The other day I left my house at 7:00am for a 9:00am appointment in Manhattan. I do my best to allow extra time in order to be sure to be on time, and even better, to arrive early. In this case, I allowed more than the usual amount of time…
I'm traveling this week, so here are some things that make me smile regularly: My kids. Kids in general. When I see signs of my kids growing up. When Marcie laughs at my quirky behavior. Beautiful photos my daughter Julie sends me that she takes with her iPhone. (See today's…
I was pleased to have a blog I wrote published on the wonderful Tiny Buddha web site last week. Here's the first part of the piece, with a link to the rest... Thirty-plus years ago, when I was applying to college, one of my friends used to say regularly, “We’ve…
I'm traveling this week, so here are some additional things that made me smile over the past few weeks: The awesome narration by the tour guide on the architectural boat tour of Manhattan that we went on for a good cause. When I asked a friend if he has any…
This is a guest post by Myra Sabel. Myra is mentioned twice in Six Simple Rules for a Better Life, including her story about how smiles helped her during the extremely difficult year when her husband, Ed, underwent three surgeries. ----- Many years ago a friend asked me to attend…
Here are some of the things that made me smile this week: The picture frame that I saw at a café (see today’s featured image) around a thermostat, to match the décor of other art on the café’s walls. Listening to my son tell Marcie and me about his amazing…
I was pleased to recently have a piece I wrote published on the Pick the Brain web site. Pick the Brain publishes a lot of terrific articles and I highly recommend that you check it out. Here's an introduction to the piece I wrote, and a link to the full article…
Making these lists is great for me—it’s a proven happiness strategy to list positive things. What will make it great for you is if you do the same thing—whether privately, or publicly (posting comments here or on the Six Simple Rules Facebook page.) Here are some of the things that…
There’s a guy who lives somewhere near where I live. I don’t know him and I don’t know where he lives, but I see him jogging. He’s in great shape – if you met him you might ask him if he’s a runner. What’s particularly distinctive about him is that…
Making these lists is great for me—it’s a proven happiness strategy to list positive things. What will make it great for you is if you do the same thing—whether privately, or publicly (posting comments here or on the Six Simple Rules Facebook page.) After doing this for three weeks, a…
I was very pleased when I recently had a piece I wrote published on the Motivational Memo web site. The site has a lot to offer and is run by a great guy named Peter G. James Sinclair. Peter is a ‘heart to heart resuscitation’ specialist, on a mission to help…
Making these lists is great for me—it’s a proven happiness strategy to list positive things. What will make it great for you is if you do the same thing—whether privately, or publicly (posting comments here or on the Six Simple Rules Facebook page.) After doing this for three weeks, a…