Quotes

“Happiness is best when shared.”Carol Adams Miller Getting Grit

The glory days are not behind you, you architect them into your future, by levelling up. Create each day of glory. It’s a choice! Write a new chapter of glory in your life. Make every day a glorious glory dayBrendan Burchard GrowthDay Daily Fire (multiple dates)

"Knowing the strengths of our significant others, and sharing our strengths with them, can help us avoid some of the frictions and frustrations that can arise from differences in our personalities, and it can help make the relationship itself greater than the sum of its parts."Suzann and James Pawelski Happy Together

"So here we have purposeful practice in a nutshell: Get outside your comfort zone but do it in a focused way, with clear goals, a plan for reaching those goals, and a way to monitor your progress. Oh, and figure out a way to maintain your motivation."Anders Ericsson et al. Peak

"Next comes meaning and purpose, which require connecting our individual passion to a cause much greater than ourselves."Steven Kotler The Art of Impossible

"The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button."Bene Brown

"finding something meaningful in the bleakest of human conditions allowed Frankl and others to survive."Tom Rath

"Habits. It's the 5x5 rule. You are not just the average of the five people around you. You're the average of the five habits you do, the things you eat, the ideas you have, the content you consume, etc."James Altucher Reinvent Yourself

"Agreeableness The value an individual places on cooperation with others. It is characterised by warmth and sympathy towards others." (John Perry, Sport Psychology)John Perry Sport Psychology

"Not only is happiness an important goal in its own right, but it is also part of our adaptive evolutionary nature – helping us respond to any challenges we face."Nic Marks The Happiness Manifesto

"In the nations of the developed world, most people’s basic needs for sustenance, shelter, and information are met. Accordingly, we have emerged from the Agrarian, Industrial and Information economies to the Purpose Economy, that we might fulfill our higher-order needs: meaning and purpose. Meeting these needs will not only enrich our own lives, but the lives of everyone around the planet."Aaron Hurst The Purpose Economy

"Happiness never comes from outside of us. He was happy because of the love coming out of him; she was happy because of the love coming out of her. But as soon as he made her responsible for his happiness, she broke the star because she could not be responsible for his happiness."Don Miguel Ruiz The Mastery of Love

"If you exercise today, you are more than twice as likely to feel physically attractive tomorrow. Feeling attractive is not just important for our self-confidence. Researchers at Columbia University found that our psychological perceptions of our body image could be as important as objective measures like body mass index (BMI)."Tom Rath Wellbeing

"Happiness accumulates a bit like compound interest – a little effort today will go a long way tomorrow."Timothy Sharp 100 Ways to Happiness

"One idea is to procure a gratitude partner with whom you can share your blessings list and who prompts and encourages you if you lose motivation or simply forget."Sonya Lyubomirsky The How of Happiness

"Grief over a loving attachment is in some ways still a positive emotion that in time helps us to broaden and build."Shonnon Poly et al. Character Strengths Matter

"The face of happiness may be someone who is intensely curious and enthusiastic about learning; it may be someone who is engrossed in plans for his next five years; it may be someone who can distinguish between the things that matter and the things that don’t; it may be someone who looks forward each night to reading to her child. Some happy people may appear outwardly cheerful or transparently serene, and others are simply busy. In other words, we all have the potential to be happy, each in our own way."Sonja Lyubomirsky The How of Happiness

"welcome to the twenty first century world. A world in which a growing number of people do not feel that they are fully living their “true selves” – that their life is not full but more like a half-life?"Sarajane Aris et al. Beyond Resilience

"Transcendence is related to dedication and commitment to something or somebody other than oneself."Ilona Boniwell Positive Psychology in a Nutshell

"Being social is the most successful form of higher adaptation known."Martin E.P. Seligman Flourish

"Walking is the most trivial physical activity imaginable, yet it can be profoundly enjoyable if a person sets goals and takes control of the process."Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow

"Make a note of something you learned through conversing with a colleague, reading an article, or listening during a meeting. In your note, include a brief explanation of why what you learned matters, as well as how this knowledge can be applied."Erin Lawn Your Strengths Blueprint

"self-regulation is both the ability to control our emotions and the ability to persist through challenging, strenuous tasks."Steven Kotler The Art of Impossible

“No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you’re keeping the man-child alive.”Julia Cameron It's Never Too Late to Begin Again

...couples who make an effort to express fondness and admiration have been shown to experience a ‘build-up’ of positivity over time, leading to a longevity bonus of about 10 years (Fredrickson, 2009).Relationships and longevity Barbara Fredrickson PERMA-Pak, Positive Psychology Toolkit, PositivePsychology.com

"Optimists tend to experience less distress during adversity than pessimists,"Kate Hefferon Positive Psychology

"When you're surrounded by the extraordinary every day, it's bound to become ordinary."Stefan Mumawy Caffeine for the Creative Team

"This emotional uplift is elevation, and we humans are designed to feel it when we see a morally beautiful act."Robert Biswas-Diener The Courage Quotient

"Researchers have found that across history, suicide rates tend to rise with unemployment—and it’s easy to understand why: Work is a major source of identity, value, and purpose for people. It gives them something to do with their time, a sense of worth, and an opportunity to contribute to society and to support their families. When people lose their jobs, they are losing not only their livelihood, but a powerful source of meaning."Emily Esfahani-Smith The Power of Meaning

"Personal growth is an ongoing investment. For every hour you spend on improving your lifestyle, the return on this investment is 10x. Or 100x. You can make exponential growth in your life and the lives of everyone you are in contact with by making personal growth a #1 priority. Build small habits into your daily routine. Make these habits consistent with your aim. If you skip a day, be sure to pick it up the next day."Scott Allan Supercharge Your Best Life

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