Quotes

"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

"We need to ask ourselves: what makes life worthwhile? what makes us happy, inside? what do we value most about life?"Mark Anielski The Economics of Happiness

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

"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

"They understand that life isn’t always easy, but they continue to act according to their most cherished values and pursue their big, long-term goals. They still experience feelings of anger, sadness, and so on—who doesn’t?—but they face these with curiosity, self-compassion, and acceptance. And rather than letting these feelings derail them, emotionally agile people effectively turn themselves—warts and all—toward their loftiest ambitions."Susan David Emotional Agility

"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

"But some of the internal causes of low resilience, such as thinking styles, can be modified, even counteracted. And, more important, once your thinking style has changed, you can use it to undo the ongoing negative consequences that stemmed from events in your childhood that were outside your control."Karen Reivich The Resilience Factor

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

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

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

"Even engaging in pleasant activities does not guarantee positive emotions, because they depend on our interpretations."Ilona Boniwell Positive Psychology in a Nutshell

"When we have unresolved issues, we experience an emotional disquiet which can be significantly stressful,"Timothy Sharp 100 Ways to Happiness

"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

it takes just minutes to dramatically shift someone’s mood from neutral to negative simply with news reports."Michelle Gielan Broadcasting Happiness

"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

"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

High-quality interpersonal relationships provide a source of joy and meaning across the lifespan, and they have been identified as one of the most reliable indicators of happiness, health, longevity, and life satisfaction for all ages.Investing in Valued Relationships Diener & Seligman, 2002; Pillemer & Rothbard, 2018 PERMA-Pak, Positive Psychology Toolkit, PositivePsychology.com

"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

"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

Life’s challenges can lead us to profound moments of growth and inspire us to make a positive impact in the world.Unknown

"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

"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

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