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Practising Happiness: Why Is It So Hard To Live What We Know?

May 23, 2008

This post about practicing happiness is the second point raised in Brian’s questions. The question of how to apply what you know. I talked a while back about the 10,000 hour principle. The idea that to become a true expert at something takes 10,000 hours of practice. That’s true in every area of life.

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Why Meditating Will Make You Happier Than Succeeding

April 2, 2008

This is Part 3 of a 3 part series. (Part 1 – More Doesn’t Lead To Happier, Part 2 – Happiness And Political Correctness) When I was young and we were going on holiday my Dad would put our suitcases etc on the roof rack. And he would strap them down securely with those elasticated [...]

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Stop Reading And Start Thinking. The Problem With Self Help.

March 5, 2008

I guess I live in the self-help genre. I don’t like a lot of what I see there though. There’s a lot of nonsense and hot air. There’s seems to be a lot of falseness. My main beef with it though is that people buy into it from emotional insecurity and become more insecure the [...]

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I have decided that I have been living a life that is not really who I am… I am going to be true to myself and give up on all the things I have been working on and have made me so very unhappy… and to get back on the path that is the true me… Thank you for all of your wonderful articles to help me realize why I was so unhappy….
— Frances May 12, 2012

I agree with you. We have to face something new in our lives. If we didn´t have to face with a problem everyday, we were just bored. Sometimes the problems make you fight. To be active on this world is a characteristic of human beings.
— Adriana May 12, 2012

I know exactly what you mean Rob! You put it into words so much better than me but it is exactly what has been missing in my careers. Camaraderie, networks and the fun and socialization that goes with that. Thanks and happy Networking,
— Lisa May 12, 2012

That was very enlightening…I only wish I had read it sooner… as I have been more bent on being right and getting my way because I thought it was only fair and that I was right… now anger and resentment had consumed me… and has caused considerable damage to my family, my own self-esteem, and the man I was engaged to has finally given up on me… Now what?
— Dukey May 12, 2012

I’ve only listened to the first 12 minutes (no time till the weekend for the full 90 mins.), and already I have an insight that explains something I’ve been missing. Part of my struggle has been doing something with the insights that should be game changers, but often don’t move me ahead in a way I would expect. In other words; knowing what’s wrong and still staying stuck with it. Just a comment from Rob about 10 mins. into the recording cleared up why that cycle exists for me. Listen yourself, but in summary he noted that ‘if you have nothing more important to strive for in your life, than to understand and remove the negatives, the mere desire to change won’t be strong enough to outweigh that motivation’. I took that to mean that you have a better chance of “moving on”, when you are careful to make what’s ahead more important than what’s behind. I’ve spent far more time looking back. It’s no wonder it’s become far greater than the life I want. I just have never put any meaningful and persistent action into chasing it in concrete ways. In thinking I needed to figure out and rectify first, I was never developing the foundation to build the life I wished for on. It seems logical that if ones primary focus is where you want to go and who you want to become, that the past which often seems to have so much power, would play a lesser role in the perception of self. I’ve got to chew on this.
— Brian May 12, 2012
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