Archive for the happiness Tag

Are You Happy?

Are you happy? It seems like a simple question. The automatic response would be “yeah, I am.” Of course, that’s the problem with many answers these days…the automatic response. And sadly (sadly?), most automatic responses don’t involve real thought and generally involve “Good” or “not bad” answers. Are these true? Doubtful. Before we all think “oh boy, here comes a
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You Don’t Have To Struggle While Following Your Passions. Just Ask Sir Richard Branson

I came across this article in American Express Open Forum about Sir Richard Branson giving advice to recent grads. In it he talks about following your passion rather than chasing any particular career. His advice rings truer than ever as the rate of change for needed skills today is cruising at an enormous speed. Why study for a particular skill
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What Do You Really Want?

What do you really want? Seriously…don’t just say “I want happiness” or “I want to be successful”. Those are pretty vague statements and really won’t get you very far. To get what you want, you need to define what you want. When you go to the grocery store, sure, you need food but you usually have some specific items in
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Happiness Where You Live

Can you be happy wherever you are? Sure you can. However, sometimes you have to really try for this happiness while other times it comes natural. There have been many discussions and debates as to how you can or cannot be happy wherever you are. First…what is it that makes you happy? Defining what makes one happy makes it easier
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Does Geographical Location Play a Role In Your Happiness?

So there I was, staring at my vision board and I realized most of the things on there involved either a geographical location or events that depend on geographical locations and it made me wonder how big a role geography plays in our happiness. Let us ponder for a moment. First, how happy are you right now? Now ponder, when
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Stress, Smiles, and Life

Hello my fellow travelers through life, I once again apologize for the long time since my last post. I’ve been crazy swamped with work. Who knew a guy without a full-time job could be so busy? I guess it has something to do with creating another start-up AND working on another grand venture. Life is good as long as we
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Making Changes In Life To Get Back On Track

So there I was…working a crap job. It started off ok, got worse, got worse yet, then worse still. Then the position got terrible and I was just one miserable puppy. I knew something had to be done. My family and friends noticed things just weren’t right (let alone me bemoaning the fact things just weren’t as grand as they
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Simple Joys in Hectic Times

It’s been a crazy week for me. I’m sure it’s been a crazy week for everyone given everything that is going on in the world. I’ve had to do some traveling in my time off as well as working some horrendous hours. Somewhere in there was a birthday I had to celebrate with friends and family. It was tough finding
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The Power of Building REAL Relationships

The last couple weeks have been rather amazing both personally and professionally in terms of how relationships that I have built are really enriching life. I KNOW it’s an important thing and I take pride in the relationships that I’ve built but I will admit that I often forget that it’s not as commonplace as I assume and I tend
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