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Articles:
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Everyday Happiness
- 5 Prescriptions for Happiness (downloadable PDF)
Strategies for Personal Change Series
- Are You Caught in an Emotional Web?
- Create New “Stories”
- Fake It Till You Make It
- Searching For Happiness: 10 Tips For Your Trip
- Four Factors that Increase Happiness
- Watch Your Language
- Ten Practices for Gratitude
- 25 Simple Ways to Have More Fun, Right Now
- Give Yourself a Break: 13 Tips For Self-Care
- 9 Things You Should Know About Happiness
- My Top Book Recommendation for 2018
- Life Hack: Why You Should Breathe On Purpose
- I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!
- HOW Are You Thinking About That?
- How the KonMari Method Changed My Life and Makes Me Smile
- No dragons were harmed
- Happiness is Yours to Create
- I. Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? Does It Matter?
- EAT LESS, MOVE MORE, SLEEP WELL
- More Tiny Wisdoms
- Five Simple Things You Can Do Right Now To Be Happier
- Additional Points Of Wisdom From Prague
- Civility, Where Art Thou?
- Lessons From The Muck
- A Few Resources For You-June 2020
- COVID Brain Part 1
- COVID Brain Part 2
- COVID Brain Part 3: Awesomeness
- This Too Shall Pass
- LESSONS LEARNED FROM A PANDEMIC
- Lessons Learned From a Pandemic – Part Three
- ACT HAPPY WEEK 2021, DAY 2: FROM JIM’S KITCHEN, HAPPINESS
- ACT HAPPY WEEK, DAY 4: I WROTE THIS FOR YOU
- ACT HAPPY WEEK, DAY 5: WHAT’S THE ONE THING?
- You Are Enough
- Will I Ever Feel Safe Again?
- Three Simple Rules
- Who Are You, Really?
- I GOT A BALLOON!
- ThanksGETTING – How do you receive a Gift?
- Done is Better than Perfect
- Book Reviews – Top 2 for ’21
Leadership and Workplace
- Communicating Unhappy News
- Advice for Happier Performance Appraisals
- Assertiveness: You Can Do This!
- Remove Barriers to Happiness at Work
- Lead With Questions
- Nothing is Good or Bad
- Change Starts With YOU
- You’re never too old to learn and grow (I hope!)
- Is Your Open Door Policy Killing You?
- Down Time is Productive Time
- If you’re not uncomfortable, you’re not leading
- Focus on the Vital Few Priorities to Improve Your Productivity
- You Won’t Be Good At What You Don’t Do
- Exercises to Strengthen Your Emotional Muscles
- Tips To Create an Unhappy Workforce
- The Secret to Success of the Rapid Culture Assimilation™ Process
- Life Hack: Why You Should Breathe On Purpose
- Coaching and Mindset
- GET AHEAD WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND
- EAT LESS, MOVE MORE, SLEEP WELL
- Five Simple Things You Can Do Every Day To Build Trust With Your Team
- Coaching Wisdom From Prague
- Additional Points Of Wisdom From Prague
- How Do You Choose To Be?
- How To Be Present. Now. Here.
- Lessons From The Muck
- IT’S NOT YOU
- LESSONS LEARNED FROM A PANDEMIC
- Lessons Learned From a Pandemic – Part Three
- ACT HAPPY WEEK, DAY 4: I WROTE THIS FOR YOU
- ACT HAPPY WEEK, DAY 5: WHAT’S THE ONE THING?
- Three Simple Rules
- ThanksGETTING – How do you receive a Gift?
- How To Ask For Coaching
Happiness Principles
- #6: Tolerate Nothing (downloadable PDF)
Annual Planning Kits
- Jim's Annual Planning Kit for Couples (downloadable PDF)
- Jim's Annual Planning Kit for Individuals (downloadable PDF)
