Tag: happiness

  • 3 tips for ensuring a happy weekend

    Most people work about 5 days a week and can’t wait to get a break on the weekend. But, when it’s all done, did you have a happy weekend? Do you wonder how you really could have ensured a happy weekend as a springboard to a great week? An article in Business Insider gives 13…

  • Find your stillness right now.

    The mind is like a stormy ocean. The surface is constantly agitated, constantly agitated. We get caught up in the surface. But, if we go just a little below the surface of the turbulent waves, there is deep calm. Right now, go below your mind and just pay attention to your breath. Yes, pay attention…

  • Our human social “mask” shows up in commercials! (video)

    I’m currently doing research on the “masks” we wear for success. The word “personality” comes from the Ancient Roman word “persona” which was the word for the mask a stage actor wore. Thus, our “personality” is the mask we wear in the world. Words have a lot of power and insight in them. Yes, we…

  • Stop comparing.

    The ego-mind, almost by definition, is that comparison voice in everyone’s head. It’s what we notice in the recent oddity of Charlie Sheen or Donald Trump. For those men, they probably have a Superiority Complex (comparison of how superior they are). Most people have an Inferiority Complex. Either way, it’s the inner voice that is…

  • What is “compassion”?

    One simple definition of compassion comes from the Dalai Lama: Others, just as I do, have the right to be happy and overcome suffering. It is on the basis of respect. This week, notice if you have genuine compassion. The true state of love, of happiness, is this deep compassion. And notice, this compassion includes…