I am a much
happier person when I have balance.
Not exact matches
«Past research has found that
people grow steadily
happier as they age from adolescence to older adulthood, with happiness peaking
when people reach their 60s and 70s; the moodiness of youth subsides, and maturity brings more contentment.
With video, your goal is to get certain desirable
people (who fit your target market) familiar with your brand and think
happy thoughts about you so that later,
when they do need to buy the stuff you sell, they'll give you preference.
When you have so many
people using software, it can be hard to make everyone
happy.
People are, therefore, theoretically not only more careful with what they use, but they are also
happy to substitute lower - cost technology
when it helps save water.
And
when we collectively move on, the
people who create a lot of the content touting this technology never take a moment to reflect on our collective obsession with technology and whether any of it is actually making human beings
happier, healthier, smarter, or better off.
While it's recommended that
people get seven to nine hours of sleep every night, it turns out there's a sweet spot
when it comes to getting the right amount of sleep to put you at your
happiest.
Therefore, the key is not necessarily to immediately force
people to act as if they're
happy when they're devastated, but rather promote an overall culture and community that accepts failure as a means to self - improvement.
People are
happy to spend their money
when they see there's more value in having your product than in having their money.
My local colleagues and friends were
happy to recommend the best bookstores to do readings, and the same
people became my grassroots advocates
when it came to hyping up my events.
Managers spend lots of time trying to figure out how to keep their employees
happy, but
when it comes to sales
people they tend to think of things strictly in monetary terms.
When Herb Sizemore was CEO of Kansas Communications, in Lenexa, Kans. (he recently sold the company), he kept a file of all the «
People on the Move» columns in his local paper and called people a year after they'd taken a new job to see if they were happy with their situ
People on the Move» columns in his local paper and called
people a year after they'd taken a new job to see if they were happy with their situ
people a year after they'd taken a new job to see if they were
happy with their situation.
The idea of a successful human being, and a successful entrepreneur and a
happy person, is a
person who responds to things
when things change, who flows along the opportunity that is presented and then reviews the plans and continues to evolve and improve.
When you realize you aren't so different or «special» after all, it's a lot easier to be
happy with the
people around you — and
happy with yourself.
In a review co-authored in 2011 by Yale psychologist June Gruber, researchers found that the pursuit of happiness can actually lead to negative outcomes — not because surrounding yourself with positive
people, mastering a skill, smiling, getting therapy or practicing self - governance aren't conducive to happiness, in and of themselves, but because «
when you're doing it with the motivation or expectation that these things ought to make you
happy, that can lead to disappointment and decreased happiness.»
One day we realised OK it's actually annoying
when people send us new music they're working on
when that should be like a really
happy moment.»
While he doesn't encourage
people to simply quit something they aren't
happy with, both the experience of attending law school
when he wasn't really committed and the experience of quitting almost immediately taught him an important lesson.
Despite some companies recalling employees to the office, the overall trend is rising, in part because science shows
people are more productive and
happier when they work from home.
When I'm aware that I'm not having a
happy day, simply telling
people that helps, because otherwise they can take it personally.
When people are living from passion they tend to be fulfilled,
happy, healthy and love everyone around them.
When you take the time to show your
people you care — in a variety of ways — they are going to be
happier, more engaged in their jobs, and more productive.
People usually are
happiest when they are doing work that aligns with their core principles — elements like honesty, for example.
When looking at the data we saw that
people with a lower IQ were less likely to be
happier because of higher levels of socio - economic disadvantage such as lower income.
When you realize you aren't so different or special after all, it's a lot easier to be
happy with the
people around you — and with yourself.
«
When you're using a common resource, you have a responsibility to the
people who use the resources — to better the communities, to make sure the
people have good lives, that they're
happy.»
People are «
happiest when they were just talking to one another,
when they gardened, knitted, or were involved in a hobby,» he explains, citing his research and noting that all of these activities «demand a relatively high investment of psychic energy.»
We thought,
when you walk into a pharmacy, what's the name of the
person behind the counter that you're
happy to see?
Happier people know
when to check out and
when to sit up and pay attention.
Happy people know that there's value in staying curious - even
when it's easier to look away.
A
happy team is a productive team, and
when people believe in their leader, they'll go to war for him.
And
when the phone rang, most callees were
happy to give a few minutes of their time and their opinions to the
person on the other end of the line.
«Don't determine that you're going to be
happy when you get the new car or the big promotion or
when you meet that special
person,» explains John.
Another way of looking at it is that extroverts are
people who associate happiness with excitement, whereas introverts are
happiest when at peace.
«Some of the hotel
people weren't too
happy when we suddenly had 13,000 guest rooms and couldn't fill them,» acknowledges a government official.
When it comes to employee satisfaction, it's not just the perks that keep
people happy.
Given that most founders are nice
people who like to help out their pals, and their friends are cool folks who are
happy to talk and tweet about their awesome experience at a new establishment, it makes perfect sense for friends to get a deal
when they come in to a buddy's business, right?
Stephen Covey, the author of «7 Habits of Highly Effective
People,» said, «Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.&
People,» said, «Instead, I have an abundance mentality:
When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.&
people are genuinely
happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.»
«
People are most
happy when they're developing.»
Unless you're Michael Jordan playing minor league baseball,
people are
happiest and most productive
when they are doing what they do best.
When people have the freedom to make decisions, they're generally
happier.
When people are
happy and empowered to do their best work in an environment of trust and autonomy, productivity and effectiveness soars.
Based on Facebook's internal research and outside studies, he said that
people are generally
happier and have a better «well - being»
when they use social media to connect «with
people we care about.»
His data, which was compiled from 650,000 real time reports from more than 15,000
people, showed that
people are significantly less
happy when they let their minds wander, compared to
when they focus on what they're currently doing, even if what they're doing is something mundane like commuting.
«And yet even
when people are thinking about something neutral, they're still considerably less
happy than
when they're not mind - wandering at all.
And, what happens
when people work hard and are
happy?
When people practice their signature strengths it makes them
happier.
«The reason is to create a mental habit so that
when you see someone, your first thought is, «I want this
person to be
happy.»
When people are confident, «they feel
happier and use our stuff more, and that's what we're tying to achieve» says Cross.
So
when one
person gets a raise, it might make him
happy, but it'll make other
people jealous.»
One word that makes us
happy: Progress [21:21] We grow because that helps us give more — share it with someone you love, it magnifies it [22:04] More excited about feeding one billion
people than any material thing, so much more meaning
when it's not just about you [22:19] The challenge is our brain: it's looking for what's wrong, because that helps you survive [22:30] Peak state = high energy, feel extraordinary, producing results is easy [22:46] Low energy state = say things and do things that hurt your relationship [23:39] Peak State = Beautiful state, Low - energy state = suffering state [24:08] Over achievers don't suffer, right?