Screw Being Happy! Of all the things you expected to hear from me at the beginning of a work week, I bet ‘screw being happy’ was not on your list. Now that I have your attention, I will explain. My private client base is well-educated, affluent and not only achievement orientated, but have already achieved...Read More
When renowned Positive Psychology scholar and TEDxUNLV speaker, Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, wanted to change the topic and content of his TEDx Talk, I was not happy. Robert had been selected because of his most recent work creating an online educational portal. The work he was doing in that area was part of imagining the future...Read More
In Don’t Die with Vacation Time on the Books, I used a John Lennon quote: “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” All I can say is, “Yes!” My plan for the last 60 days was to successful sell our home and move to our new home. My plan was to...Read More
My last Dr. Success Challenge was to just notice if and when you were suffering from resilience fatigue. As promised, here are some suggestions to overcome resilience fatigue: 1. Rest. I know I am stating the obvious, but you might be surprised how low you allow your energy reserves to get before you actually stop...Read More
The book, Delivering Happiness, by Zappo’s CEO, Tony Hsieh has ‘paid it forward’ in many ways. A business culture development book grounded in the research of Positive Psychology, has brought back the soul an inner city school’s culture on one coast and is seeding the resurrection of a city’s community soul on another. A few...Read More
The Myths of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky is an outstanding resource. It dispels all the myths we hear ourselves say about why we are not happy or how we will be happy when — and she does it using excellent research. Here is my suggestion: 1) Buy the Book! The Myths of Happiness 2) Read...Read More
Lifetime learning enhances happiness (feelings of well-being) and watching comedy clips can enhance test scores. Seems like a win, win, win. A one minute reminder to enhance your learning. https://www.servingsuccess.com/audio/30/mp And scientific proof watching comedy enhances your test scores. http://deliveringhappinessatwork.com/happiness-increased-productivity-says-research/Read More
I started the day receiving a tweet from an excellent source, www.Happier.com, so I paid attention. I offer it to you to consider: @happier: RT @aweissman: lotd: “If you smile at me, I will understand; ’cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language.” I then went and checked out Andrew Weissman at...Read More
This is the third question in the series provided by Robert Biswar-Diener. Have you been writing out answers to each of the questions? 3. With whom do you share responsibility for your own happiness? It is easy to get lulled into a sense that happiness is an individual pursuit. Nothing could be further from the...Read More
2. How much unhappiness should I have? Feelings of sadness, guilt, and anger act like radar, scanning and providing information about the quality of our lives. Negative feelings can signal that problems are occurring and that action must be taken to change courses. It wouldn’t be sensible to try to eliminate negative feelings entirely. How...Read More
