Category Archives: How to Be Happier

Posts about happiness and how to be happier

Motivational Minute: Utilization Principle

Posted on March 20, 2020 by John

This is March 20, 2020, and stress over the COVID-19 virus is beginning to crescendo for many people. They’re trying to concentrate, to do work from home or create something – or to home-school their kids – and the constant … Continue reading →

Posted in Dealing with Fear, High Performance, How to Be Happier, How to Stop Worrying | Tagged anxiety, fear, home schooling, panic, performance | Leave a comment

How to Fail at New Years Resolutions

Posted on December 23, 2014 by John

Quality failure requires proper planning. Here are five stealth methods for failing your New Year’s resolutions – because success would be lonely. Most people think a “lack of willpower” is enough to guarantee failure – and that’s one excuse, but … Continue reading →

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Stop Group Bullying (2)

Posted on May 15, 2014 by John

Last time, I revealed how humans have intuitive, unconscious, evolved awareness that being mean can be socially profitable. That (unconscious) awareness of this is not lost on our little darlings. And, if we want to stop group bullying we’re going … Continue reading →

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Understanding Group Bullying (part one)

Posted on May 8, 2014 by John

Why do Bullies Gang Up on Targets? Besides it being “safer” for several reasons we’ll explore in this post and the next one, when we want to understand behaviors, we pay attention to what they achieve. That’s why we define … Continue reading →

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5 Ways to Fail Your New Year’s Resolution

Posted on January 30, 2014 by John

It’s the end of January. Have you failed your New Year’s resolutions yet? Because quality failure requires proper planning, it’s important to know why the vast majority of New Year’s resolutions FAIL. Most people think a “lack of willpower” is … Continue reading →

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Optimism and Emotional Hygiene™

Posted on January 23, 2014 by John

The last post was a demonstration of “reality-based optimism” for powering-up your New Year (and any time). As promised, this post is going to contain the blueprint – the step-by-step recipe – for building your own powerful reality-based optimism on … Continue reading →

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Realistically Happy New Year 2014

Posted on January 16, 2014 by John

There are no “negative people”, just “negative thoughts”. My second “Happy New Year” post for 2014 is just that – a short set of remarks about how it is actually a HAPPY NEW YEAR. So, I want to start the … Continue reading →

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Four Questions for Your New Year

Posted on January 9, 2014 by John

January is “busy season” for self-development coaches and “improving myself” types. There’s blogging, and suggesting resolutions, and shtick about “killing it in the New Year”. It’s time to get the pump-up going – some loud music and strobe lights like … Continue reading →

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Five Steps to Fulfillment, Duck Dynasty Style

Posted on December 20, 2013 by John

Five Steps to Fulfillment are hiding in plain sight – inside our Fascination with the Fringes. We keep hearing about the Kardashians – and about Phil Roberts, of “Duck Dynasty”. In both cases, the people involved activate tribal identity and … Continue reading →

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Affirmations are Bull

Posted on November 7, 2013 by John

I’m going to take a break today from the series on bullying to talk about something in the self-development field that bothers me: Affirmations, and the people who peddle them. Someone just sent me a link to a blog with … Continue reading →

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