Making a Good Investment . . . in Your Life
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Do you sit around and expect others to invest in you? Are you waiting for that perfect job to fall into your lap? If you are expecting good things to happen with little effort on [...]
The Importance of NOT Being Busy
Speaking without thought can lead to saying things you don’t mean. Many of us feel uncomfortable if we’re not busy all the time. Why does this happen? Would we be better off without such behavior?
A key step in building the life you want
Choosing your own way will always be better than letting others choose for you.
All through your life, you are encouraged to work hard, to strive for the next goal and never to be satisfied with what you have achieved. Often the goal doesn’t even seem very important. It’s just the next hurdle you have to [...]
Beware of an obsession with over-achievement
Sometimes, enough is enough, if you want to enjoy your life
Are you running yourself into the ground, always looking for that elusive something that will make you happy? Is whatever you have — money, possessions, power, fame — only the basis for getting more? Are you feeling trapped by life, rather than liberated
Do you take [...]
How to make your luck better
Blaming your problems on bad luck blocks the way to finding solutions
One of the habits that is best dropped as soon as you can is blaming your problems on bad luck. Sometimes the chances of life serve us all up some pretty nasty surprises. But attributing such problems to bad luck almost guarantees that you [...]
Shouldn’t life be fun?
Seriousness and determination are poor substitutes for enjoying life
Why are many people so grim about life? It’s as if they feel the need to be properly serious in case smiling or enjoying themselves makes some jealous god fire thunderbolts or send down plagues of frogs.
When people have fun, lots of good thing happen:
They become more [...]
Must work be such a grim activity?
Where does it say that you can’t have fun while you earn a living?
Since nearly all of us need to work, and it takes up a good part of our adult lives, you would think that we would by now have worked out some way to make it more enjoyable.
After all, going to the [...]
To prosper, slow down and keep your attention sharp
Life is full of opportunities to learn
Tiny babies do it the moment they’re born. We all enter this world capable of amazing amounts of learning. What’s more, we need to learn. If we don’t, our brains shrivel. It’s “use it or lose it” with a vengeance.
Try these ideas:
Broaden your horizons. Take an interest in [...]
How to be happier at work
Sometimes all it takes is a planned change in routine
Are ingrained working habits causing some of your stress and unhappiness? See whether a few, simple changes might help to transform your day.
It’s fatally easy to get stuck in repetitive habits that come to work against you. Here are some ways to break out. I have [...]
How to survive an explosion of tasks
How can you cope with a list of uncompleted tasks that seems to be exploding out of control?
Whether it’s at work or at home, a sudden jump in demands on your time and energy can leave you feeling panicky—about the worst state to be in to deal with the situation without also sending your stress [...]
