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A happy life is like a piece of musicâŠ
The objective isnât to rush to the end to play the final epic note, nor is it speeding through the introduction or any other part, to get to the chorus or to the outro as soon as possible.
To enjoy music we need to be able to keep up with it all, to be aware of the notes and the beauty within itâs changing movements and vibrations. Â
To enjoy life,âŠ
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The Arrival Fallacy Trap
The Arrival Fallacy Trap
The Arrival Fallacy is the belief that when you arrive at a certain destination, youâll be happy, as opposed to focussing on enjoying the progression towards the destination.Â
The problem is that although you may anticipate great happiness in arrival, arriving rarely makes you as happy as you had expected.Â
Why?Â
By the time youâve arrived at the destination, you are expecting to reach it, so itâŠ
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The Happiness Blueprint
The Happiness Blueprint - a free online resource to explain the elements of happiness and some example exercises.
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How to make lasting changes
How to make lasting changes
Whatâs the best way to actually make a positive change?Â
Daily routines seem to have so much inertia that it can be just as hard to stop one habit as it is to start a new one. Â
And therein lies the secret. We can use a reliable current habit to trigger a conscious effort to perform a new action until it also becomes a routine habit.Â
So whatâs the secret formula?Â
After or Before I [CURRENTâŠ
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The Reverse Golden Rule
The Reverse Golden Rule
Most people know about âThe Golden Ruleâ. It says:
 Treat others as you would like to be treated yourselfâŠ
But not many people know about The Reverse Golden Rule.
Treat yourself as you would like to treat a friend in your position.
Of course, being kind to one another is great, but being kind to oneself is imperative. This idea of being as kind to yourself as you would like to be to a friend, isâŠ
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Well-being Retreat 2019
Well look whoâs back with a new post!
Iâve been spending a lot less time online this year to spend more time engaging face to face with people, and so itâs been a while since I shared a Happy Idea with you and it feels great to be back in contact. Thereâll be some really nice new exercises, tools, and ideas coming soon.
Another good news is that we still have places available for the 2019âŠ
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An Antidote For Pessimism
An Antidote For Pessimism
The Pessimistic Pâs are the three central characteristics that we can attribute to any given situation. When the situation is considered pessimistically, we can feel hopeless, that everything is falling apart and that it is our fault. Considering their antidotes can turn that pessimistic outlook into a more hopeful and motivating optimistic mindset.
The Pessimistic Pâs classify a situation inâŠ
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Motivated by "Yet"
Motivated by âYetâ
âYetâ is one of the most powerful tools in the motivation toolbox. By looking at progress towards our objectives or resolutions in terms of those things weâve already achieved and the things that just havenât been achieved yet, success towards anything becomes inevitable.
Nothing is a failure, it just might not be a success yet.Â
The âyetâ perspective offers the opportunity to observe oneâs ownâŠ
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Positive Retrospective Interpretation
Hi!
This week I decided to share an exercise that strengthens the mindâs faculty of optimism. Optimism has been shown to be learnable and trainable, as well as having some influence from genetics and environment. The exercise simultaneously habituates these more positive thought habit patterns to have a lasting impact, e.g. long-term happiness instead of short-term joy.
We developed the âPositiveâŠ
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Answering these four questions could change your life.
Answering these four questions could change your life.
These questions wonât change your life, but their answers really might.
Keep a copy of these four questions, so and make the time to answer them some time. you answer them. Â You might want to find a better moment youâve got at least three minutes without distractions, to think about your answers.
What do I want from life? What is already great in my life at the moment? What could probably beâŠ
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Why Magnets Never Worry
Why Magnets Never Worry
You will never see a worried or anxious magnet. A magnet stays true to itself, aligned to its core. It freely shares its merits with the other things around it, and inevitably, those that share similar traits are attracted to it.
A magnet doesnât pretend to be a pin, to fit in with the other pins. It knows what it is and is fully what it is. A magnet is a magnet. Bold, confident, and by being asâŠ
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Questions for happier relationships
Questions for happier relationships
At the end of a typical day, how often does the question, âHow was your day?â lead to some inadvertent complaining?
Our daily lives are filled with the conversations that form the bedrock of most relationships. Having more positively framed conversations leads to more positive relationships.
To encourage more positively framed conversations we need to start them with more positively orientedâŠ
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This Year's Happy Ideas
This Yearâs Happy Ideas
Hi!
I have exciting news!
After sending over 200 unique âhappy ideaâ emails over the last few years â some are still on the blog, many more are extended, referenced and explained in my book â a few months ago, I suddenly stopped writing themâŠ
So to each of you 500 subscribers â Sorry about that! But there is a good reasonâŠ
After running A Good Way To Think from dozens of countries over the last 4âŠ
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Habit New Year
As we welcome in the new year with wishes for happiness, and many new resolutions, I want to share some recent research from the British Journal of Health Psychology which can help clarify how to make your resolutions last!
Not surprisingly, improvements in our well-being appear to primarily come as the results repeated actions. ie. Want to learn a new language or sports â practice it regularly.âŠ
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Addicted to Multitasking
Hi!
Studies have proven, that contrary to popular belief, neither female nor male brains can perform complex multitasking. Instead, the brain switches its focus from one activity to another, involving around 0.2 seconds between the activities where it is focusing on neither.
During this transition phase, the brain releases a small amount of dopamine, which is part of the reward system of theâŠ
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May you be happy
Hi!
Read the short sentences belowâŠ
May I be well in body and mind. May I remember I am loved. May I remember I am filled with love to share. May I be safe from inner and outer dangers. May I be at ease, be peaceful, be happy.
If you didnât read them slowly enough the first time â read them again, with intention in each word.
Awesome! Youâve basically done a very light âLoving-KindnessââŠ
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