Which way are you looking? Part 2
We are reflecting on how the way we look at our life and accomplishments can have a profound impact on our overall sense of happiness and contentment. (See previous post).
We've introduced the idea of The Gap from Dan Sullivan. This is the permanent difference between our actual achievements and the ideals that we would want. I don't want to give the impressions that ideals are somehow…
Which way are you looking? Part 1
One of life's major sources of unhappiness is the gap or distance between where we currently are and where we would want to be or wish we were.
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Finding momentum in your life
A train when it is going fast enough and has sufficient momentum can knock down a concrete wall. That same train if it is stationary and has a one inch block in front of the driving wheel on the track will not be able to even start.
In life with no momentum a one inch size problem can stop you. But with momentum you can make incredible progress and hardly notice that there was a problem there…
7 Questions to ask yourself at the start of 2016
So here we are in a new year! What will the blank canvas of 2016 hold for you? What are you looking forward to or maybe even dreading? What did you learn from this last year?
The start of a new year gives a natural opportunity to appraise how the last year has gone and make preparations for the months that lie ahead.
Søren Kierkegaard has a helpful quote that says, “Life can…
3 ways that money can buy happiness
We have all heard the saying 'money can't buy happiness' and there is truth in that - especially when we place too high an expectation on what we think we can achieve with money.
However, according to Dunn and Norton in their book 'Happy Money: The New Science of Smarter Spending' there are some principles behind how we can use money that can dramatically affect our overall level of…
What do you think makes you happy?
The 12 minute video below is a talk given by Sean Achor, who is an American educator, author and speaker. It is both entertaining and funny while at the same time challenges our assumptions as to what are the factors that can truly make us happy.
https://youtu.be/GXy__kBVq1M?t=12
One of Achor's main points is the importance of mindset to increasing our potential for happiness, productivity,…
Looking Back With Gratitude on 2016
What a year 2016 has been! Internationally there has been the surprise and for many the shock of the Brexit vote in the UK; the chaos and hardship of the demonetisation of the 500 and 1000 Indian Rupee note and the election of Donald Trump in the United States. Less publicised, but just as significant and probably the most clearly positive event, was the end of the 50 year war in Colombia that…
Why Gratitude can be so Powerful
We have been looking at the importance of gratitude as a key to overall happiness in life (see previous post). We have also pointed out how psychologists have estimated that life circumstances only account for about 10% of a person's overall level of happiness (see the happiness formula at Why I Am Working at Becoming a Happier Person).
According to psychologists, 90% of your overall level of…
