Why We Can’t Predict Future Happiness: the Hedonic Treadmill
Have you ever found yourself daydreaming about a day, perhaps not too far in the future, where you’ve finally gotten something you really want and …
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Yes, Be Yourself: In Defense of Authenticity
Over the weekend I saw a NY Times op ed article pop up in my RSS feed (yes, I maintain an RSS feed) that rebuts the idea …
Motivation and Authenticity: Old Bedfellows
For all of my interest in both motivation and authenticity, I was stunned to realize in reading a book about con artists (of all things) …
The Forever Fat Kid: Identity and Growth, Part 2
So you’ve grown up overweight, awkward, unpopular, healthy or not, but now you’ve reached a point where you’re different. And you’re probably struggling to change …
The Forever Fat Kid: Identity and Growth, Part 1
People change all the time. You can think of life as a process of becoming. But one of the funny things about identity, as a …
Shonda Rhimes Joins The Authenticity-Is-Happiness Club
I recently talked a bit about the book Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by …
Saying Yes and Saying No: A Purpose-Guided Agenda
In further evidence that I’m a product of my era, I decided to read Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun …
Does Habit Tie Us Down or Set Us Free?
Habits can set people free, in some ways. By automating desired behavior patterns, we can make it easier to accomplish goals without conscious daily effort. …
Resolutions for the New Year (NOT New Year’s Resolutions!): Mind, Body, Soul
For the last couple of years, I’ve had some defined goals beginning in January. I wouldn’t call them New Year’s resolutions–in fact, I think that …
Reshaping the “Mood Elevator”
I recently completed a training for work that used a concept called the “mood elevator” to explain the emotions people might feel during the work …