bogus affirmations

a lot of bogus affirmations that you know

aren’t true.

money can’t buy happiness

We’ve all heard that money can’t buy

happiness, but most people don’t really believe

it.

How Happiness Doesn’t Work

Why are so many people unhappy? It’s actually

pretty simple. The thing that keeps most

people from being happy is fear.

Introduction: Is it really ok to be happy?

Introduction: Is it really ok

to be happy?

Preface: Who am I to tell you anything?

Preface: Who am I to tell you

anything?

mom

The mom who stays home to

unschool her kids, the man who

loves bowling with his friends and

is openly gay, the raw foodist who

has a home garden and invites

her friends over for dinner, the

former priest who tells his friends

about his journey away from

religion and toward spirituality

- all of these people are worldchangers.

They’re opting out

of control paradigm systems.

Practice having a strong opinion

 Practice having a strong

opinion.

Overcoming obstacles to balance

Overcoming obstacles to balance

Relationships

Relationships

Happiness Tool : Balance

Happiness Tool : Balance

Another aspect that enables happiness is

balance. It’s hard to be sustainably happy

when you’re neglecting any of the three key

areas of your life: health, relationships, and

purpose. Try to do something toward each of

these every day, even if it’s small.

Happiness Tool : Giving

Happiness Tool : Giving

true satisfaction and deep happiness

It’s one of life’s ironies that we often choose to

spend time passively as a gift to ourselves,

when true satisfaction and deep happiness

come from doing the things that require more

of us.

goals

Once you have your values figured out, list

your goals. Big and small, what 10 or 15 things

do you want to accomplish in the next ten

years? Look at how those match up with your

values and strengths, and make a rough plan

for when you’ll work toward them and which

one or two you’ll tackle first. Get your

gratifying work from that—do what it will take

to achieve your goals.

Happiness Tool : Gratifying work

Happiness Tool : Gratifying

work

Happy for no Reason

In Happy for no Reason, Marci Shimoff

recommends assuming that the universe is

friendly and has your best interests at heart,

and everything that happens is for your good.

Happiness Tool : Looking for the Good

Happiness Tool : Looking for

the Good

forgiveness

The defining book on forgiveness was written

by Everett Worthington and suggests the

REACH process:

Happiness Tool : Forgiveness

Happiness Tool : Forgiveness

If you blame others

If you blame others, you’re all but guaranteed

to enjoy this state forever, because the only

way the situation is likely to change is if you

act.

Blame

Blame

Have you been wronged?

Have you been wronged? Has something that

happened to you kept you from doing what you

want to do, or living the life you want?

For years I had been my own worst enemy

For years I had been my own worst enemy,