I’ve caught a nasty flu and as I’m writing this post, my body is doing everything it can to become healthy again. Looking on the bright side of it all, I have quite a lot of time to catch up with my blogs, to read some great books and to come up with more self improvement ideas.
Keep a positive attitude towards life, no matter how negative the situation may seem.
Despite my sickness, I try not to think about the state of my health at all. I know very well that I’m improving and that by Sunday I’ll be in perfect shape, so there’s no reason to concentrate on my problems.
Choose on what to focus your thoughts – on problems, on important issues or on solutions. But always try to maintain a positive attitude, as it will help you stay calm and make the right decisions.
Just wanted to share an amazing presentation at TED with you. Cognitive researcher Nancy Etcoff looks at happiness, the ways we try to achieve and increase it, the way it’s untethered to our real circumstances, and its surprising effect on our bodies.
It turns out that antidepressants leave you in a never ending cycle. Once you’ve started taking them, you’re bound to need them again so as to feel happy. I’m glad I’ve never resulted to such type of happiness boosters.
Money can buy happiness as much as income causes satisfaction when it’s higher and depression when it’s lower. But love of money leads to forgetting the real pleasures of life. Quite a nice insight into the world of happiness in our bodies and minds, isn’t it?
This post is part of the series where I share interesting articles from the archives each first or second Friday of the month. I wish you a lucky and pleasant day.
This friday’s topic is getting real. Sometimes we need to ask some simple questions and make quick decisions that influence our whole lives. So thinking rationally and getting real about it is quite vital.
Complain as little as possible. It’s the easiest thing you can do to become a nicer person who respects others and who doesn’t bother them with his problems.
It also helps you build a more positive attitude towards everyday life that influences your actions and other people’s state of mind. You know that’s not a secret, but people tend to like others who don’t complain and who are more convinced of their own power and possibilities.
Scientists have proved that less complaining lowers your stress levels and increases your happiness mood. So, please, in your sake and the sake of the people who you value, complain less.
