Happiness

Tim McLaughlin on July 25th, 2011

According to a University of Michigan researcher being optimistic and happy may reduce your risk of a stroke: Optimism may lower stroke risk To your happiness!    

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Tim McLaughlin on June 1st, 2011

According to Plan Your Way to Less Stress, More Happiness in Time you can reduce your stress through planning.  And as we’ve learned before, less stress can help create more happiness. A survey of 3,000 people around the world found that 25% of our happiness comes from how well we manage stress. The article also [...]

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Tim McLaughlin on April 24th, 2011

TIPs — Tim’s Interesting Picks Each Sunday, I list some interesting things I found on the Web during the previous week: Are You Willing to Fight for Happiness? To your happiness!

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Tim McLaughlin on April 17th, 2011

TIPs — Tim’s Interesting Picks Each Sunday, I list some interesting things I found on the Web during the previous week: Can Change Bring Happiness? The Science of Happiness This is Your Brain on Happiness To your happiness! This is Your Brain on Happiness

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Tim McLaughlin on April 13th, 2011

“There’s just not enough time to get everything done.” Do you find yourself saying those words a lot? I do.  I can’t count how many times during a week when I have those thoughts.  Too much to do and not enough time.  I’ve struggled with time management for years.  I’ve tried a variety of different [...]

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Tim McLaughlin on April 10th, 2011

TIPs — Tim’s Interesting Picks Each Sunday, I list some interesting things I found on the Web during the previous week: Words on Happiness 10 Tips To Start Your Day With Happiness Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness…or Does It? To your happiness!    

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Tim McLaughlin on April 6th, 2011

Alexander Davies is a PhD student at Cambridge University. One of the projects he’s working on is a system to determine happiness around the world based on people’s Twitter feeds. At this point, Germany seems to be the happiest country in the world. Twitter World Happiness Map To your happiness!    

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Tim McLaughlin on April 5th, 2011

Recently, my friend Judy McNutt posted the headline above as her status on Facebook.  It got me thinking about how great it would be to see that headline in the news someday. With all the things going on in the world, and the real headlines we see every day, it’s hard to imagine a day [...]

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Tim McLaughlin on April 3rd, 2011

TIPs — Tim’s Interesting Picks Each Sunday, I list some interesting things I found on the Web during the previous week: The secrets of happiness Find happiness in the past, present and future 10 Happiness and Success Tip The Pursuit of Happiness When Someone You Love Is Unhappy To your happiness!

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Tim McLaughlin on March 31st, 2011

There was a commercial that was running recently pitching “non-monetary value” coins.  The coins were some kind of commemorative items – frankly I really don’t remember much about the coins.  A line in that commercial, though, caught my ear.  In trying to get viewers to act quickly, the voiceover said, “Avoid future regret.” That line [...]

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