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
I remember walking into a store and buying an energy drink. In turn, the shop owner went out of their way to tell me, a stranger who they met for
When I tell you to accept and embrace your dark side, I don’t want you to become depressed, mean, or otherwise evil. Instead, I want you to find genuine happiness
Often, people are surprised when they catch me speaking different languages, to the point that they ask “How many languages do you speak?” to which I answer “8.” This is
Many people say that happiness is gratitude, and I agree, although only partially. After all, we need to remind ourselves that we often have much more than others and yet
Today, my back was hurting me, and as a result, I couldn’t think straight, do the things that I wanted to do, and I wasn’t very happy. In fact, my
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