Second Splendid TruthOne of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy.One of the best ways to make other people happy is to e happy yourself. p 147
Jamie is a funny mix. He has a sardonic side that can make him seem distant and almost harsh to people who don’t know him well, but he’s also very tender-hearted. (A
The fact is, changing a habit is much more challenging if that new habit means altering or losing an aspect of ourselves.
It’s a Secret of Adulthood: Happiness doesn’t always make you feel happy.
We are happy when we are growing.
For Rebels, the ability to choose is so important that sometimes they make a choice—even when it’s against their own self-interest or it’s not what they prefer—just to reassure themselves that they ca...
You
—Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography
I'd always vaguely expected to outgrown my limitations.
The harder it is to do something, the harder it is to do it impulsively, so inconvenience helps us stick to good habits. There are six obvious ways to make an activity less convenient:· Increase the...
In fact, novelty lovers may do better with a series of short-term activities—thirty-day challenges, for instances—instead of trying to create an enduring, automatic habit.
I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn't sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time--but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was productive. Time spend with m...
It isn't enough to love; we must prove it.
Nietzsche wrote, All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking, and his observation is backed up by science; exercise-induced brain chemicals help people think clearly. In fact, just stepping o...
By mindfully deciding how to act in line with my values instead of mindlessly applying my rules, I was better able to make the decisions that supported my happiness.
There is no love; there are only proofs of love. Whatever love I might feel in my heart, others will see only my actions.
People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason in a way that animals can't do.
One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy; One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.
From my observation, habits in four areas do most to boost feelings of self-control, and in this way strengthen the Foundation of all our habits. We do well to begin by tackling the habits that help u...
By mindfully choosing our habits, we harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.
Showing 41 to 60 of 547 results
