Overcoming The Fear of Death

October 31, 2010

One of the most natural fears is the fear of death.  Many people live in absolute misery, yet the only thing keeping them alive is sheer terror at the thought of dying.  It is such a concern for so many that there is an entire field of study about the subject, Thanatology. The real fear [...]

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What Did You Get From The Thirty Two Building Blocks To Happiness Book?

October 24, 2010

I need your help, if you would be kind enough. Have you read my book, The 32 Building Blocks of Happiness? If you have, did it make an impact on you? If so, please could you do me a favour and share how, in the comments below? There’s a longer story behind it, but that’s, maybe, [...]

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Find Your Path To True Greatness?

October 17, 2010

Robert left the following comment after the last post. Greatness itself is a bit of a nebulous concept too. Who defines what it is? It seems to me that most people think the level of greatness of a person is directly proportional to the number of people who view you as great. There are many [...]

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How To Grow Faster Emotionally, Psychologically, Socially and Spiritually

October 10, 2010

Life today is faster than ever before.  There’s very little space for thought.  And so we can easily get swept away by a tidal wave and find ourselves lost without ever realising what happened.  Yet, ultimately, what will define our life is the choices we make as to how we will invest the time we [...]

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How To Stop Worrying And Free Your Genius

October 2, 2010

I think all of us are brilliant at something.  The key is working out where our brilliance lies.  But too many people waste their talents by trying to develop skills that they don’t naturally possess.  In this post I want to talk about a new way to think of your personal genius that will hopefully [...]

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The Recipe For Happiness

September 26, 2010

When Judy Garland was filming the scene in which she has to slap the Cowardly Lion, in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ she couldn’t stop giggling.  Which wasn’t a lot of fun for the Actor playing the Lion.  So to motivate Judy, the Director took her aside and slapped her.  They shot the scene perfectly on [...]

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The Power Of Why

September 19, 2010

“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” Immanuel Kant One of the fundamental ingredients to a happy life is having a sense of meaning and purpose.  We want to feel good and so we seek out pleasurable experiences.  Yet unless these have some sense of meaning, we just become junkies [...]

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How Impatience Could Kill Your Dreams… And Harry Potter

September 7, 2010

Harry Potter is a hugely successful franchise.  It’s creation made JK Rowling into the first billionaire author and runner up for Time Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year.  The final book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was released on July 21, 2007, and sold 11 million copies on the first day of its release, [...]

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How To Love Your Life

August 30, 2010

Last week’s post argued that love was the path to happiness.  I wrote the post, sent out the link… and then kicked myself. I’d left out a key part.  The obvious next question is, how do you love? And the answer is that the path to love is paved with joy.  For love is the [...]

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Why Love Is The Path To Happiness

August 23, 2010

Someone asked me the other day what the difference is between love and infatuation and with that at the back of my mind, as I watched a Steve Jobs speech (posted below), it made me think.   What struck me was that the answer is really the difference between real lasting happiness and hedonic pleasure. [...]

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