Debunking the Myths of Happiness

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June 12, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. - Alfred Lord Tennyson - Debunking the Myths of Happiness Psychology professor Sonja Lyubomirsky is an expert on the subject of our most common happiness myths. One pervasive myth is that a desired change in lifestyle such as getting married or striking it rich will make us irrevocably happy. Research has shown that while these events may cause happiness in the short term, their positive effects are unlikely to last as long as we might hope. A second myth is that a number of eventualities could result in our permanent unhappiness -- such as a cherished dream being unfulfilled. But the truth is, by and large people are quite effective at normalizing both positive and negative change. This phenomenon is termed "hedonic adaptation", and ensures that nothing is really as joy-producing or misery-inducing as we think it may be. This fascinating article shares more. { read more } Be The Change Brainstorm the 3 factors in your control that impact your happiness the most and try your best to cultivate those factors this week! COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer Benefits of Rising Early -- and How to Do It 9 Simple Steps to Improve Your Health 9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn 7 Practices to Cultivate Compassion Learning How To Forgive The Little Guide To Contentedness The Psychology of Choice: 5 Perspectives DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,592 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Ten Principles Of Purpose

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June 11, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it. - Gautama Buddha - Ten Principles Of Purpose How do you know what your calling is? And how do you make it happen? Echoing Green has interviewed hundreds of social entrepreneurs over the last 25 years who each found their purpose and manifested it in the world. From their stories, Echoing Green culled ten principles for identifying your purpose and putting it into action. Read on to learn what the ten principles are. { read more } Be The Change Select three of the principles on the Echoing Green list and put them into action. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less The One Thing They Carried With Them Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful 29 Lessons From Travelling the World The Science of Love 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,537 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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The Power of Creative Constraints

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June 10, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Creativity is intelligence is having fun. - Albert Einstein - The Power of Creative Constraints What if a hospital decided to serve anyone who came to its doors, regardless of whether they could pay, and still committed to providing world-class quality care? Can such a self-imposed constraint actually help drive innovation? And what if that constraint is geared toward solving a problem of global proportions, without any outside funding? An almost incomprehensibly ambitious vision to rid the world of curable blindness may sound like a vision doomed to fail. Yet more than 35 years after the first Aravind Eye Clinic was set up in South India, one man's mission to rid the world of this form of suffering is surpassing even the most optimistic expectations. This article describes how a precisely defined set of creative constraints became the basis for a world-class organization characterized by all the hallmarks of sustainability -- financial health, massive scale, continued relevance, and longevity -- proving that compassion and business can indeed be compatible. { read more } Be The Change Design a creative constraint for your own life -- one that helps you innovate ways to live into your values. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World 11 Amazing Thank You Notes Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? A Guide to Finding Your Passion The Beautiful Fragility of Language Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,508 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Are You In Control of Your Decisions?

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June 9, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do. - Elbert Hubbard - Are You In Control of Your Decisions? Behavioral economist Dan Ariely doesn't buy into the notion of immutable human rationality, upon which economic study is traditionally based. In fact, he says, we are often predictably irrational. We understand our preferences less well than we imagine; and all-too-frequently our decision-making is manipulated by the way in which alternatives are presented. We know our physical limitations, and we design for them. If we better appreciated the limitations of our cognative abilities, we might redesign our decision-points as well. In this TED talk Ariely uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how our decisions are not made as rationally as we might like to think! { read more } Be The Change Where does your decision-making go predictably irrational? Design around the illogic or deliberately embrace it. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 How to Change When Change Is Hard The One Thing They Carried With Them Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? 10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,492 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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