How To Use Time Travel To Increase Happiness
ytime you need to be happier, just do some time travel. It's that simple. I know what you're thinking: He's finally gone insane. No, I'm not crazy. And you don't need a time machine. You're just going to use your imagination. But scientific research shows this is a great way to immediately increase happiness. You can do it anywhere and it doesn’t cost anything. Research shows happiness is all about where you put your attention. And shifting your attention to the past, the future…
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4 Rituals To Keep You Happy All The Time
m Kreider got stabbed in the throat. The knife went in two millimeters from his carotid artery. He describes those two millimeters as the difference between being “flown home in the cargo hold instead of in coach.” Luckily, he made a full recovery. How does he describe the event? "It was one of the best things that ever happened to me." He was so grateful to be alive that for the next year, it was impossible for him to be unhappy. Via We Learn Nothing:…
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How To Stop Worrying
er feel like you can't turn your brain off? Worried about how to stop worrying? We all deal with this when life gets challenging. There is a way to overcome worry that doesn't involve alcohol or a straitjacket. The answer is thousands of years old -- but now science is validating those ancient ideas. You've probably even heard of it: Mindfulness. Yeah, it's all the rage now. But nobody ever seems to really explain what it is or how to do it. Let's fix that.…
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How To Improve Self-Esteem: A New Secret From Research
seems we all want to know how to improve self-esteem these days. Life can be hard. And who is usually hardest on you? Yourself. There's that negative voice in your head criticizing you. And sometimes you can't shut it up. So the answer is to boost your self-esteem, right? We've seen an explosion of this kind of thinking lately, that self-esteem is the answer to everything. But it's had some negative effects on the world too -- like an epidemic of…
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How To Get Organized: 2 Solutions From Philosophy And Kindergarten
ing disorganized causes huge problems. Via Organizing from the Inside Out: • Americans waste nine million hours per day searching for misplaced items, according to the American Demographics Society. • The Wall reported that the average U.S. executive wastes six weeks per year searching for missing information in messy desks and files. • Cleaning professionals say that getting rid of excess clutter would eliminate 40 percent of the housework in an average home (National Soap and Detergent Association).…
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3 Things Psychopaths Can Teach You About Being A Happier Person
u're a good person. Or at least you're trying to be. Me too. But that doesn't mean we can't learn a thing or two from the bad guys. And I mean the really bad guys -- psychopaths. So let's give the devil his due. And that's why I gave Kevin a call. Dr. Kevin Dutton is a researcher at Oxford and author of The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success. You might be wondering what…
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The Secret To Never Being Frustrated Again
e all get frustrated. The guy in front of you is driving like an idiot. Your boss is being a jerk. Your partner isn't listening. And sometimes these all happen to you on the same day. What's the fix for this? One guy came up with a solution that deals with all of these problems…
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The One Word Key To Happiness
all want to be happy. That's obvious. But how much would people pay for a moment of happiness? Researchers did a survey -- and the answer was about $80. Other than pure love and dodging discomfort, people were willing to pay the most for happiness. Via The Upside of Your Dark Side: $ 44.30 for calm tranquility, $ 62.80 for excitement, $ 79.06 for happiness, $ 83.27 to avoid fear, $ 92.80 to avoid sadness, $ 99.81 to avoid embarrassment, $ 106.26…
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