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Coping With Stress

December 10, 2008

A couple of posts ago Ruth left a comment; And in many other forms people have been essentially asking the same question. It’s the question that I’ve been trying to work out myself, since I’ve realised that it doesn’t come as easily or naturally to others.

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Why No Posts?

June 18, 2008

I’ve received a couple of emails asking me why I haven’t posted anything yet this week. I was planning to get to work on a series of posts about stress. But life got in the way, as it tends to…

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Can You Reduce Your Stress To Zero In The Next 30 Days?

June 13, 2008

I promised you I had a big idea and here it is. If you’ve read the book ‘Wisdom of Crowds’ you’ll understand the power of focused groups.

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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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What Did You Get From The Happiness 2.0 Report?

May 14, 2008

I just realised I’d said to leave your comments below the link to the Happiness Report, but there wasn’t a place to leave them. So I’m setting this up for any questions or comments. In case you haven’t yet read it, here’s the Happiness Report.

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In Search of Wisdom

April 22, 2008

Aren’t we all seeking wisdom? Isn’t that what living is about? For some wisdom means efficiency or effectiveness. For another it could be more rewarding relationships. And to another still, it may be the meaning of life.

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Is The Love Of Money, The Root Of All Evil?

April 14, 2008

Is the love of money, truly the root of all evil?

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Integrity And Character

April 10, 2008

I’ve been in this field for a fairly long time now.  And so I’ve seen a lot of people and how they got on over time.  Recently I noticed a distinct difference between two groups. The first were people of strong integrity and character.  By this I mean that they strove to find solutions that [...]

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Stumbling On Happiness By Daniel Gilbert

March 19, 2008

I just came across an interesting and entertaining short video of a 22 minute talk by Stumbling on Happiness Author Daniel Gilbert. I thought you might find it useful so I’ve posted it below. In it he talks about synthetic happiness and real happiness.

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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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