Archive for the 'Happiness' Category

Self Deception

 The art of self deception done by a magician Marco Tempest. We lie to our self and we lie to others.  

Being Happy Works

 Do we work to be happy, or are we better off at work being happy first. Shawn Anchor explains how some of our beliefs about happiness and work may be backwards.  One important point he makes is that we should not delete the statistical outlier when it comes to happiness.  When actually, what we really [...]

Lies, Damn Lies, and Healthy Exercise

 Have you ever run the same conversation in your head over and over again?  You might find that after looking at it for a while you will notice a certain circular pattern.  Of course that’s part of the problem,,,, we don’t look at it.  That loop of thinking is taking us in a circle, and [...]

Near Enemy

 Avoiding Your Near Enemy Any good tool, technique, practice, or philosophy, can help you out of suffering and into greater happiness and love. And when that tool, technique, practice, or philosophy is taken too far, it can become a dogmatic trap that creates unhappiness and suffering. That dual edged sword applies to the tools, techniques, [...]

Holiday Stress Reducer

 The holidays are coming up.   For many people that means a joyous time of added stress.  What causes stress?  A number of things can do it, but basically it comes down to a difference between our projected image of the world, and the real world. When we have a vision of how the “perfect” [...]