Happiness Articles

Three Ways To Happiness

March 9, 2009

I have read many books offering ways to happiness. These can be categorized in three main ways.   appiness By Description: The first of the ways to happiness   The first way is what I call the Mystic or Poetic group. These are personal accounts of people who have reached a state of blissful happiness. [...]

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Secrets Of Happiness

March 9, 2009

The secrets of happiness all lie in your Operating System.    The trouble is that we get blinded by our Operating System.   This is because our Operating System attempts to fit what’s happening around us into our Operating System’s expectations.   This is really important to understand.   The purpose of the Human Operating [...]

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The Pursuit of Happiness

March 9, 2009

Seeking happiness is not a luxury or a privilege. It is your attempt to give to the world.   It is not self-indulgent or selfish. It is the noblest choice you can make.   However it is a mistake.   Here’s why.   The very phrase, the pursuit of happiness is based on a misunderstanding [...]

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Influence Others The Happy Way

March 9, 2009

There are many books, seminars and courses sold on how to influence others. Some work and some don’t.   However my view is why would you want to influence another?   People generally answer that question with ‘Well if my wife did this’ or ‘If my husband did that..’ ‘If my boss would just..’ ‘If [...]

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How To Die Happy

March 9, 2009

Why do some people die happy, while others look back and see nothing but misery, bitterness and hardship?   George Vaillant, a Harvard Professor was interested in just these questions and over a 40 year study analyzed Harvard Graduates. He detailed his findings in a book called Adaptation to Life.   What most interested me [...]

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What Does It Take To Be Happy Together?

March 9, 2009

The best way to be happy as a couple – in fact the only lasting way… is to be happy apart.   So many people get into or stay in a relationship because they are afraid of being alone.   They are not happy alone… so they look for the reason. And they decide that [...]

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Happy Thoughts And Their Power

March 9, 2009

The power of happy thoughts shouldn’t be underestimated. In an average day it is estimated that we have around 60,000 thoughts.   It is known that happy people think more happy thoughts than unhappy people.   Happy thoughts connect us with the clarity, confidence and courage to act… to know what to do. To travel [...]

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Happy People Have All The Luck

March 9, 2009

Happy people get far less attention from Psychologists and Sociologists, than unhappy people.   There is a mountain of research on depression and the many other thousands of ways that Psychology has categorized our misery. Only recently has the focus begun to turn to happiness.   There are a number of benefits to being joyful. [...]

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How To Be Happy Now?

March 9, 2009

You can feel happiness, this very minute, if you so choose.   When we talk of wanting to be happy, we are generally feeling sad or down.   Whatever emotions or feelings you are experiencing at this moment in time is dependent on your thoughts. Every emotional state is created by a hormonal and biochemical [...]

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The Main Barrier To A Happy Marriage?

March 9, 2009

Today we live in a society where many marriages do not last. And so Politicians and Religious leaders say we should do more to prevent divorce.    The truth is that our relationships are not any more unhealthy than before.   But today as the pace of life speeds up… and because people can leave [...]

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