Enjoy Life: Choose to Be Happy

happy woman Enjoy Life: Choose to Be HappyAre you enjoying your life today?

I imagine that a lot of you will answer no to this question.  For one reason or another, maybe even one that you can’t accurately name, you’d say that you aren’t exactly happy.

Why not decide to enjoy life?  Why not choose to be happier today?

It really is a conscious choice that we can make.  After all, we choose to be unhappy.  We …

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Buying Happiness: An Approach that Works

happy couple Buying Happiness: An Approach that WorksHow do you buy happiness?

Getting your mind right about money is very important to your happiness.  Because your finances can be a source of either real joy or sorrow based on how you handle what you have.

Buying happiness is a tricky subject to write about because some people will likely misunderstand and when they do you can send them off in completely the wrong direction.  I’m going to …

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3 Essential Building Blocks for Greater Happiness

happyfamily 3 Essential Building Blocks for Greater Happiness How happy are you on a scale of 1 to 10?

Regardless of the answer, most people believe there is still a higher level of happiness out there for them.  However, they have no real, concrete ideas about how to go about increasing their happiness.

This leads them to all kinds of crazy pursuits that almost always turn out to be dead-ends.  Finding happiness can definitely be a frustrating experience.…

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The Science of Happiness: Your Happiness Set Point

smiling mother daughter thumb The Science of Happiness: Your Happiness Set Point Did you inherit your happiness or unhappiness from your parents?

Researchers have determined that up to 50% of our happiness level is genetic.  That is, we have a happiness set point or baseline that originated from one or both of our biological parents.  Half of your happiness level is preset!

Does this mean that if you had unhappy parents that you are doomed to a sad life?  Not in the …

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The Science of Happiness: Intentional Activities To Be Happier

looking smiling The Science of Happiness: Intentional Activities To Be Happier Are you doing the right things to make yourself happier?

We all want to be happy.  We want to feel good about ourselves and our lives.  However, even though we have the power to attain happiness, we usually go about it in the wrong way.  We pursue the wrong things.

In general, most of us have been conditioned to believe that positive events such as job promotions, financial windfalls, …

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The Science of Happiness: How To Get The Most Out Of Life

girl smiling The Science of Happiness: How To Get The Most Out Of Life Are you using the right approach to get the most out of life?

Many of us are just spinning our wheels in the way we pursue life.  We want to be happy and we continually try to get what we want, but life just seems to always leave us feeling a little empty.

The good news is that there is a scientific approach to solving this dilemma!  If we apply …

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