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"finding something meaningful in the bleakest of human conditions allowed Frankl and others to survive."Tom Rath
"Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, avarice, hostility, worry, and irritation."Sonja Lyubomirsky
The How of Happiness
"Most of the time when we are blocked in an area of our life, it is because we feel safer that way. We may not be happy, but at least we know what we are—unhappy."Julia Cameron
The Artist's Way
"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
"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
"One key to happiness, then, is to forestall the adaptation process: We need to take steps to prevent ourselves from taking for granted, once we get them, the things we worked so hard to get."William B. Irvine
A Guide to the Good Life
"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
"Being social is the most successful form of higher adaptation known."Martin E.P. Seligman
Flourish
"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
Life’s challenges can lead us to profound moments of growth and inspire us to make a positive impact in the world.Unknown
"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
“Happiness is best when shared.”Carol Adams Miller
Getting Grit
"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
"You have to create goals that are worthy of your failure. It is the Mount Everest of your life, and your mission—everything you strive to do from this day forward—is targeted towards making it happen. You will either reach the peak of your dreams, or fail trying."Scott Allan
Supercharge Your Best Life
"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
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)
"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
"Living at a time when our society is beleaguered by materialism, generosity is an essential medicine to combat the striving for more."Dave Toycen
he Power of Generosity
"Realized strengths are the strengths of which you are aware already and use, which in turn enable you to perform at your best."Kate Hefferon
Positive Psychology
...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
"workaholism leads to lack of sleep, which, in turn, leads to not being at our best."
"Rob yourself of sleep and you’ll find you do not function at your personal best."
Arianna Huffington
Thrive
it takes just minutes to dramatically shift someone’s mood from neutral to negative simply with news reports."Michelle Gielan
Broadcasting Happiness
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