Take a close enough look at any life of note, and you’ll quickly discover a legacy of failure. However, it’s important to distinguish between failed experiments and failure in the Platonic ideal sense of the word. Experimental failure happens when you try something, and it doesn’t work the way you intended. We’ve all experienced this … Continue reading How To Accept Process & Learn From Failure – Chris Myers
Category: Happiness Facts
18 Things You Need To Give Up To Become A High Achieving Person – Brianna Wiest
A secret about success is that it is just as much about what you give up as what you gain. Are you willing to give up late nights out for late nights in working? Are you willing to turn a deaf ear to blind criticisms? Are you willing to listen to helpful ones? Are you going to … Continue reading 18 Things You Need To Give Up To Become A High Achieving Person – Brianna Wiest
30 Things to Start Doing for Yourself – Marc Chernoff
Our previous article, 30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself, was well received by most of our readers, but several of you suggested that we follow it up with a list of things to start doing. In one reader’s words, “I would love to see you revisit each of these 30 principles, but instead of … Continue reading 30 Things to Start Doing for Yourself – Marc Chernoff
How feeling young at heart impacts your overall health – Evelyn Lewin
We all know people who seem years – nay, decades – younger than their biological age. Children's book author Susanne Gervay is one of them. She's 66 but feels more in her mid-20s. Rather than slowing down, her career continues to escalate. In her spare time she's often jogging around her local park or doing … Continue reading How feeling young at heart impacts your overall health – Evelyn Lewin
10 Ways To Make Yourself Happy — Success Inspirers’ World
Originally posted on Upward Journeys: Happiness is within reach. Here is my list of mood boosting activities – it is a list I keep for when I need a pick-me-up. Try making your own list and watch your life expand. Write a letter to an old friend. In fact write lots of letters to lots of… … Continue reading 10 Ways To Make Yourself Happy — Success Inspirers’ World
Why Taking Time Off From Work Is Good for Your Productivity – Timothy Sykes
Great news: taking time off is good for your career. Usually, taking time off is considered the antithesis of a good work ethic. You’re supposed to be productive, and that means busy at all times, right? But as it turns out, busy is always be better. As author Alan Cohen wrote, “There is virtue in … Continue reading Why Taking Time Off From Work Is Good for Your Productivity – Timothy Sykes
Why Nordic Countries Might Not Be As Happy As You Think
Nordic countries like Finland and Norway may regularly come out on top of world happiness indexes for wellbeing year-on-year - but new research shows the happiness is far from universal. A report authored by the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen aims to provide a more nuanced picture of life … Continue reading Why Nordic Countries Might Not Be As Happy As You Think
The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness – Darius Foroux
For the longest time, I believed that there’s only purpose of life: And that is to be happy. Right? Why else go through all the pain and hardship? It’s to achieve happiness in some way. And I’m not the only person who believed that. In fact, if you look around you, most people are pursuing … Continue reading The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness – Darius Foroux
Knowers & Learners Quick Thoughts On Different World Views – Bruno Bergher
My work these days involves spending a lot of time with early stage companies, where we’re racing against the clock to turn bold new ideas into usable products, and see if they work. It’s a land where you’re knee-deep in ambiguity, and surrounded by a sea of unanswered questions. It’s an environment where short-circuiting feedback … Continue reading Knowers & Learners Quick Thoughts On Different World Views – Bruno Bergher
Health and Happiness. — Thriving Under Pressure
Reflection Questions When someone asks you “What makes you happy?” does your answer differ from “What makes you healthy?” Do you consider your health requirements essential and your happiness needs selfish and superfluous? Or perhaps you rate health and happiness as equal and interdependent. I’d love to hear your thoughts! via Health and Happiness. — Thriving … Continue reading Health and Happiness. — Thriving Under Pressure