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Choose Happiness, Live Lots Longer. Promise.
It really is that simple: choose happiness, live longer. A British study of 3,853 people aged 52 to 79, published October 31, 2011, in the…
January 10, 2012
Time to START
Time to start what? Time to start thinking about your roles and goals for the coming year. It is mere days until the New Year.…
December 20, 2011
What Gets In Your Way?
Presuming – you know what you want in life – you’ve taken the time to think things through – come up with a “roles and…
November 8, 2011
Creative Dreaming vs. Magical Thinking
By creative dreaming, I mean the desire you have to do things in your life with your life, things you are willing to put time…
November 1, 2011
False Comfort: The Allure of Self-Sabotaging Behaviors
Any behavior that creates more problems than it solves is self sabotaging. Too often we yield to the temptation of a temporary relief only to…
October 27, 2011
Instant Popularity In Six Steps. Guaranteed.
The key to instant popularity? Make people feel good about themselves. When people around you feel good about themselves, they will like you and seek…
October 13, 2011
On “Willpower: The Greatest Human Strength,” by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney
Science has turned its attention of late to the study of willpower, and it should be no surprise that research has shown that self-control is…
October 11, 2011
Decision Fatigue: How to Be Your Best Self Always
Deciding is mental work and has a mental cost. Just as physical labor tires us, so too does mental labor. The product of a rapidly-emerging…
September 28, 2011
EQ Genius: Making the 1,000th Feel Like the First
In the service business (and who isn’t in the service business?), emotional intelligence (EQ) is the key factor. At the most basic level, The Collier…
September 16, 2011
Gold Medal Performance: Smiling on the Balance Beam
Did you ever notice at Olympics gymnastics events the athletes beam big smiles as they do their routines? Do you think they feel like smiling?…
September 14, 2011
Leisure Sickness: Can Vacations Be Bad For You?
Recent studies have shown that the positive effects of vacations tend to be both short and weak.** Indeed, some people may even have trouble adjusting…
August 31, 2011