Let me start with a few questions. Are you on the right track? Is your life heading in just the direction you’d hoped, now, at this moment? If not, how…
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The answer is yes, if you consider the positive implications of reading a string of compliments directed at you from this website. Click on the opening compliment and bask in…
Imagine two children on a playground. Each is picked last for kickball teams. As they walk toward their respective sides, they’re lost in secret imaginings of why they were chosen…
Learning new skills is scary. Happiness is a skill, requiring focused effort until it becomes habitual. Creating new learning strategies is central to making progress. Beginning artists reframe perception by…
Are you having a heavy day? There is a simple and sure-fire way to wriggle out from under whatever might be weighing you down: Small talk. Yep, that’s it! We…
Where is the break-even point for effort in life? How do we measure energy expenditure compared with perceived benefits? When it comes to mastering new skills, a recent study reaches…
Here’s a twist on the happiness puzzle: Take notice of how you don’t spend your time. A study published in the journal Social Indicators Research reports on “time diary” responses…
Today is the first day of spring break at my house. That may explain why this article, , caught my eye this morning. I’m not in the market for a new…
I taught a Habitual Happiness class last Friday. It was a great group of people and we had lots of fun. Since we were talking about what it takes to…
Interested in a new twist on heartspark’s Success Practice #3: imagine & pretend? The article below suggests you create “accountability objects” – real, physical reminders of what you have to…