In routine problem solving or thinking, there is only one correct answer. The problem is to find it. This leads to convergent thinking – lines of thought that converge on the answer. To be creative, the solution to the problem must be more than novel, unusual, or original. It mustContinue Reading
Happiness, like the cholesterol levels in our body, is a genetically influenced trait. However, just as cholesterol can be influenced by diet and exercise, our happiness, to some extent, is under our control. Understand that money doesn’t buy happiness.Wealth is like health. It’s absence breeds misery, but having wealth doesn’tContinue Reading
Fifty percent of happiness is determined by our genes and totally out of our control, according to Sonya Lyubomirsky, a psychologist a the University of California, Riverside. Ten percent is determined by circumstances, somewhat out of our control, and the final forty percent is determined by our thoughts, actions andContinue Reading
Emotional problems, stress, depression and relationship issues all interfere with our thinking. In order to temporarily escape from these difficulties, people engage in what amount to negative pleasures. Normal, healthy pleasures can also be negative if they become compulsive or habitual. Any pleasure that is taken to extreme is negative.Continue Reading
When someone smiles at you, you almost always smile back at them. It’s actually quite difficult to avoid smiling back. Smiling in itself can make you feel happy. Seeing someone smiling is a sign that they are happy. This made you smile which then made you feel happy. Therefore, smilingContinue Reading
Part 1 The process of fully developing personal potentials is known as self-actualization (Maslow, 1954). The heart of self-actualization is a continual search for personal fulfillment (Ross & Havercamp, 2005). A self-actualizer is a person living creatively and fully, using his or her potentials. Self-actualizers share many similarities whether richContinue Reading
Happiness, like most of our traits, is in part genetically inherited and somewhat under our control. Research gathered over the years favors the following ten ways of improving our happiness: Realizing money can’t buy enduring happiness. Taking control over one’s time. Acting happy. Seeking work and leisure activities that engageContinue Reading
“Know thyself” is one of the foundations of achieving human strength and happiness, according to psychologist Erich Fromm (1900-1980). A lot of time, effort and money is spent by many people in an attempt to find the “self” they feel is most worthy to achieve acceptance and most likely toContinue Reading
By Isha Sadhguru Sadhguru looks at why joy is our fundamental responsibility and answers a common yet pressing question for many: “How to be happy in life.” He gives us 10 tips towards making this a reality. Sadhguru: When you are fundamentally joyous, when you do not have to doContinue Reading
Empathy means having a capacity for taking another person’s point of view, or the ability to feel what someone else is feeling. Empathetic people are good at reading facial expressions, tone of voice, body language and other signs of someone else’s emotion. Empathetic arousal occurs when you feel some ofContinue Reading