The Importance Of Personal Value Based Goal Setting
December 9, 2009 by Terry
Filed under Goal Setting, Happiness
I came across an excellent article about setting goals according to your values. Completely inline with my philosophy and www.mylifechanges.com Thank you
A Values-Based Approach to Goals
5 Truths About Happiness And Love
September 6, 2009 by Terry
Filed under Goal Setting, Happiness, Mind
I am, if anything, a seeker of truth. I continuously read, discuss, ponder and write about my journey towards truth.
What is happiness?
I think that happiness can be a rather foggy term. So I will more or less agree with the author and scientist Barbara Fredrickson and say that happiness includes these 10 traits - joy, gratitude (including reciprocity), serenity, interest, hope, pride, amusement (humour), inspiration, awe (”goodness on a grand scale”), and love.
How do I become happy?
I will also agree that the happiest people experience a happiness ratio of 3-1 (Three happy thoughts to one negative). The people that are flourishing in happiness have a ratio of 5-1. I know people I work with that have 3 negative thoughts to 1 happy one. I walk in the other direction when they start complaining, whining or making sad excuses. Think about your own ratio. Any thoughts on this?
When are my happiest moments?
I’ve read a few times that having drinks and dinner with good friends can be a peak happy experience. I had a rocking dinner party with close friends last week and we had brilliant conversations, laughed to the point of crying and made damn sure we would get together again. It was a remarkable night filled with many moments of happiness traits including joy, interest, amusement and inspiration.
How do I fall in Love?
I will agree with Barbara that Love usually happens when we associate a group of happiness traits together. When one person can inspire joy, gratitude, serenity, interest, hope, pride, amusement, inspiration and awe in us, how can we not fall in love?
Commit to following your dream
You will be happiest pursuing goals and dreams that are intrinsic, meaningful to you and freely chosen. Intrinsic goals are pursued because they provide significance and purpose to you. They help you grow and mature. Writing this blog (and providing you a life changing tool) is a way for me to grow and find deep personal meaning and purpose. Intrinsic goals will make us happier in the long run. Writing this blog also provides me with joy, inspiration, pride, hope, amusement and even awe on occasion. Ya even awe!
What inspires you? What gives you joy? What gives you awe?
What Is The Meaning Of Life?
July 26, 2009 by Terry
Filed under Happiness, Mind, Zen Forever
I’ve placed heaps of stress on myself lately. The burning question is why? To what end is all this leading to? I have quantified most of my efforts with a quest for personal financial freedom, but what happens after that?
Then along comes a book called, Three Cups Of Tea.
This is one of the most inspirational books I’ve read. What Greg Mortenson has done to set up 61 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan and bring radically different cultures together is more than what most governments have ever done.
This book also reinforces my philosophies that:
1. What is the meaning of life? We are all here to give something back.
2. It isn’t a God that makes this world a better place, it is people.
3. Education is the root of erasing ignorance.
4. People living with just the basics can be happier than the richest people in the world.
5. Living in harmony with nature is a key to saving the earth and all its inhabitants.
There is no point to my own self induced stress. It is completely meaningless. It doesn’t mean that I should become a monk and live in a cave. It only means that having satisfied my basic human needs my greatest satisfactions will come from building meaningful relationships with family, friends and of course nature.
Once I have reached financial freedom I will give something back.
But interestingly enough perhaps I already have financial freedom. It’s all in my mind.
So now I will choose how I will give something back. Because THAT in a nutshell - is the meaning of life.
What do you think the meaning of life is?
Why Goal Setting Is Extremely Important To You
July 15, 2008 by Terry
Filed under Featured Articles, Goal Setting, Happiness, Mind
Do you want to be happy and successful in the future? Then set goals. People live successful, happy and living meaningful lives because they have taken the time to set goals. Below are 11 compelling reasons why goal setting is extremely important to you.
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Goal Setting And Value Identification Lead To More Meaning and Purpose
July 15, 2008 by Terry
Filed under Career, Featured Articles, Goal Setting, Mind, Popular PostsLife seems to hurtle by us these days. To keep up with our frantic-paced life, our ever-changing technological society has given us radical tools to work, plan and supposedly become more efficient.
Computers, cell phones, iPhones and pagers are just a few examples of gadgets that keep us connected, sometimes 24/7. Information whizzes by us at a mind-numbing rate from Internet news sites, work computer systems, E-mail at work, E-mail at home, not to mention pagers, to do lists and pop up reminders. All in the name of efficiency. Work demands that we do more in less time and the global village keeps us all connected with instant news. More and more of us are reeling from information overload, feeling exhausted and possibly headed for burn out.
