I just finished watching Shawn Achor, author of “The Happiness Advantage” share some of his research with Google employees. (See: Shawn Achor on Happiness as a Competitive Advantage) He explains that we have a flawed model about happiness and success. Most of us follow the formula that if we work harder, we will be more […]
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Happy New Year! And welcome to 2014! It’s a chance for new beginnings, and for many this means it’s time to make New Year’s resolutions. Have you made yours yet? New Year’s resolutions are great, but I don’t like making them without focusing on what’s most important to us. Why are we making these resolutions
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We might understand that perfectionism does not make us happy, but we may still believe that it will make us successful. After all, we have all heard phrases like “No pain, no gain,” or “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” It often seems like we have to go to extremes in order to become
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“Don’t be perfect. Be you.Don’t be what you think they want you to be Be what you know you are Don’t look outside yourself for anything It’s all within.” ~Jackson Kiddard A great reminder that being perfect won’t make us happy, even though we may have been conditioned to believe otherwise. There is no perfect
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“We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma and we are willing
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“Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work’s important, family’s important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You’re cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what’s coming.” ~Nicholas Sparks In German, we have a saying: “Vorfreude ist die schönste Freude!” which means “The greatest joy lies in the anticipation.” And isn’t
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“All our lives we think happiness is a destination, only to look back and realize that it was the way. ~Robert Brault Many of us are trapped in the rat race of life, thinking that if we reach a certain goal or a particular destination, we will finally be happy. However, when we finally arrive
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I have often asked myself this question, hoping that it would act as a compass to guide me whether I am in a good place or need to change something. And well-meaning friends have asked me this question, too, wanting to know that I am doing well. Yet it is sometimes a hard question to
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If you had never felt stressed or anxious before, you would be alone in this world. One of the most common complaints I hear from my clients over and over again is that they are feeling overworked or overwhelmed and trying to find balance in their life. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was something
We often go through life focusing so much on tasks we have to get done, things we “should” do, and actions we need to take by a certain deadline. We set goals, try to prove ourselves or aspire to make others happy, and in the process it sometimes seems like we just can’t catch up
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