This post is Part 2 of a two part series. You can read Part 1 here.
In Part 1, I discussed the first six happiness activities in The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky. This post discusses the last six happiness activities.
7. Learning to Forgive Others
When you [...]
Contrary to what we usually believe…the best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times…The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced chick-sent-me-high-ee), a professor and former chairman of [...]
The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest. – Albert Einstein
With so much conflicting personal finance information available, it’s hard to know what to do. It’s difficult for me although I’ve read numerous personal finance books and articles, subscribed to Money Magazine, and received an MBA from Duke University. But I’ve discovered a [...]
Habits are safer than rules; you don’t have to watch them. And you don’t have to keep them either. They keep you.
- Frank Crane
You can make exercise a habit even if you hate exercising. I know because I’ve made a habit of exercise for ten years, even though I dislike exercising. Exercise itself is painful [...]
I’ve seen many books and articles about defining and achieving goals, but few discuss how using goals affects your happiness. Goals have a big impact on your happiness, but for different reasons than you may think.
Goals May Be Unnecessary
My wife, Lisa, is happy and has no goals. Does that means she does nothing? Not at [...]
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