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Articles represent the most recent content in five most-read topics – kind of a greatest hits in applied happiness. The Blog section below it is a straight feed of ALL my articles, listed from newest to oldest. There are hundreds of posts, going back to 2008 – so if you’re intent on exploring the unfiltered blog at length, you might want to access it on this alternate page, so you won’t have to scroll past this intro and the Articles section every time you load another page of older posts.
Articles:
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Everyday Happiness
5 Prescriptions for Happiness (downloadable PDF)
Strategies for Personal Change
Leadership and Workplace
Happiness Principles
Annual Planning Kits
Blog posts:
Are you are as happy as you want to be? Have you “succeeded” yet still find happiness elusive? Do you sometimes feel “stuck” in your career or your life, without a clear path to what’s next for you? If those questions caused you to pause for a moment, I invite you to read on. What …
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<<Oh, this was too precious to pass up! Jim>> Memo from Management: All employees will be required to look happy while at work. Here is the new low cost, company approved solution to cope with multiple priorities and assignments! Each employee will be supplied 2 paper clips and rubber bands. (See Fig 1.) Fig 1. …
Read moreRead more articles like this one in: In the workplace, Practicing Happiness
Are you familiar with the concept, from improv theater, of “yes, and…”? It’s a skill that is useful in leadership and in life. It helps if you’re on stage giving a presentation to 100 people, and it helps when you are in conversation with one person. I teach this concept in my communication training and …
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This is a busy season for Performance Appraisal (PA) discussions, and this topic’s come up with several clients recently. Anxiety seems to be the most common emotion associated with PAs, both on the part of the receiver and the writer/manager. A little anxiety running up to the conversation can be helpful — it will keep …
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So, I get a package in the mail from a Happiness Coaching client. No idea what’s in it. I open the box and… it’s full of Chocolate! A RAINBOW of Lake Champlain chocolates. The coolest part: The logo on the side of the bars. I dunno if you can see it on your screen — …
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I recently read of a poll which asked, “do you believe that Americans today still respond to the call John F Kennedy made in his 1961 inaugural speech, ‘Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country’?” 23% said Yes, 70% said no. Hmm. In a few …
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I came across this quote today: “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it …
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In early December, the American Psychological Association reported that 80% of Americans feel stressed by the economy, 60% feel angry about it, and 52% are having trouble sleeping (see CNN article, here). Yikes! Sleep-deprived, angry, stressed out… these are not descriptors normally associated with happiness, are they?! The sad thing about this reality is how …
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I came across an incredibly fun and visually creative Web 2.0 site today: www.wordle.net. It brought a smile to my face, and I decided to share! You link to or paste in text (e.g. from a blog, article, whatever) and the site creates a Tag Cloud (visual word cluster — such as you see at …
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What is Joy? Why do we seek it? This short essay addresses the nature of joy, the different faces of joy, and the benefits of living in in that emotional state: ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Be in Joy Joy is the elixir for all things. Bring more joy into your tasks. When you radiate a vibration of joy, …
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