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Does Money Buy Happiness? New Research Says Maybe

PowerMeUp — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:52:15 +0000

The common scientific answer to the question, does money buy happiness, has been no. Study after study has shown that once your basic needs are met and you are not living in poverty, more money does not make you happier. Doctors Norton (Harvard Business School), Dunn and Aknin (both at University of British Columbia) wondered if the issue was not that money couldn’t buy happiness but that people simply weren’t spending it in the right way to make themselves happier.

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How to Be Happy Your Way in 3 Simple Steps

PowerMeUp — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:31:24 +0000

Forget rainbows and lollipops! How can you be happy now at a level of comfort for you? Many seek happiness from others or from things – all so unpredictable. But realizing how much control you can have over your own happiness – your own life – can be exhilarating!

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Congratulations – You Admit That You Procrastinate

PowerMeUp — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:59:57 +0000

Great, you have decided to stop living in denial and admit that you have a problem called procrastination. You realize that procrastination is a real killer- of a good life. Success and long term happiness comes when you DO something and not when you push off doing things and “hope for the best”. Keep on reading and discover some proven strategies that successful people have used to conquer procrastination.

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Let Your Pain Bring You Happiness

PowerMeUp — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:03:16 +0000

We all want to find a way to be happier, right? Have you ever thought that maybe in order to bring about changes in our life, we must associate extreme pain to not doing what we need to do? This is a great way to motivate you to make changes toward what you know is going to bring you pleasure.

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How Much Can Your Memory Remember?

PowerMeUp — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:57:33 +0000

The power of your memory is absolutely astonishing and should be considered and studied attentively. An increase in memory can have a tremendous impact on your success, finances, and happiness.

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Let the Bad Times Roll – How Positive Psychology Can Help Business

PowerMeUp — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:24:41 +0000

Business leaders seem to be reluctant to talk about the value of positive psychology in the workplace during the economic recession. On the one hand, it’s understandable to not be discussing happiness and positive things when people are losing their jobs. On the other hand, this is exactly the time for positive psychology to be used, to dispel the myth about “fluffy happy thoughts.”

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Beliefs, Values and Feelings: If Money Can’t Buy You Happiness, What Can?

PowerMeUp — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:17:38 +0000

If money can’t buy you happiness, what beliefs, values and feelings might contribute to a feeling of contentment? As communism, psychiatry, philosophy, medicine and prosperity portray their failings in providing any sign of lasting happiness, we need, the author concludes, to look elsewhere. And where better to look for an abiding sense of being thankful to be alive than in the Easter story, itself? This DIY article will help you to achieve the joy you yearn for.

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When You Felt Things Just Couldn’t Get Any Better – They Do? They Did!

PowerMeUp — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:33:52 +0000

I was reading an interesting book on the subject of the Law of Attraction. How we attract what we get by the way we feel. If we feel lack, we attract more lack (I know that’s not a good way of putting it but you understand what I mean) and if we feel abundant in anything we attract more of that, be it joy, happiness, wealth etc. Which seems to make sense if you can remember when you felt things just couldn’t get any better ~ they do? They did!

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How to Benefit From Using SMERTIE Goals

PowerMeUp — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:03:28 +0000

SMERTIE goals can benefit your life and bring you happiness and balance. When you write SMERTIE goals using positive language and using the present tense you can make them vibrant and resonant. When you achieve your initial goals it will be exciting and empowering and you will be able to use these positive feelings to achieve even more success – time to set new goals!

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The Quickest Route to Achieving Happiness

PowerMeUp — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:05:33 +0000

“The path is paved with good intentions.” However, learning how to be the driver, and NOT the path, in your life is the fastest way to achieve happiness and peace. Here’s a few tips to get you started today. Enjoy!

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