Category: Happiness

In her altogether illuminating book True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart, mindfulness teacher Tara Brachwrites...

Psychiatrist Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search For Meaning is one of the most powerful, even transcendent secular collection of insights into how to be the best human being you can be. Dr. Frankl survived four Nazi concentration camps, and during his imprisonment, spent much of his time thinking about freedom, life, and what it means to be truly human.

We are NOT a product of materials unless we let it happen.

Here are 30 overwhelmingly successful people who changed the world but who didn’t start receiving attention until they were over 30.

Better vision, stronger muscles—expectations can have surprising effects, research finds.

Just imagine for a second you could make all your dreams come true, achieve anything you want and succeed in all your undertakings. Wouldn’t this be absolutely amazing?

“The best thing you can do from this day forward is to follow your intuition.  Take risks.  Don’t just make the safe and easy choices because you’re afraid of what could happen.  If you do, very little worth remembering will ever happen.”

“When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer… his unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden.”

Feel free to stop reading this if your career is going great, you're thrilled with your life, and you're happy with your relationships. Enjoy the rest of your day, friend, this article is not for you. You're doing a great job, we're all proud of you. So you don't feel like you wasted your click, here's a picture of Lenny Kravitz wearing a gigantic scarf.

There is no shortcut to anywhere worth going.  There is no substitute for doing the work.  Meditate on this every day: “I will do the work.”  As Einstein once said, “Genius is 1% talent and 99% effort.”  You must run to be a runner.  You must write to be a writer.  You must actively attend to your relationships if you want them to flourish.

Our thoughts help us direct our lives: what we should do next, what to say to that person, whether we should change jobs or go on a diet, etc. But what if our thoughts are plainly… wrong? What if they are misguided and lead us to reach the wrong conclusions and make the wrong decisions?

Tim Ferriss thought about killing himself… Now he’s a best-selling author, wildly successful investor, and entrepreneur. On this new podcast, for the first time ever, Tim Ferriss talks about his troubled beginnings — and how he became the Tim Ferriss we know today. And you can listen to the whole thing for free.

From Zen in the Art of Writing (public library) -- one of my favorite books on writing, which also gave us Bradbury on how list-making can boost your creativity -- comes some timeless wisdom on work, motivation, and creating from a place of love.

You could close down this article right now, pretend that you never saw it, and go on living your life as usual, but when do you plan on challenging yourself to live an even 'bigger', more meaningful, more fulfilling and deeper life?

Tests done since 1933 show that people who talk about their intentions are less likely to make them happen. Announcing your plans to others satisfies your self-identity just enough that you're less motivated to do the hard work needed.

I was motivated by the positive reinforcement I received when making others happy, and I felt my worthiness was connected to pleasing.

Bryan Donaldson lived in central Illinois nearly his entire life. He was born in Michigan but moved to a tiny town north of Peoria when he was just 4 years old.

Life hacking is all about doing things easier, but it's important to remember that not everything is easy. There aren't many "get rich quick" schemes in life—whether you're talking about money, productivity, relationships, or something else. Sometimes, the hardest tasks are the ones that matter the most.

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts

Today we talk about the seven attitudinal foundations of the mindful practice that, according to Kabat-Zinn, constitute the major pillars of mindfulness practice as taught in the MBSR.

As introverts, we have many “ways” that only our closest friends understand. Here are several things about introverts you may not know.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Here’s the #1 mistake we make when trying to comfort someone who is grieving: telling them a reason or a belief meant to make them feel better. You can’t make them feel anything. Their loved one just died.

Knowing and understanding are different. On the road to deeper learning, you sometimes find that you've gained knowledge while losing understanding. The nature of unlearning reshapes the "learning curve" and our expectations of how knowledge and understanding grow over time.

If you feel overwhelmed by endless interruptions at work, you are not alone.

Whatever we want in life -- be it money, happiness, success -- requires that we have power.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Lots of the things we rely on to cure our diseases, cook our meals, and sweeten our days weren't deliberately designed. Instead, they were a happy accident.

There are so many lessons I wish I had learned while I was young enough to appreciate and apply them. The thing with wisdom, and often with life lessons in general, is that they're learned in retrospect, long after we needed them.

The life-story of Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, born on March 26, 1905, is one of history's greatest testaments to the tenacity of the human spirit.

Many people hang their success in life on their IQ level. Yet, there is something that can be an even stronger predictor of success.

The study found that productivity per hour declines sharply when the workweek exceeds 50 hours, and productivity drops off so much after 55 hours that there’s no point in working any more. That’s right, people who work as much as 70 hours (or more) per week actually get the same amount done as people who work 55 hours.

It's not just mumbo-jumbo: visualize your positive future and you'll have an easier time reaching that peak performance.

The happiest people don't have the best of everything. We just make the best of everything.

Kudos to Louis C.K. for naming and defending the cause of his success. Whatever you think of his crude humor, you’ve got to like his unapologetic style.

You might not be superhuman, but you can combat the villain of low self-esteem. How? We asked the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), “What is one way someone can build their self-confidence, personally and professionally?” for answers.

This video introduces to you the 8 basic concepts of goal setting that many famous people throughout history have utilized to bring success to their lives. And through this program, you can learn how to use these tools and understand the secrets behind segmental goal setting to better your own life.

Honestly, just watching this makes me happier.

You are the only one who can open the doors put before you. Be proud, be fearless, and be bold.

Shareable inspirational images of some of Charles F. Haanel's best quotes.

I thought it would be interesting to find some ways to become a happier person that are actually backed up by science. Here are ten of the best ones I found.

10 life lessons you should unlearn now.

From a man who lived life on pretty much his own terms. Take two hits before reading.

Yes, you can get happy. And it's easier than you think.

How powerful are words? Very.