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Daily Happiness: 13 Simple Ways to Find it in Your Life
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” Marcus Aurelius Antoninus “Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.” Eleanor Roosevelt Happiness. When you think about it then you may often think of the future in some way. The dream vacation coming up, the promotion you are working towards, the baby that is on the way or the sixth date with someone new in your life. But happiness can also be found in the small things of a regular day. So today look for it there. Take just a...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - January 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness Personal Development Source Type: blogs

The Stop Procrastinating Now Course is Open to Join (but Closes on Monday)
We have now stepped into a brand new year. And to help you to get 2019 off to a great start and make it your most successful, action-filled and fulfilling year yet I have now opened up the doors again to the 10-week Stop Procrastinating Now Course. If you join during this period you also get free life-time access to all the material in my 31 Days to a Simpler Life Course as a special bonus. The registration to join this course will only be open for 4 days this time, until 1.00 p.m EST (that’s 18.00 GMT) on Monday the 7th of January. Click here to learn more and to join the course The Stop Procrastinating Now Course is ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - January 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Personal Development Source Type: blogs

How to Calm Your Nerves and Stay Cool: 17 Tips That Work
“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” Sydney J. Harris The stress is rising. You’re starting to feel frustrated with situation you’re in. Or angry. Or maybe sad and like you just want to pack up and go home. But at the same time you also know that you need to calm your nerves and stay cool. To be able to think clearly. To not overreact, make the wrong decision or to not say the wrong thing in a moment of anger, overwhelm or confusion. I’m sure you – just like me – have been in situations like these many times. So this week I’d like to share 17 habits and strategies that have help...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - December 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness Personal Development Relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

How to Overcome Victim Thinking: 3 Powerful Steps for a Happier Life
“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.” Helen Keller How do you react if something in your life doesn’t go as you wish? Well, at first you’ll probably feel pain of some sort. But what happens after that? What do you do after the initial pain? Do you think of yourself as a victim, as someone with little or no control or power? Do you slip back into a familiar headspace where you feel sorry for yourself and where you feel like someone – or the whole world – is against you? I used to get stuck in that destructive and self-esteem sucking way of...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - November 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness Personal Development Relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

17 Things to Do When You ’ve Lost Your Motivation
“I was thinking one day and I realized that if I just had somebody behind me all the way to motivate me I could make a big difference. Nobody came along like that so I just became that person for myself.” Unknown Staying motivated until you reach your goals and dreams isn’t always easy. There are often roadblocks, plateaus and valleys along the way where you can get into a slump. Or a rut. And feel like you’ve simply lost your motivation somewhere along the way. So today I would like to share 17 tips, strategies and habits that I have used to find that motivation again. I hope you’ll find something helpful here....
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - November 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Career & Work Habits Happiness Personal Development Relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

How to Change Your Life in Just 2 Minutes a Day: 10 Quick Habits
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Lao Tzu “The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.” Madame Marie du Deffand Making a positive change in your life does not have to be about making a huge leap. But I believe that belief is one of those things that hold people back from improving their life and world. A simpler way that more often results in actual action being taken and new habits being established – in my life at least – is to take smaller steps but many of them. So today I’d like to share 10 quick habits that can help you to change your life in just 2 mi...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - October 31, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness Personal Development Productivity Success Source Type: blogs

How to Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself: 10 Steps That Work
When you fail, make a mistake or things simply don’t go as well as you had hoped then how do you feel? Do you feel sorry for yourself? Well, that’s natural in some situations and too an extent. But do you get stuck in that mental state too often and for far too long? If that’s the case then this guide is for you. Because in it I’d like to share 10 steps that have helped me to stop feeling sorry for myself. Simple habits and techniques that have helped me to reduce and overcome this issue in my life and to stop spending so much time and energy on it. Now, let’s get started. 1. Breathe. First, calm your mind and b...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - October 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Personal Development Source Type: blogs

How to Stop Being Pessimistic: 10 Positive Thinking Tips
One of the most powerful habits that I’ve picked up in the past 10+ years is to stop being pessimistic and to think in a more optimistic and constructive way instead. It makes life feel lighter and not so burdensome. It opens up new paths towards where you want to go and it helps you to more easily overcome setbacks (and often get something good out of them). You’ll feel less worried and sorry for yourself and more motivated to keep taking action. So the benefits of optimism are great. But how do you adopt this habit? Well, learning to think in a less pessimistic and more positive way may sound a bit vague. So in this...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - September 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness Personal Development Success Source Type: blogs

6 Questions to Help You Simplify and Focus on What Truly Matters This Fall
“Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week.” Charles Richards There are many important things in life. Your family and friends. A hobby perhaps. Working out and staying healthy. The most important relationship in your life. And reading, learning and growing as a person. But finding the time for what is most important in life is not always easy. It sometimes feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day. But even if it may not feel like it, there are often ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - September 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness Personal Development Productivity Relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

6 Questions to Help You Simplify and Focus on What Truly Matters
“Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week.” Charles Richards There are many important things in life. Your family and friends. A hobby perhaps. Working out and staying healthy. The most important relationship in your life. And reading, learning and growing as a person. But finding the time for what is most important in life is not always easy. It sometimes feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day. But even if it may not feel like it, there are often ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - September 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness Personal Development Productivity Relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

7 Small Habits That Will Steal Your Happiness
“Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.” Wayne Dyer “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” Marcus Aurelius It is usually pretty easy to become a happier person. It is also quite easy to rob yourself of your own happiness. To make yourself more miserable and add a big bowl of suffering to your day. It is a common thing, people do it every day all over the world. So this week I’d like to combine these two things. I want to share 7 happiness stealing habits that I have had quite a ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - August 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness Personal Development Source Type: blogs

13 Things to Remember When You Think You ’re Not Good Enough
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Eleanor Roosevelt “You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” Louise L. Hay It’s so easy be dragged down by your own thoughts. So easy to not feel like you’re good enough to maybe to go for the job or promotion you want. Or out on a date with that person you’d really like to get to know better. Or even as you do your best you may feel like it’s still not good enough. And so you feel that you’re not good enough either. Such thoughts combined with the pressures and stress of ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - August 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Personal Development Source Type: blogs

How to Overcome Fear: 6 Powerful Strategies You Can Start Using Today
“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Fear. It’s so easy to get stuck in it. To let it hold you back. I have been there many times in my life. The fear has, for example, held me back from: Trying new things. It has held me back from trying something new for lunch or a new hobby because I feared I would have a bad experience or fail. And so I stuck to my usual routine and choices. Asking someone out for a ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - August 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Personal Development Relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

3 Simple Habits for Daily Mindfulness
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” Buddha “The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.” Jon Kabat-Zinn One of the most common habits that make life miserable is to not be where you are. What do I mean by that? That your body is right here, right now. But that your thoughts are elsewhere in time and space. They are in the past, reliving an old, painful memory. Or replaying an argument – that you still want to win – for the hun...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - July 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness Personal Development Relaxation Source Type: blogs

6 Summer Tips for Unwinding, Recharging and Taking Care of Yourself
“Then followed that beautiful season… Summer… Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” Sydney J. Harris The summer is here. And for many of us it’s a time of vacations, a time of being free from school or a slow time at work or in your business. So it’s a good time to focus on taking extra good care of yourself to unwind, decompress and to recharge. And that’s exactly what this week’s article is all about. Let me shar...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - June 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Personal Development Relaxation Success Source Type: blogs