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X – eXcel your eXcitement
X eXcel your eXcitement Do you get excited by your life? Are you glad to be alive? Have you even thought about it or does it take something else to trigger a thankfulness to even be alive? Maybe watching something tragic on the news like the recent earthquake in Haiti, or hearing of a […]
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Do Happy: Stop Explaining
You feel frustrated about your progress toward your goals, so you tell your friends about the odds stacked against you. You don’t want them to think you’re a failure. You feel unusually anxious before a performance evaluation so you tell your coworker about everything that’s riding on this promotion. You don’t want her to think […]
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Do Happy: Forget Yourself
“When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.” ~Sue Patton Theole Whether you’re talking to your mother or your coworker, odds are you don’t always give your complete attention without formulating thoughts of your own. Even the most Zen person sometimes waits to talk instead of really listening. It happens […]
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Do Happy: Let Go
“Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong—sometimes it’s letting go.” ~Unknown Maybe your life doesn’t look like you want it, but you’re not sure how to change it, or even if you can—so you feel hopeless, frustrated, and even a little bitter. Or maybe someone hurt you so deeply you don’t know […]