{"id":2481,"date":"2013-02-16T17:31:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T17:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?page_id=486"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:44","slug":"increase-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2013\/02\/increase-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Factors that Increase Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"
“What causes Happiness, Jim?”<\/strong>\u00a0Someone recently posed this question at the end of my presentation on Happiness. Hmm. I paused a moment before I responded.<\/p>\n Well, I began\u2026 I’m afraid I may disappoint you because my answer to that question is: Nothing.\u00a0Nothing can ’cause’ happiness to occur for us.<\/strong>\u00a0Happiness is a response, for sure, but it comes from within, not outside of us.<\/p>\n Having said that, I CAN share with you some life conditions affect our experience of happiness. I’m not saying these cause happiness \u2013 rather,\u00a0people who nurture these factors in their lives tend to report higher levels of Happiness than those who do not.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~<\/p>\n Jim Smith, PCC, is The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae.<\/strong>\u00a0He is an international speaker, executive and life coach, and author. He provides his clients with inspiration and practical tools to live a happier life and build more positive work cultures. He is the author of\u00a0Happiness At The Speed of Life: 13 Powerful Strategies for Finding Happiness at Home and On The Job,\u00a0and has touched the lives of over 10,000 people worldwide through his work on Positive Emotion and Leadership. You can connect with Jim at\u00a0theexecutivehappinesscoach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “What causes Happiness, Jim?”\u00a0Someone recently posed this question at the end of my presentation on Happiness. Hmm. I paused a moment before I responded. Well, I began\u2026 I’m afraid I may disappoint you because my answer to that question is: Nothing.\u00a0Nothing can ’cause’ happiness to occur for us.\u00a0Happiness is a response, for sure, but it … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFour Factors that Correlate to Happiness<\/h2>\n
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