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Category Archives: Happiness Tools
Why is it that we humans are so quick to notice first how we are different to others. We/they are : richer, more intelligent, come from a different side of town, have different beliefs, are better or worse than I..... and so on.
What happens when we look for and ask different questions....
Have you ever noticed as you go through life how often you meet someone who is extraordinarily inspiring and a privilege to have in your life? My good friend David Savage ('Sav') is such a person. Please read his inspiring and personal story. It might just change your day, or life.
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This is part of a series of interviews with experts. The people interviewed are experts in fields such as Positive Psychology, NLP, Neuro Science and other disciplines that I draw from in my coaching and training work.
This interview is with Dr. Norman Chorn. I have asked Norman the questions I...
The people I work with are generally high achievers, dynamic, and live in a fast paced world. Their days are filled with making decisions and sometimes- Hard Choices.
The hardest choices, the big ones, are often filtered through the traditional ways of thinking about choices. For example: the pros and the cons, the facts of the...
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There is much talk about Mindful Leadership and using Mindfulness in the workplace. But how do companies really use mindfulness as a tool and how does it really benefit the company and its employees?
I was listening to the interview with David Gelles, a business reporter for the New York Times about mindfulness and meditation in corporate life.
He referred...
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Have you ever been criticized for being a Pollyanna? Then read this to learn how you can change your brain to change your mind to change your brain. ...
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I had this short story sent to me as part of National Friendship Week 2014. It touched my heart and made me a bit teary. It is a story of generosity and caring. But thinking a bit deeper it is about so much more.....have a read and then ponder on the questions below the story.
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I was having a significant birthday, you know, the ones that have a zero at the end. It was a perfect time I thought to set some new goals. Sitting with my husband, he suggested we take off, buy a sailing boat and float around the north of New Zealand for a few months. The...
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This is the view from my back yard. It is Kapiti Island off the west coast of the north island of New Zealand. These pictures were taken just a few hours apart. Every day is different. Each...
How do you deal with fear? What is the difference between fear and danger? Does danger cause fear? Or does fear cause danger?
For leaders, that is, a person leading themselves and/or leading others there will be times when there is a great deal of fear - fear of change, fear of letting something go, fear...
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As a coach I work with powerful, successful high achievers. I also work with people who are all of those and are also inspiring. Inspiring for me to work with but more importantly, inspiring for their teams to be with and follow. While 'what makes an inspiring leader?' is an important and useful question to...
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This is part of the series of interviews with experts. The people I interview are experts in fields such as Positive Psychology, NLP, Neuro Science and other disciplines that I draw from in my coaching and training work. Today's expert is Dr Ryan Niemiec.
Ryan M. Niemiec, PsyD, is Education Director of the Read more
There is a lot of talk about learning to understand self, your intuition and what makes you happy. You might have been doing some reflecting, journaling, or mindfulness exercises. Perhaps you are starting to see some patterns or trends - maybe the odd epiphany!
As a leader be it in your own life or that, plus...
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So you have achieved the goal that you have worked so long and hard for. Exhilarating isn't it? But then, a month or two down the track, have you then ever experienced that so what feeling? That little voice that says 'yeah, great, but what is next'? And off you go in pursuit of that...
This is the second in a series of interviews with experts. The people I will be interviewing are experts in fields such as Positive Psychology, NLP, Neuro Science and other disciplines that I draw from in my coaching and training work.
About Tal Ben-Shahar
Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and lecturer, teaching at the Interdisciplinary Center,...
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This is part of a series of interviews with experts. The people interviewed are experts in fields such as Positive Psychology, NLP, Neuro Science and other disciplines that I draw from in my coaching and training work.
This interview is with Dr. Richard Bolstad. I have asked Richard the questions I most commonly get asked about...
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Google "new years resolutions" and you come up with about 267,000,000 results in 0.24 in seconds. Some say make resolutions and stick to them , others say they don't work and some say, like me, they do, and they don't.
A resolution to change is nothing but that, even if it is written down. It is...
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As Christmas is approaching many of you might be feeling frazzled, busy, stressed and deep down that voice nagging at you asking – ‘why am I doing this – again’?...
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There are 2 critical aspects for you to know when you are making decisions...
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