A piece in the Wall Street Journal – Is Happiness Overrated? – cites a University of Wisconsin study that the “relentless pursuit of happiness may be doing us more harm than good.” The researchers say that focusing too much on feeling happy can actually reduce happiness. I can’t disagree with that. Happiness can be elusive. […]
Happiness Ranking For US States
There have been a number of articles over the last couple of days about the happiest states in the US with Hawaii coming in at number one. If you want to see the actual data, Gallup has a nice interactive view of the Gallup-Healthways data for 2010, 2009, and 2008: Gallup – State of the […]
Happy People Live Longer
According to a review of more than 160 studies, there is compelling evidence that happy people tend to live longer and have better health than those who aren’t happy. According to University of Illinois professor emeritus of psychology Ed Diener, the author of the review, “We reviewed eight different types of studies, and the general […]
Happiest Careers In The US
Job site CareerBliss.com conducted a survey and found the 10 happiest careers in America. And while money is certainly important to a career, it isn’t the deciding factor in what makes someone happy in their job. It’s more about the people they work with, and how much responsibility they have to make decisions, and so […]
It’s “I Want You To Be Happy Day”
Today is I Want You To Be Happy Day. It’s a day to think of other people’s happiness. A chance to step outside ourselves and wish for the happiness of others. More and more research says we’re often happy when we’re around other happy people. So, increase your happiness power by wishing happiness […]
Breaking A 26-Year Losing Streak
We’ve all had times where it seems nothing goes right. And sometimes those “losing streaks” may go for a few days, a few weeks or even a few months. Usually, though, things turn around and we’re able to move on. Can you imagine having a 26-year losing streak? Can you imagine how it must feel […]
More Happy People
One of the things I try to do here at Your Happiness Power is highlight other sites devoted to happiness. Today, I want to point you to the Secret Society of Happy People. According to its website, the Society’s mission is, “To help people recognize more happiness and encourage them to talk about it.” The […]
Brazil May Add Happiness To Its Constitution
Here in the United States, we’re used to having the “pursuit of happiness” as part of our nation’s founding. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. -US […]
Can You Do Nothing For 2 Minutes?
For many of us (me included), our days are spent with a computer in front of us or close by. Whether we’re working or “relaxing” we often spend hours on the computer – typing, clicking, reading, typing, clicking, reading . . . It becomes a constant state of activity and the only time we actually […]
Happiest Countries In The World
What makes a happy country? Or really, what makes the people in that country happy? To try to determine this, London-based Legatum Institute spent five years measuring the “prosperity” index for 90% of the people in the world. Legatum’s 2010 Prosperity Index ranked 110 countries on 89 variables. Forbes has more details in an article […]
