Tag: happiness
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UAE Government Selects ‘Happiness Officers’
Sixty people have been chosen as the country’s first “chief happiness and positivity officers”, and will be heading overseas in September. They were selected from among 200 candidates in national and local government departments. The trainees will undergo an “intense” study programme in the United Kingdom and United States, the government says, with stints at […]
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Is A Happier Society Possible?
If we do want a happier society, the first thing we have to do is to reassert the Enlightenment ideal – to agree that happiness is the objective for our society. But that has to translate into individual behaviour, which means that everybody has to make that their personal objective in life. In other words […]
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Refresh Your Mind For 10 Minutes A Day, Simply By Being Mindful
When is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: Refreshing your mind for 10 minutes a day, simply by being mindful and experiencing the present moment. (No need for incense or sitting in […]
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10 Ways That Chocolate Can Benefit Your Health
Before you reach for that Snickers, remember this: While chocolate can do the body good, the study certainly doesn’t go as far as proving a causal link between eating more chocolate and losing weight. Keep in mind that all chocolate was not created equal: Dark chocolate packs more of a health punch overall, but even […]
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5 Ways to Enjoy a Mindful Summer Vacation!
With the hustle and bustle of our day-to-day, many await summer with angst. The children will finally be off from school. Summer hours will kick in and our workloads might even lighten a bit. We bask in the excitement of the warm weather to come and count the days to that big trip we’ve been […]
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How To Be Happy And Save The World
First of all let there be no doubt that the world needs saving as a habitat for human beings – and much sooner than many of us realize. There are a number of inter-related threats to civilized life on this planet all coming to the fore at the same time, the most serious of which […]
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The Surprising Science Of Happiness
Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned. Gilbert explains how our brain evolved to make front situations and simulates experiences. He teaches us by real […]
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Position Yourself for Success Heading Into a New Job
As you start to position yourself for success heading into a new job, remember that leadership is personal. Your message is the key that unlocks personal connections. The greater the congruence between your own preferences across behaviors, relationships, attitudes, values, environment and the new culture you enter or create, the stronger those connections will be. […]
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Give and Take
For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But today, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. It turns out that at work, most people operate as either takers, matchers, or givers. Whereas takers strive to get as much as possible from others […]
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What Does Science Teach Us About Well-Being?
As we finalize our preparations to receive His Holiness the Dalai Lama for a dialogue on Global Health and Well-being, an event co-sponsored by the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and the Global Health Institute, both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, it is appropriate to reflect on what science is teaching us about well-being. There […]