Surprising connections between our well-being and giving, getting, and gratitude. Jan. 19, 2013 — We all know that getting a good night's sleep is good for our general health and well-being.
But new research is highlighting a more surprising benefit of good sleep: more feelings of gratitude for relationships. "A plethora of research highlights the importance of getting a good night's sleep for physical and psychological well-being, yet in our society, people still seem to take pride in needing, and getting, little sleep," says Amie Gordon of the University of California, Berkeley. Ed and Deb Shapiro: Why Spontaneous Kindness Makes You So Sexy. The Dalai Lama says kindness is his religion.
Wikipedia says that a random act of kindness is: "... a selfless act performed by a person or persons wishing to either assist or cheer up an individual ... There will generally be no reason other than to make people smile or be happier. " Being sexy means something is delicious, fun, delightful. 6 Ways to Increase Testosterone With Exercise. Testosterone is a steroid hormone that helps you increase lean muscle mass and bone density – and beyond simply helping you have a nice body, it’s also crucial for good health!
Low levels of testosterone, in both men and women, can lead to a number of serious health conditions, including increased risk of depression, low sex drive, obesity, and osteoporosis. Sponsor: Go to NoNoBen.com to try the NoNo and get a free $100 discount card, a $50 facial kit & travel case. Make Your People Happy, Like John Lewis Does - Happy Ltd. Charlie Mayfield, Chair of John Lewis I often ask groups where they have found the best customer service.
Two companies stand out and always come up: Apple and John Lewis. And when lists are published of the UK’s most admired businesses you can be sure that John Lewis is at or near the top. So I felt greatly honoured yesterday to be speaking alongside Charlie Mayfield, Chair of John Lewis (at Tomorrow’s Company “Tomorrow’s Value” event). The Ultimate Purpose.
Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning : Shots - Health News. Chinese schoolchildren during lessons at a classroom in Hefei, east China's Anhui province, in 2010.
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Garden Stuff. Free at Last! Saying Good-Bye to 20 Years of Debt. Twenty years ago I was a freshman in college.
I was a poor kid from a poor family, but my roommates came from wealth. In order to fit in, I went out and picked up a department store credit card. I bought some new clothes, an electric shaver, and a bottle of cologne. Work. Start. The Rx for Innovation. It’s not just a stale platitude.
If you want to be at peak performance, you have simply got to get a handle on your eating, sleeping, and dietary habits. This applies to business managers as well as Olympic athletes. Innovation in the workplace is fueled by good neurochemical balance in the brain. And this requires doing the right thing for your body. » The Zen of Work. ‘When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.’
~Shunryu Suzuki-roshi Post written by Leo Babauta. At work, we often face stressful situations, dreaded projects, irritating co-workers, frustrating bosses, an overwhelming number of tasks and messages, boring work we don’t enjoy. These problems have one simple cause: we’re holding on. Make an Appointment with Your Worries. You wake up at 2 AM worried about the next day and can't get back to sleep.
The thoughts that are going through your head demand that you respond now and get the answer immediately. Later in the day, tired from losing sleep, you begin to worry about the next night, the next week, and the doom that seems to hang on the horizon. Wherever you are, whatever time of day---you worry. Because you respond to your intrusive thought with repetitive thoughts about how to handle the thought, you never quite get away from your worry. Do psychological wellbeing and caring for the environment go hand in hand? Social and personal psychologists typically list a handful of key actions that can help improve personal wellbeing but would they really stand up to being tested for planet friendliness too?
One of the most respected of such lists is the government's Five ways to wellbeing which came out of research co-ordinated by the New Economics foundation, as part of the Foresight report. The five actions are: 1. connect (with people, not technology)2. be active3. take notice 4. keep learning5. give Connect. A History of Happiness by Darrin M. McMahon, Ph.D. We've forgotten much of what older traditions knew about happiness. posted Oct 01, 2010 Agnolo Bronzino's 1564 painting, Allegorie des Glücks (Allegory of Happiness) depicts Happiness positioned between Justice and Prudence.
The wheel of destiny lies at her feet. I think it is probably fair to assume that most Americans today consider happiness not only something that would be nice to have, but something that we really ought to have—and, moreover, something that’s within our power to bring about, if only we set our minds to it. We can be happy, we tell ourselves, teeth gritted. BBC Radio 4 - Four Thought, Series 3, Episode 22. Achieving Happiness: Parents need to let children make mistakes - CapitalGazette.com: Achieving Happiness. As another school year starts parents renew their annual efforts to help their children do well.
This year they have some help from one of the country’s leading educational psychologists, Dr. Madeline Levine, who just published her latest book “Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success.” With debates raging on the best ways to help children succeed, the Stanford University professor offers insightful advice based on the research in best parenting practices. What isn’t positive psychology? It’s been a very busy summer with the CPPA conference and several other work-related events that filled many of the sunny days of June, July and August. With the arrival of September, stay tuned for a new announcement and offer from LVS Consulting! In the meantime, I’d like to use this space to write a response to an article that came through my inbox while I was on vacation.
Here’s a link to the article, and if there had been the ability to reply directly on the website, I surely would have done it (as I do elsewhere): In case you’re too busy to click through to the actual article, it starts like this: Visualise your goals. Positive Thinking vs. Positive Psychology. Photo Credit: rocket ship via Compfight “The Power of Positive Thinking” was a landmark book by Norman Vincent Peale that came out in 1952. The idea of positive thinking grew in the 70s and has continued to be a popular new age prescription as a way of handling whatever happens to be ailing you. The positive thinking movement continues to be strong today, culminating in recent years with the massive success of “The Secret” a book and movie which prescribes tapping into the “law of attraction” to attract good things in your life simply by thinking about them.
In the last decade, we have also seen the growth of positive psychology, a new branch of mental science which looks at the sunnier side of life (the study of human flourishing.) Positive psychology focuses on positive aspects of wellbeing including (but not limited to) positive emotions, happiness, hope, optimism and other constructs that relate to the idea of positive thinking. Positive Psychology in Sports: The Surprising History of the Paralympics. We Just Saw the Olympics The 2012 Olympic Games gifted the host nation with the feel-good factor and now that they’re over many of us have been experiencing withdrawal symptoms or POD – post-Olympic depression as it’s been called (to counteract this POD, see tomorrow’s PPND article on the 2012 Olympics by Bridget Grenville-Cleave).
Even if we are suffering from an optimism bias in the midst of a deep recession, there is no doubt that the Olympics has been a force for good and has already left a positive legacy. We now have athletes appearing in the media as role models, who show what can be achieved with effort, tenacity, and grit – rare qualities in an era that often favors instant gratification and fame based on personality rather than talent or achievement. It's More Important to Be Kind than Clever - Bill Taylor. 12 Steps to Happiness.
Dreamland: What Happens While You Sleep and How It Affects Your Every Waking Moment. How To Be Unhappy. Is Your Parenting Style Based On Faulty Thinking? First Steps in Regulating Your Emotions. Be More Productive. Shorten the Workweek. Dreaming of a Life Change? - The Huffington Post. You Probably Have Too Much Stuff. » An Intentional Life. The age of information overload. The Secret to Grace Under Pressure. Common reasons why small businesses fail. Manifesto-happiness-large.gif (1000×1415) How To Be Unhappy: 10 Surefire Ways To Be Unhappy in Life. How To Be Happy: 10 Timeless Principles for Lasting Happiness. Manifesto-unhappiness-large.gif (1000×1415) A Good Week: 18-24 June 2012.
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