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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your perfect partner
- A woman we'll call "Jane" thought she was a great "catch" and a "perfect partner" but she wondered why her relationships always seemed to fail.Here's what she wrote to us-- "I dated men of various ages and cultures but all my relationships ended up in disaster. I constantly searched, hoping for love to come my way. Then I started reading your newsletters. I carried a lot of personal baggage...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Happiness
- Without getting into the core basics of philosophy, I will make a few statements about happiness. Happiness is probably the most sought after emotion, and the hardest to retain on an ongoing basis. We all can experience moments of joy that make us happy.I have found that I am most consistently happy when I am trying to help others to find happiness. The word "service" comes to min...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Can you really let go of your huge internal struggle?
- When I was in graduate school for psychology, we had a fellow student by the name of Allan who was running a successful clinical practice and had joined our program to improve his credentials. He had a remarkable track record of successful case histories.One day, in a casual conversation during a classroom break, Cindy, a student, asked him what the single biggest reason people did not impr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 keys to a happy life
- 1. Do not act in order to receive a payoff.This is what is causing much of our discomfort as individuals and a society. As soon as you act with the purpose of receiving something, you have removed love from the act. The goal is to act as if all your needs are met, then all your thinking and behavior comes from a different perspective. You also find that you act more effectively to get those...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A great life? how to score your life
- Is your life really the life you want?Quickly determine how great your life is by answering "Yes" or "No" to the following questions.Even if you already know how great your life is, do you know what you can change to make it better?Instructions:Each question has a "Yes" or "No" answer."Yes" means you agree with the question. "No" means you disagree with the quest...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Quick tips on staying positive in a negative world
- Looking for a way to stay positive in a negative world?Edward W. Smith, motivational speaker, author and TV show host, who specializes in quick tips on how to move your life ahead even faster, offers the following advice.First, decide that you are going to be positive, and look for the positive around you, regardless of what others say or do. Start and end each day by flooding yourse...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Quick steps on being happier
- Want to be happier?Edward W. Smith, motivational speaker, author and TV show host, who specializes in quick tips on how to move your life ahead even faster, offers the following advice.First, make a choice that you are going to look for the positive in everything you do and expect positive things to come your way.Next, each day make a written list of all the things you are gra...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The most beautiful flowers
- The most beautiful flowers, in conjunction with their design and color schemes, create feelings that enhance our mood. They are a simple and sincere way to lift our spirits.The most beautiful flowers can bring a smile to someone face who has been sick or having a rough day. The presence of flowers has a profound impact on ones state of mind and emotions.Flowers trigger feelings of ha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Happiness and keeping ahead of the joneses
- Imagine that the Internal Revenue Service in your country claimed that you owe $1000 plus in tax arrears.You dispute this, and you challenge the tax people in court, but the court rules that they're right. Especially if you're a person of substantial means, you'd pay up with a shrug of the shoulders. "Too bad," you'll comfort yourself, "you can't win all the time!" and you'll put the matter...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The elusive butterfly of happiness
- Are You Chasing the Elusive Butterfly of Happiness?For many people happiness is an elusive butterfly in the garden of life. Imagine a young child in the garden on a summer day. The child sees a beautiful butterfly flitting from flower to flower. With eyes of wonder the child wants to see it close up, touch it, and hold it in their hands. The child goes towards the flower that the butterfly ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Its all about me: why its good to be selfish
- I started thinking about this topic during a discussion of "What You Wish You Knew Then". People were talking about the differences in their lives once they discovered that what makes them happy is just as important as what makes other people happy.It really is true...if you are not happy, then it's likely that no one around you is happy. Sounds self-centered to some people, espec...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to be happy
- Happiness is a state of mind, so your state of mind at this moment makes all the difference.You need to ask yourself, is it what you want, the thing that is going to make you happy?If the answer is yes, does this mean that what you have must not be good enough?We go through life searching, searching for a better job, better house, better car, better relationship, sometimes for...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Self identity: who are you?
- Self-identity? Who are you really? We identify with many things, but this is just a process in our minds. In fact, this identification causes us to suffer.Your favorite basketball team loses, and you suffer as though YOU lost. Your car is damaged and it feels like YOU are hurt. Somebody attacks who they think you are, and it is as though they could actually reach inside and poke at your tru...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 ways to bring meaning to your life
- My life always appears to be so hectic. It's as if I purposely overload myself with more things than I could possibly ever accomplish. As I'm going to sleep I think about all the things I need to get done And when I'm awake during the day I think about all the things that need to get done. Take a shower, make coffee, eat breakfast, brush my teeth, go to work, etc... It's almost as if at the end of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 surprising keys to happiness
- Have you ever had one of those days where you just wish you were in a better mood? Perhaps you tried to shift your state of mind to something better but struggled to achieve it.Sometimes we get stuck in our own 'stinking thinking' and forget how easy it is to feel happier, so here are seven simple ways to lift your mood that many people have found useful and some of them may surprise you!...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you doing what you love?
- Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. --Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)We are busier than we have ever been, working long hours and feeling under more and more pressure. How do you spend your days? For many people work and pleasure are seen as separate, with work being a chore that has to be done to pay ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Gratitude for dummies
- Yes, it might feel great to win the lottery. Money, houses, travel - these are wonderful, but not enough by themselves. You need the right frame of mind to fully enjoy life. You need the attitude of gratitude.Be GratefulLife is better when you feel blessed, when you can look around and say "Thank you, God." Religious or not, when you see life as a wonderful gift, your experien...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Conditions of happiness: happy vs. unhappy - do we have a choice?
- Everyone is in the process of seeking greater happiness. We are each involved in the search for feeling good inside our bodies. What may come as a surprise is in the midst of a binge, anorexia, bulimia, or other addiction process, happiness is essentially at the core of what is being sought. The individual is experiencing some feeling of unease in their emotional state and physical body and is att...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Live happily ever after!
- So many people overwork themselves literary in the quest for happiness. Many claim that they will truly be happy when they become famous, earn a degree, become rich etc? However, what happens when the desire goal is attain? Nothing! They get excited for a second or two and go back to living miserably until, something good happens again and who knows how long that will take.I do not know abo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why do we feel happiness?
- Although many for us strive for happiness in our daily lives to think of it as only a goal is I feel missing the true power of this very important emotion.In order to understand what I mean by this let me suggest a short exercise. For a moment think of a place that you would like to visit that you have never experienced before. Now imagine yourself in this place. As you do this notice how y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 fun ways to live an enchanted life today!
- I am often asked how I can live the way I do. Who pays me to be a real-life Merlin? It's not as if you can open the paper and read a want Ad for such a position. I live an enchanted life because I created it that way. Using the principles taught to me by the fey and my own stubborn refusal do anything else. You can too..."Enchantment doesn't exist in wands and candles, it lives in your hear...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Change 1 thing per month - making it great one step at a time
- So you're stuck in a rut, bored with how your life is, and you can't think of how to get through this period. Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." So stop being insane?and try something new.Now I'm not saying you totally change everything you do, and everything you're about. I'm recommending you take baby steps, a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Happiness is truly m.a.g.i.c.a.l. (tm)
- The year is almost half over. Many of us are taking the time to reflect, to imagine new dreams and to revise our goals. Yet, as we engage in these activities, the shadows of unachieved goals and failed dreams continue to follow us.Wouldn't it be great if we could discover a magical way that would help to achieve both our personal and professional happiness and banish those shadows? A collea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Happiness - work now or later?
- Long-term success and happiness follows hand-in-hand with strength of character.As I mention in my book, Fast Track Your Success and Happiness, If we want to achieve a certain goal, we simply must do things that are less pleasant now than other alternatives have the potential to be. For example, if John wants to get a degree, he has to study for his exams, and not bliss out at the beach....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Happiness - a matter of focus
- Imagine for a moment you have been given a task. That task is to count the number of times five basketballs are passed between a group of people who are running around each other. Assuming that the exercise requires your full concentration, what is the chance that you would notice a gorilla walk right into the middle of the group, beat it's chest and then walk away again? Should be obvious right?...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Living a balanced life - the real juggling act
- I just read an installment from another self-improvement course that states that celebrities are unhappy because they don't have gratitude for what they have. I disagree.Have you ever had a time when you were making a good living, lived in a nice place, drove a nice car, took trips, had everything you needed and more ? and yet you were still unhappy?It wasn't that you were ungrateful...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Love, uncles, and etymology
- Thwack! . . . Thwack! . . . Thwack! Steven Arthur Mills slapped the marble desk in front of Roseville High School's science class with a yardstick. All eyes suddenly fastened on him. He sensed that we were getting bored with learning, and he wasn't about to let that happen.Black-framed glasses highlighted my uncle's hearty face. Wispy white hair topped his head. He was mild-mannered and exc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The voiceless
- WE count the broken lyres that rest Where the sweet wailing singers slumber, But o'er their silent sister's breast The wild-flowers who will stoop to number? A few can touch the magic string, And noisy Fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them!Nay, grieve not for the dead alone Whose song has told their he...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Looking in the eyes of happiness
- From what you see around you in your daily lives, happiness may appear an illusory state of existence. Do you see true happiness in the lives of those who pass through your world each day? Do you see, and feel, true happiness in your own life, and the lives of your immediate family? Or in your work colleagues, or fellow commuters?The answer, in many cases, will be "no, I don't". W...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Can existential therapy give you a sense of wellbeing?
- My journey to becoming a therapist began with a desire to develop greater significance in my life and improve the quality of my relationships. Having worked as an organisational psychologist for many years, my work increasingly involved coaching senior managers in the art of managing their organisations. These sessions revealed that, contrary to my expectations, the help they required was related ...