Happiest People On Earth: 6 Secrets To Learn From Them
lationships, Relationships, Relationships What happens when you look at the happiest people and scientifically analyze what they have in common? Researchers did just that. There was a clear answer to what differentiated these people from everyone else -- and it wasn't money, smarts, age, gender or race. It was strong social relationships. Via The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work: Turns out, there was one—and only one—characteristic that distinguished the happiest 10…
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What Do Successful People Have In Common? 8 Things.
sy Busy Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, examines the work habits of over 150 of the greatest writers, artists and scientists. What did they all have in common? A relentless pace of work. Via Daily Rituals: How Artists Work “Sooner or later,” Pritchett writes, “the great men turn out to be all alike. They never stop working. They never lose a minute. It is very depressing.” What did Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer find when he looked at high achievers like LBJ and Robert Moses? 60-65…
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4 Easy Ways You Can Resolve Life’s Toughest Questions
w To Work More Efficiently Use the Eisenhower Matrix. Via The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking: The US President Dwight D. Eisenhower supposedly once said: ‘The most urgent decisions are rarely the most important ones’. Eisenhower was considered a master of time management, i.e. he had the ability to do everything as and when it needed to be done. With the Eisenhower method, you will learn to distinguish between what is important and what is urgent. Whatever the job…
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Are You Making The Most Out Of Life? Here’s How You Can.
en Does "More" Finally Become "Enough"? You probably have far more now than you ever had in the past but you're probably not much happier. And, instinctively, we think the problem can still be fixed by more. More of whatever. More money. More food. More things. Generically, more. We're not even sure what we need more of, but whatever we have now sure as hell isn't doing it so turn it up to 11, Bertha. This isn't an anti-capitalist rant…
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4 Books That Will Make You Happy And Successful
at is the good life? That's the primary question I'm trying to answer with this blog. Shortcuts and lifehacks are great. Surprising trivia is nice. But how can we really live great lives? I don't have time for much less. And I don't like corny fluff. I want answers backed by research, expertise or deep insight. Here are four books that really helped me. And I think they'll help you too. Find Direction In Life What is it? Clayton…
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The Art Of Negative Thinking: How Negativity Can Make You Happier
cerpts from my interview with Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking. What The Ancient Stoics Can Teach You About Happiness Oliver Burkeman: To sum up the Stoic perspective very simply: it's your beliefs about the world that cause distress, not the world itself. Eric: And this leads to a very powerful technique for increasing happiness. Oliver Burkeman: Yes. It's what the Stoics call, "the premeditation" - that there's actually a lot…
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10 Life Lessons You Can Learn From The Smartest Older People
ve posted before about research into the most important life lessons we can learn from older people, taken from Karl Pillemer's excellent book, 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans. Here's another take on the same subject: Before the 50th reunion of Harvard Business School's class of 1963 they asked them what lessons they would pass on to younger people. This isn't firm scientific research -- but we ignore it at our peril. We can learn much about life…
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How To Be More Confident: 5 Research Backed Methods
one doubts the value of confidence. In fact, research shows people often prefer confidence over actual expertise. G. Richard Shell teaches at the Wharton School and his book Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success has a great chapter on how to be more confident. Here's what you need to know. Surround Yourself With People Who Believe in You I've posted a lot about how the power of context can improve behavior. And people are a part of that. When you're told you're…
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