Thriving your way
Our choice of words, our choice of language, is vital for achieving brilliance How to be brilliant I am continuing to work through How to Be Brilliant and have just finished the section on positive action. Michael Heppell explains the difference between positive action and positive thinking. It has confirmed that it is good for me to be going through this exercise of identifying my goals, but it is the actions I take towards achieving Continue Reading …
While looking for a book to take on a business trip, I noticed I had previously bought another book on goals, How to Be Brilliant by Michael Heppell and as I’d never read it I packed it. The first key message is to aim to achieve a balanced life and not concentrate on one aspect at the detriment of another. Michael Heppell suggests using a Wheel of Life as a measure of balance, but as Continue Reading …
I have been procrastinating on writing this post because I haven’t wanted to think about how I would benefit from more exercise. In my post What is happiness? I listed exercise as one component that was suggested in the book Making Happy People: The Nature of Happiness and Its Origins in Childhood. I can fully understand that exercise is a component of happiness because when I’ve been regularly exercising I’ve had more energy and felt Continue Reading …
Things didn’t go as I expected over the past week. My new role involves an increased amount of time out of the office, but I thought with my new organisation system that I could easily cope being away for a few days. And I did up to a point, but having had time to think about it over the long weekend I know that I could perform much better and be much more effective. Last Continue Reading …
The second component of happiness I’m going to consider is attractiveness. I know there is little I can do about my features (without taking drastic action) but I know I can do more with what I’ve got. It may just be women, but when you have the perfect outfit for an occasion you know you look good so it adds to your happiness. The biggest experience I’ve had of this was my wedding day, I Continue Reading …
I’ve chosen to consider how sleep affects my happiness first because I think it has the most obvious effect. You know when you’re tired everything will be just that little bit harder, things will irritate a little bit more and its more difficult to remain calm, positive and, well, happy. I’ve never been a good sleeper. In fact, my mother tells me I only slept for 3 hours a day as a baby. Wouldn’t it Continue Reading …
For many years, whenever I’ve been asked what my goal in life is I’ve said happiness. However, I’ve never really thought through what that means. I think I always thought that happiness was something that happened to you, so one day I would wake up and be happy. Nice idea, but I’ve now learnt it is something you need to work at. I recently read Making Happy People: The Nature of Happiness and Its Origins Continue Reading …
Patrick Holford puts forward simple suggestion on how to beat stress and fatigue. However all of them are long term solutions and not ‘quick’ fixes. He explains that stress and fatigue are both symptoms of 21st century living. Therefore to change them requires changes in lifesytle to reduce the stress to both the mind and body. His suggestions include reducing stimulants such as smoking and coffee, improving the digestive system so it is more effective Continue Reading …
I did a really good job of losing weight and toning up for my wedding. However in the year and a half since I’ve put on over a stone and I hate to admit it, but I now weigh more than my husband. Before the wedding I was doing at least five exercise classes a week and loving it. Unfortunately due to work commitments and injuries I didn’t get straight back into the routine after Continue Reading …
Thanks to a bookcrossing ring started by urbanspaceman I had the opportunity to read Making Happy People: The Nature of Happiness and Its Origins in Childhood by Paul Martin. The book starts at the logical place trying to define happiness; not an easy thing. The author suggests happiness consists of three components; pleasure, the absence of displeasure and satisfaction and provides a convincing argument that satisfaction is the significant one; pleasure and displeasure reflect how Continue Reading …
