Unhappy at Work? Top 10 Excuses People Make for Staying at their Job
For the last few weeks, I've been writing about Happiness, and for the last few days I've been talking about Happiness and Work. I've said that one of the keys to happiness is working in a job you like, or better yet, having an occupation that is an expression of who you are. But many folks aren't sure what it is that makes them happy, and are stuck … [Read more...]
Work and Feeding the Soul as a Path to Happiness: What Poets Tell Us
Happiness and Your Job
In the last article on this series on Happiness, you learned about a happy workplace where people like to sing. But some of you may not have that type of workplace/job. In fact you may have a job that leaves you feeling rather unhappy. Unless you have won the lottery, were born wealthy, are independently wealthy, or have a means of income that allows you to live a life of luxury, you have to work. And that means having a job. Now some have … [Read more...]
Now That’s One Happy Workplace!
In this series on Happiness, in which I've talked about 2 of the happiest countries on earth - Bhutan and Iceland - and gave you 7 ways to … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Be Happier
I've been writing about happiness for the last 2 weeks. The happier you are, the more of a Low Density Lifestyle will you live, so it's important to look at happiness and understand it better. By dong this, we can all get to know better what it takes to be happier. Actually, deep down in all of us lies a deep reservoir of happiness. It's just that it gets buried so far down, and under so much internal stuff, that we lose sight of it. One of … [Read more...]
Iceland: The 2nd Happiest Country in the World
Bhutan: The Happiest Country in the World
I've been writing about Happiness for the last week, and discussing that happiness is something a Low Density Lifestyle can lead to. Last week I discussed what happiness is, and I looked at the relationship between [Read more...]
More On Money and Happiness
In yesterday's article, Does Money Buy You Happiness?, I discussed the relationship between money and happiness, and showed the happiness levels of different countries. If you saw the table, you would have seen how the U.S., one of the richest countries in the world, is ranked 17th amongst countries in terms of the happiness quotient of its … [Read more...]