Last year my wife and I decided to take a few short breaks in the U.K. and get to know a number of cities well rather than one longer holiday. On one of these trips en-route to Cardiff, we stopped off close to the city of Bath.
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Continuing with 007’s comments.
Is it overwhelming to do all this for every issue? Read more about 'Is it overwhelming?'
Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment or vote on the last post. I’m glad that most people want to continue because we’re about to get to the meat of the topic. I have pretty much ready the next installment of how to process the information, but before you read that I have a mission for you… should you choose to accept it. Read more about overcoming stress
You know how sometimes you’ll be at a social function and you’ll get talking to someone and they’ll drone on and on endlessly about whatever they like talking about.
It might be moaning about their Spouse, their work or telling you about their latest model plane. And everytime you try to change the subject, they just dismiss what you have to say and continue their droning. More on am I boring you
One of the most common phrases people say to others in some form of grief is, ‘time heals’ or ‘it takes time’. It usually does, but time is not the healer. There is a certain process that has to be gone through in order to move things from being painful to being accepted. And this also relates to living with more integrity, being happier and changing a habit. Read more about the grieving process
This post about practicing happiness is the second point raised in Brian’s questions. The question of how to apply what you know.
I talked a while back about the 10,000 hour principle. The idea that to become a true expert at something takes 10,000 hours of practice. That’s true in every area of life. Read more about practising happiness
Thanks to those people who took the time to comment after reading the Happiness 2.0 Report. Brian asked some questions that I think we all struggle with from time to time. I’m going to address the first one here and follow on with the second.
More about is allowing the same as letting suffering
I just realised I’d said to leave your comments below the link to the Happiness Report, but there wasn’t a place to leave them. So I’m setting this up for any questions or comments.
In case you haven’t yet read it, here’s the Happiness Report. Read more about the Happiness 2.0 Report
Sometimes I’ve been asked ‘what my biggest regret is’. I used to think I didn’t regret. I’m not the sort of person to look back. Perhaps there is a mild feeling of regret that particularly in my past business, that I allowed myself to be talked out of strategies that instinctively I knew were right, but were revolutionary. Time proved my instincts were correct. But that doesn’t really bother me.
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Happiness And Political Correctness - Part 2 in a short series (Part 1 - More, doesn’t lead to happier)
One reason more doesn’t make us happier, is the habituation factor. We get used to whatever level we’re at It’s like a set point on a thermostat. It’s the zone where we feel comfortable. Read more about happiness and political correctness