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“The Flash of Insight, The Grand Gesture, The Rousing Speech, The Last Straw. All of these are doppelgangers of The Big Thing, which too many of us wait for to come along and change our lives. The secret is, of course, that it’s not coming. Worse, by waiting for The Big Thing, you could let … Continue reading Paragraph of the Day: “The Big Thing”
Charles Murray recently gave a thought-provoking speech at the American Enterprise Institute. Murray is best known for his controversial book, “The Bell Curve,” which asserted that there were differences in intelligence between genetically different groups. That fact alone might cause some to ignore his speech, which would be unfortunately, since it speaks to the very … Continue reading The Danger Of Generous Safety Nets: Why The European Model Destroys The Soul
Image courtesy of madonna-pix …Mindset. My pal Ben just posted his thoughts on Joseph Epstein’s “Ambition.” In it, Epstein tackles our ambivalence towards ambition: “In the modern world, and especially in America, a new distinction, a cruel twist, has been added: not to succeed means to fail. Leaving aside for a moment what it is … Continue reading What Makes Ambition Good Or Evil Is…
Photo courtesy of babileta From childhood, I’ve always thought of myself as lucky. Good things seemed to come my way, and bad things stayed away. At Stanford, I even adopted a special t-shirt as a lucky talisman. Whenever I wore it, no matter how dire the circumstances, I always seemed to be be able to … Continue reading The Four Secrets of Lucky People
“What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.” –Colette Thanks to Gretchen Rubin for the pointer.
“Peak experiences are great, but it’s the accumulation of mildly positive events that produce lasting happiness.” —Sonja Lyubomirsky
This is a nearly perfect post. I excerpt only to provide a teaser…you should really read the whole thing. Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use … Continue reading The Bank
Are you ready? 1) Get enough sleep2) Have more sex. The University of Michigan reports that getting an extra hour of sleep per night has more impact on your happiness than an extra $60,000 per year. I guess I’m on to something when I tell people that if I were a billionaire, I’d take more … Continue reading Two Simple Steps To Feel Like You’re Making An Extra $110,000 Per Year
“Dare to be wise! Begin now. The man who puts off the day when he will live rightly is like the peasant who waits for the river to drain away. But it flows on, and will flow on for ever.”–Horace(Hat tip: Gretchen Rubin)
In this week’s Ask The Harvard MBA post, I tackle the serious question of whether contentment is incompatible with striving for success. “I have friends who are never content and are always paranoid, and whose self-inflicted misery makes them extremely successful and productive workaholics. I was chatting with one of them yesterday; I asked him … Continue reading How can a person strive for success and excellence while simultaneously trying to be content?