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30 Days, 30 Ways to Be Happier. What Would You Tell the 25 Year-Old You? 9 Daily Habits That Will Make You Happier. Happiness is the only true measure of personal success.

9 Daily Habits That Will Make You Happier

Making other people happy is the highest expression of success, but it's almost impossible to make others happy if you're not happy yourself. True Secret to Success: Gratitude. I'm utterly convinced that the key to lifelong success is the regular exercise of a single emotional muscle: gratitude. People who approach life with a sense of gratitude are constantly aware of what's wonderful in their life. Because they enjoy the fruits of their successes, they seek out more success. And when things don't go as planned, people who are grateful can put failure into perspective. By contrast, people who lack gratitude are never truly happy.

60 Ways To Make Life Simple Again. 30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself. 30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself. 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind. Top five regrets of the dying. There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps.

Top five regrets of the dying

A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the most common regrets we have at the end of our lives. And among the top, from men in particular, is 'I wish I hadn't worked so hard'. Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives.

She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called Inspiration and Chai, which gathered so much attention that she put her observations into a book called The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Ware writes of the phenomenal clarity of vision that people gain at the end of their lives, and how we might learn from their wisdom. Here are the top five regrets of the dying, as witnessed by Ware: 1. "This was the most common regret of all. 2. "This came from every male patient that I nursed. 3. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorson. Learn more about the science of success with Heidi Grant Halvorson’s HBR Single, based on this blog post.

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorson

Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle. 60 Small Ways to Improve Your Life in the Next 100 Days. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to make drastic changes in order to notice an improvement in the quality of your life.

60 Small Ways to Improve Your Life in the Next 100 Days

At the same time, you don’t need to wait a long time in order to see the measurable results that come from taking positive action. All you have to do is take small steps, and take them consistently, for a period of 100 days. Below you’ll find 60 small ways to improve all areas of your life in the next 100 days. Home. 20 Quotes For Getting Through Tough Times. 70 Reminders to Help You Break Any Barrier. I am pleased to introduce this guest article by a new friend John, the creator of HiLife2B, where he hopes to inspire people and to help them achieve their dreams.

70 Reminders to Help You Break Any Barrier

Follow him on Twitter: @janyasor 1. Believe that even the smallest compliment can save someone’s life 2. Remember that one person can change an entire nation 3. 4. 5. 25 Things I Would Tell My Younger Self. Learn to be Still.. Fake it Till You Make it: 10 Ways to Feel Confident (Even When You Aren’t)

“Original Fake” Photo Credit: courtesy of MashKulture Is your self-confidence natural, or a daily struggle?

Fake it Till You Make it: 10 Ways to Feel Confident (Even When You Aren’t)

Many people’s confidence naturally wavers from day to day, leaving them too timid or confused at just the wrong time. Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action. 8 Ways to be UBER Charismatic. What did JFK, Marilyn Monroe and Hitler all have in common?

8 Ways to be UBER Charismatic

They were all renowned charismatics that lit up every room they entered. You’ve most likely met one of these kinds before. The guy/girl at the party. They possess some strange quality that causes them to be liked by everyone and constantly at the center of attention. Their eyes and the way they carry themselves convey power and magnetism and you can’t quite figure out why. Robert Greene studied these people and detailed the methods one can use to become a charismatic in his book “The Art of Seduction.” Purpose Pick a cause, a goal, a vision and live it. Mystery Become mysterious (like Bruce Wayne) by being unpredictable.

Saintliness Think Gandhi. Eloquence Speak slowly and hypnotically, with random pauses if needed. Theatricality. 20 Quotes For Getting Through Tough Times. 110 best books: The perfect library. Thought Questions - Asking the right questions is the answer. 100 Ways To Develop Your Mind. This weeks Sunday Siesta has been postponed as I have been working all weekend on this article.

100 Ways To Develop Your Mind

It’s my longest article ever at over 4500 words but I think it was worth the time and the effort. 46 Must-Read Productivity Tips for Freelancers - FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog.