Sublime

Below is a sample of my observations, as well as those of other researchers, of the thinking and behavior patterns of the happiest participants in our studies. They devote a great amount of time to their family and friends, nurturing and enjoying those relationships. They are comfortable expressing gratitude for all they have. They are often the fi

Our well-being depends not just on building our own value, but also on actively valuing others.

Sanders’s research has shown that the more you are liked, the happier your life will be, and he coaches readers on four specific factors:

While other dimensions were also measured and compared, the positivity/negativity ratio proved to be the most dramatic differentiator of the three performance categories

Dr. Martin Seligman, past president of the American Psychological Association, believes there are five factors that contribute to our happiness: positive emotion and pleasure, achievement, relationships, engagement, and meaning. Of these, he believes engagement and meaning are the most important. Becoming more engaged in what we do by finding ways

‘The goal of our lives is to play to our strengths for the purpose of serving the greater good.'

In the 1970s, psychologists Donald Campbell and Philip Brickman were studying happiness and came across a persistent fact: changes in life circumstances had little measurable impact on happiness as we adjust to the new reality.

mental powers.

If the person does engage in daily, intensive self-improvement, perhaps eschewing more typical and more social pursuits, there is a greater chance they are the kind of creative obsessive who can make a big difference.