Want to live a happy life? Sounds fair enough… after all, that’s what everyone is chasing after right? Problem is, which almost all of us realize, we’re chasing after the wrong things to make us happy. More than likely you got here by something you entered into your search box about happiness or a happy [...]
Happiness
Learning how to find happiness can certainly be a lifelong journey. But that does not mean you’ll never know how to be happy long-term. It’s simply a process like anything else, with peaks and valleys. But the reward can be a more consistent ride and finding a flow with less extreme highs and lows.
While listening to the section “Awaken the Greatness Within” of Secrets of Being Unstoppable, Guy mentions some interesting theories on greatness, which got me wondering what it truly means to be great, and more precisely; how to be great. …it’s not about finding someone to imitate. That has nothing to do with awakening true greatness. [...]
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If you want to live a fearless life and become unstoppable, you need to accept the idea that we’re not here to possess or win anything. The key to this life for each and every one of us is to learn. The quicker you learn to accept this fact about learning and not winning, the [...]
I love things that make me think. The ABC TV show, “Brothers & Sisters” is my wife and I’s show. That and the TV series House, which after about a year of watching recorded re-runs I think we’ve almost seen them all. A few weeks ago on Brothers & Sisters, Nora Walker, the matriarch of [...]
Ah, the question everyone wants to know, how to achieve happiness? Let us first look at what the word achieve means: achieve: to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish This is the most common mistake when people set out to find happiness in their lives, they set out under the allusion that they [...]
Dear Me (at age 15), I recently turned 40, wow, what a ride. I can say it’s pretty amazing to feel my best years are ahead of me (God willing). I was thinking about what I could suggest to you… possibly some things to help you save time, live happier, and avoid stress as you [...]
You’ve probably noticed that every self-help book and personal development blog as a “101 ways to” (fill in the blank) list. So I figured I’d come up with one on finding happiness… Action x 101 I know, you thought you were getting an easy list to read right? Why not, I like them as well. [...]
What does peace, love, and happiness mean to you? I think of the sixties—or was that sex, drugs, and rock and roll?—and the idea that love can end war and violence. Is love really all we need? If it’s that simple, we need to start with love for ourselves; until we accomplish that, nothing will [...]
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