How To Find Happiness In Today’s Hectic World
Trying to find happiness in a world so busy and complicated can seem impossible. What’s weird is that in so many ways our lives are objectively better than our grandparents’ lives were. We have more… yet we often feel worse. Don’t you wonder if life was happier when it was simpler? I do. Who has the explanation for this? So I gave Barry Schwartz a call. Barry’s work explains why more choice can actually make us miserable and what we can do to simplify our lives and become happier. Here’s what you’ll learn in the post below: Why a world of so many choices can make us unhappy.Why always wanting the best can be a path to clinical depression.How gratitude and relationships can be the key to fixing these dilemmas.The one sentence you need to remember to start on a path to a simpler, happier life. Less really is more. The Paradox of Choice Economics tells us that more choice is better. But research is showing that more choice is not always better. How Choices Are Making Your Life Unhappy Tags:
The Daily Routines of 7 Famous Entrepreneurs & How to Design Yours
Our daily routines can make a huge difference to how healthy, happy and productive we are. I’ve recently tried adjusting my own routine in the hopes of getting more done and wasting less time in-between tasks or activities. While it’s important to understand how your own brain works and what routine will suit your body best, I always find it interesting to see what works for others when planning something new for myself. Amazing routines of 7 successful entrepreneurs In the hopes of building the best routine I could, I did some research on the daily routines of some of the most successful people I know of. Jack Dorsey, CEO Square & Founder of Twitter In this video interview with Twitter and Square co-founder, Jack Dorsey, he explains his daily routine as he juggles a full-time role at both companies. To get everything done, Jack puts in an 8-hour day at each company, every day. Back then, when he wrote the post however, it meant that he’s doing 16-hour workdays, Monday-Friday. 1.) 2.) 3.)
How Zappos Uses One-Week Work Sprints To Launch Big Projects Fast
Zappos Labs is the small R&D arm of the online retailer, whose charter is "to explore the future of retail and build new things that are the next generation of retail experiences," according to Senior Product Manager Adam Goldstein. "It might be in the next few years, but usually not tomorrow." Some of Zappos Labs' projects do, however, see the more immediate light of day, such as Ask Zappos, which was soft-launched in early June. The service allows people to take a picture of anything--someone's pair of shoes on the street, a scarf on a billboard model--and have a Zappos staffer find it, on Zappos.com or another site. "We're building on Zappos' customer-service reputation by taking it beyond Zappos products," says project manager Virginia Ruff. What's notable about Ask Zappos, however, aside from it being a useful service, is that the entire project was created start to finish in 12 weeks, using a process of "one-week sprints." "It's not person A dictating to person B," adds Ruff.
10 Courageous Ways to Live Life Without Regrets
Email by Naïby Jacques “Life is inherently risky. Have you ever wondered what gives some people the willingness to move without fear or hesitation? They do things you believe you can’t do because you’re afraid of the outcome, of the unknown, of the pain. You see people who can let go of things that might matter to them, and move on with their lives without struggling too much. Sometimes you regret not trying harder to follow in the footsteps. What do these people have that I don’t? Well, I’ve studied the lives of dozens of courageous (and also successful) people over the years, and I’m happy to share these time-tested strategies for courageously living your life without regrets: Reminder: Have you checked out our book? Be as weird as you are. – Don’t be afraid to provoke the status quo. Closing Thoughts Life is not about maintaining the status quo. Life is not about playing it safe. Life is not about standing still. That’s why you were put here on this earth: to grow. Be daring and courageous!
10 Creative Rituals You Should Steal
Benjamin Franklin made sure to end every day by asking “What good have I done today?” Maya Angelou only wrote in tiny hotel rooms. Jack Kerouac made sure to touch the ground nine times before writing. Sustained creativity doesn’t come from a flash of brilliance or a single afternoon of inspiration. Venture capitalist Brad Feld takes a week off every three months: The most impactful thing I’ve done is to take a week off the grid every quarter. Read the entire interview here. Former Obama campaign CTO Harper Reed the importance of the daily “retrospective”: [The presidential campaign] had a really good team dynamic that relied quite a bit on the “retrospective” meeting at the end of a project that allowed us to stop and say: “What was it like to launch? Read the entire interview here. Best-selling author Cheryl Strayed on the importance of writing daily: I often recommend writing as a tool for self-discovery because it’s helped me so much. Read the entire interview here. How about you?
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A Simple Weekly Mindfulness Practice: Keep a Gratitude Journal
Time required 15 minutes per day, at least once per week for at least two weeks. Studies suggest that writing in a gratitude journal three times per week might actually have a greater impact on our happiness than journaling every day. How to do it There’s no wrong way to keep a gratitude journal, but here are some general instructions as you get started. The goal of the exercise is to remember a good event, experience, person, or thing in your life—then enjoy the good emotions that come with it. Write down up to five things for which you feel grateful. As you write, here are nine important tips: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. This article was adapted from Greater Good In Action, a site launched by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, in collaboration with HopeLab.
The Daily Routines of Geniuses
Juan Ponce de León spent his life searching for the fountain of youth. I have spent mine searching for the ideal daily routine. But as years of color-coded paper calendars have given way to cloud-based scheduling apps, routine has continued to elude me; each day is a new day, as unpredictable as a ride on a rodeo bull and over seemingly as quickly. Naturally, I was fascinated by the recent book, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work. Author Mason Curry examines the schedules of 161 painters, writers, and composers, as well as philosophers, scientists, and other exceptional thinkers. As I read, I became convinced that for these geniuses, a routine was more than a luxury — it was essential to their work. A workspace with minimal distractions. A daily walk. Accountability metrics. A clear dividing line between important work and busywork. A habit of stopping when they’re on a roll, not when they’re stuck. A supportive partner. Limited social lives.
