Life With Happiness

Imagine you lose all your data

jsmith — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32:42 +0000

Imagine you lose all your data. Your inbox, gone. Your sent file history, gone. What would you do? It happened to me, today....

What helps you keep your Commitments?

jsmith — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:47:37 +0000

What helps you to keep your commitments to yourself? Have you done that, today?

Are You a Maximizer? Part 2

jsmith — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:30:02 +0000

What are the implications for how you make choices when you are in a Leadership role? (this is second of two-part series)

Are You a Maximizer? Part 1

jsmith — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:40:02 +0000

Take the Maximizer Assessment and then consider how you behave when faced with making a CHOICE -- do you insist on always the Absolute Best, or are you okay with Good Enough for most decisions? How you respond can predict the degree of stress you feel around exercising your freedom to choose!

Tiny Stories of Gratitude for the Holidays

jsmith — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:19:17 +0000

A client of mine sent this story as part of his holiday message, and I loved it so much I asked for his permission to share it with all of you. My guest columnist, Rob, is an executive who lives in Chicagoland. He shares six tiny stories of miracles and gratitude.

Let Go of Your Stress this Holiday!

jsmith — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:54:14 +0000

For two years I’ve been talking about diving in to video. Many of you have asked for it. I finally made a public commitment (gulp!) in October to make and post a video on my website by year end. Then, having accepted that my PC was inadequate for video work, I leaped into the Mac [...]

Gratitude Reprised

jsmith — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:00:04 +0000

As the American Thanksgiving holiday approaches, our thoughts turn to Giving Thanks and the emotion of Gratitude. This emotion is so foundational to the experience of all the Positive Emotions that I believe it is impossible to oversell its importance or speak of it too often. Gratitude is defined as, the quality of being warmly [...]

Be bold, step into your fear!

jsmith — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:04:16 +0000

Love this quick video — an inspiring reminder that our fears are most often ONLY in our minds.

TIPS FOR AN UNHAPPY WORKFORCE

jsmith — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:34:14 +0000

Happiness - the anti-leadership edition: Most employees are already Unhappy, so it doesn’t take much effort to nudge them into Insecurity, as well. Here’s a quick reminder of how easy it is to keep your ungrateful subordinates in their place: under your control.

I Don’t Want to be a Superstar; I just want to be ME!

jsmith — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:08:58 +0000

I wish inspirational commercials like this were actually run on television, where they could reach more people and offer positive messages in the media. It’s a minute and a half, and the most powerful message comes right at the end: I don’t want to be a superstar; I want to be better than that. I [...]