If you knew three proven ways to improve your happiness, would you do them? What if they were simple to do, but took a committed effort on your part? In researching what makes people happy, I’ve come across a lot of different ideas. There are three things, however, that almost everyone that studies happiness can agree on. Zig Ziglar called them the Three Gs. Meik Wiking includes the same ideas in various ways in his Little Book of Lykke. You can read more about my experiences with his work here and here. The Three Gs are Grow, Give, and have Read More
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9 Happiness Tips You Can Use Today
I recently finished reading The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World’s Happiest People by Meik Wiking and wrote a review and recommendation of this great little book. You can read it here. I loved the book so much that I struggled to write a review that wasn’t way too long. There was so much information in the book’s 285 pages that I wanted to share that I ended up writing an essay instead of a blog post about it. What to do with too many words? That’s easy! Break them into two blog posts! So here is the second blog post Read More
Recommending: A Little Book About Happiness Research
I just finished reading The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World’s Happiest People by Meik Wiking. I won’t hold you in suspense. It was a really great read. For those of us who don’t speak Danish, lykke means happiness and is pronounced loo-ka. Wiking is the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute (yes, people actually research happiness and that alone makes me happy). Danes are known as some of the happiest people on the planet, so it should come as no surprise that the Happiness Research Institute is located in Copenhagen, Denmark.. This little book contains tons of happiness related Read More
A Day of Happiness: Let’s Celebrate
March 20 has been designated as the International Day of Happiness by the United Nations. If I was more cynical, I could make all sorts of sarcastic remarks and point out all the ways the world falls short in regards to happiness. But I’m not that cynical. In fact, I’m an optimist and a big believer in looking at the bright side of things. If that’s an idea you can get behind, read on. Come be part of the Day of Happiness. You’ll be in good company. All 193 countries in the U.N. have adopted a resolution that calls for Read More