As goofy as it sounds, I try to sing in the morning. It's hard both to sing and to maintain a grouchy mood, and it sets a happy tone for everyone - particularly in my case, because I'm tone deaf, and...
Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, but everyday is a clean state and a fresh opportunity.
Work harder to appreciate your ordinary day.
الزواج الناجح أحد أهم وأقوى العوامل المرتبطة بالسعادة
Mere acquisition isn't enough to establish a good habit
Couldn’t just jump into this happiness project. I had a lot to learn before I was ready for my year to begin. After my first few weeks of heavy reading, as I toyed with different ideas about how to se...
Book Happier, Tal Ben-Shahar
Underreact to a problem
Technology is a good servant but a bad master.
Studies show that people tend to persevere longer with problems they've been told are difficult as opposed to easy.
Sprinters are pleased with their work product, because sprinting is how they do their best work. Procrastinators aren’t pleased with their work product; they know they could’ve done a better job if th...
Siblings Without Rivalry and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk.
Pierre Reverdy: There is no love; there are only proofs of love.
People have an inborn disposition that's set within a certain range, but they can boost themselves to the top of their happiness range or push themselves down to the bottom of their happiness range by...
One regrets the loss even of one’s worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one’s personality. —OSCAR WILDE
One of my most helpful Secrets of Adulthood is What I do every day matters more than what I do once in a while.
One flashy kind of commitment device is the nuclear option. A friend who enjoys experimenting with strategies of personal productivity used this approach to quit drinking for sixty days. He gave his a...
My resolution to Embrace good smells has developed into a full-blown obsession. A few of my favorite perfumes: CB I Hate Perfume Demeter Fragrance Library Frédéric Malle To See a Flower Firep...
Maintaining a healthy weight requires us not to follow a temporary diet, but to change our eating habits forever.
Just taking one drifting step can you set you in a course that’s very hard to stop.