Aristotle once said that above everything else in life, we want happiness, and that everything else we do is for its sake. This suggests that happiness is the #1 goal
Full transparency: I have tattoos, and I’m actively planning to get more. But I need to be honest about why this is the case. It’s not for art, self-expression, or
My next words are the result of several discussions, which may sound ambiguous on one side, yet hold something valuable and universal on the other: salvation from unhappiness, and the
Welcome to the United States of America, the land of opportunity, freedom, and the American dream, the #1 largest economy in the world in terms of GDP ($28.78 trillion USD
As you may know, I love sci-fi TV series and movies, partially because they discuss utopian and dystopian concepts. In fact, as far as dystopian concepts are concerned, there are
After reading my book, one of my friends correctly pointed out that I never addressed the question of love and how it compares to happiness. I admit it’s a clear
As a happiness author, I decided to review other happiness books, which is why today I re-read The Pursuit of Happiness: A History from the Greeks to the Present by
An enterprise client of Optimal Happiness hired me to improve corporate happiness, a trendy corporate training approach aimed at promoting well-being within a company and thereby increasing corporate productivity. I
In Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), there is a powerful concept that involves examining the best-performing employees in a company to understand how their work differs from that of less productive employees,
So the world isn’t / wasn’t fair to you. How many people can agree with this statement? I certainly can, as when I was young, my immediate reaction was to:
Recently, I fell in love with a fictional character named Arcturus Mengsk, and I was astonished by how much I learned from him about happiness, success, and failure through his
Failure is often perceived as negative. However, some argue that there is no such thing as bad publicity. After all, people still hear about you and your product, and not
Let’s start with a fundamental truth: no one is perfect, everyone is somewhat broken, and everyone has experienced trauma and loss. This realization might sound simple, but it is important
What do Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King Jr. all have in common? They were very altruistic, which, in accordance with happiness theory, means that they were very happy.
One of my close friends is constantly joking about existentialism and how everything seems to just fall into it. It’s a great joke until you realize that it’s not, which
Another relatively common mistake people make in their pursuit of happiness (mostly women, but sometimes men, too) is giving more than they receive in their jobs, relationships, and other aspects
Today, I went to a different part of town, one which I rarely visit, where the less wealthy people live. It was an impressive and unexpected transition. One moment, I
I used to have a problem with a flatmate who was very dirty. As a result, I would become very passive-aggressive towards them, feeling angry and bitter. I would leave
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