Associate with people who are likely to improve you. —SENECA, Letters from a Stoic
As Michel de Montaigne observed, The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.p 233
Are you a morning person or a night person (Lark or Owl)? Do you enjoy spending time outdoors, or do you prefer not to deal with weather? Are you motivated by competition? Do you enjoy exercising to s...
Although people often assume that cravings intensify over time, research shows that with active distraction, urges—even strong urges—usually subside within about fifteen minutes.Drawing on intrinsic m...
Although many people believe that habits form in twenty-one days, when researchers at University College London examined how long people took to adopt a daily habit, such as drinking water or doing si...
According to current research, in the determination of a person's level of happiness, genetics accounts for about 50 percent; life circumstances, such as age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, income...
About 30 to 50 percent of happiness is genetically determined; about 10 to 20 percent reflects life circumstances (such as age, gender, health, marital status, income, occupation); and the rest is ver...
A routine is a string of habits, and a ritual is a habit charged with transcendent meaning.
A happy home wasn’t a place that I could furnish, but an attitude of mind I must develop.
A University of Exeter study showed that people who have control over their workspace design are happier at work, more motivated, healthier, and up to 32 percent more productive.
You have to do that kind of work for yourself. If you do it for other people, you end up wanting them to acknowledge it and to be grateful and to give you credit. If you do it for yourself, you don't...
When we give more to ourselves, we can ask more of ourselves.
When dealing with a child who refuses to meet an expectation, it’s important to try to understand the reason for that child’s behavior. While a Rebel child might think, You can’t make me, a Questioner...
Studies show that the absence of feeling bad isn’t enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good. One
Novelty. I’m definitely in the familiarity camp. I love to reread my favorite books and to watch movies over and over. I eat the same foods, more or less, every day. I like returning to places I’ve vi...
Nothing was insurmountable if I did what I knew ought to be done, little by little. My
Note: people weigh their highest on Sunday;14 their lowest, on Friday morning.)
Is surprising how soon a desire will die of inanition if it be never fed.
From Lewis’s brilliant essay On Three Ways of Writing for Children: When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read th...
Begin by tackling the habits that help us to: 1. sleep 2. move 3. eat and drink right 4. unclutter Foundation