience, but a highly beneficial one too. The benefits of gratitude include better physical health, stronger relationships, greater happiness, enhanced resiliency, sharper thinking, reduced levels of stress, anxiety, and depression, and so on. Unfortunately, gratitude doesn’t come easy. We don’t just wake up in the morning with a […]
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If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you know we’re big on Positive Psychology—the study of happiness, well-being, and flourishing. One thing we often talk about is the fact that positive emotions are powerful. They improve our health, help us live longer, boost productivity, improve relationships, enhance resiliency, and so much more. Gratitude is perhaps the […]
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NOTE: This is an excerpt from my book The Happy Life Formula, which is all about the science of happiness and how to use it in our lives to be happier, healthier, and more successful. Would you like to know the real reason why so many of us are miserable? Why we struggle to feel […]
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NOTE: This is an excerpt from my book The Happy Life Formula, which is all about the science of happiness and how to apply it in our lives to become happier, healthier, and more successful. Creating a happy life starts by creating happier days. And creating happier days comes down to the deliberate addition of activities […]
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Teacher: “How many Pokémon do you know?” Me: “I know all the Pokémon, all 151.” Teacher: “So you could learn some plant names, too.” That’s a conversation I had with my teacher when I was eleven years old. I was annoyed that we had to learn all these plant names by heart. My teacher was right, though, I could […]
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Imagine you’re an archer aiming at a deer (or a clay pigeon – depending on your values). You’re highly focused. Notch your arrow. Draw your bow. Close an eye. Aim… and… Shoot! Now imagine the arrow moving in slow-motion towards the target. The arrow is out there. In the air. Out of your control. And you can only wait […]
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NOTE: This is an excerpt from my upcoming book The Happy Life Formula, which will officially launch on Amazon on Monday,12th of March. Make sure you’re on our newsletter list to get notified when the book’s on sale. It’s odd to talk about happiness in terms of benefits, isn’t it? After all, the benefit of happiness is […]
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