I recently read a powerful story in What Happy People Know, a book by Dan Baker. He explained he was working with a super stressed out business owner and trying to help him to delegate more. The business owner said he could not delegate more because so many of his…
This is a guest post by Julie Singer, who teaches us, among other things, something we've discussed before: one of the great sources of happiness is helping others. As a college student, at times you can feel like you have no control over anything. It may be your emotions, your…
I received shocking, tragic news this week when I learned my college roommate passed away at the age of 51. We met at the very start of college. We lived in the same building freshman year. We became friends and moved in together as roommates for our junior year. As…
I usually post on Wednesdays. I'm posting on Tuesday this week because of tomorrow's holiday. Enjoy! A year ago, I received a lot of nice feedback when I published a post about the many ways that I enjoyed music, movies, places I visited, books, and even what I watched on…
I'm a long-time believer in the power of gratitude. It's hard to be unhappy at the same time you are being grateful. I’m grateful for so much this year, and every year, and Thanksgiving is an obvious time to talk about it. My list is long and it’s hard to…
Alex Blackwell is a talented writer who has a knack for presenting important ideas in a simple way. I enjoy his blog. Last year, I interviewed Alex about his first book. Alex has just released his second book, Letting Go. In Letting Go, Alex has gone a step further, bringing together a group…
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the happiness secret of experiences, not things. In a similar vein, I share with you enjoy today’s guest post by Cheryl Magyar. -------------- It seems like everyone is talking about happiness these days—trying to define it and searching high and low for…
My 16-year-old cousin Kyra (aka Kiki) is chronically unique (a term she invented.) Please watch her video and you will understand. It's 15 minutes in length and if at any point you decide to fast forward, make sure you watch the last 3.5 minutes to learn valuable happiness lessons from this amazing…
Having written a book called Six Simple Rules for a Better Life, with a subtitle, “Practical, achievable ways to be happier, healthier, and more…” and a first chapter (the first rule) called, “Be Happy,” happiness—for myself and others—is clearly one of my missions. Late last year, I enjoyed reading A…
I recently had a 24-hour stomach virus. I was feeling queasy around mid-day Friday, threw up around 6:00pm, was in bed from 7:45pm until 7:15am (a fitful sleep), felt light-headed all the following morning, and felt almost 100% by mid-day Saturday. It was the first time I threw up in…
In a chapter on being grateful in a book I enjoyed reading at the end of 2012, A Spiritual Renegade’s Guide to the Good Life, author Lama Marut suggests going on a weekly “complaining fast,” declaring a moratorium on complaining for one day each week. What will happen if you…
Martin E. P. Seligman is known as the father of the positive psychology movement. In positive psychology, the idea is to focus on helping people to be happier rather than solely focusing on treating conditions. Helping people to be happier is a huge driver for me and because I’m not…