Monthly Archives: January 2015

From the Web: The Road to Happiness

18 Sunday Jan 2015

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By John Reich and Ed Diener. Psychology Today. July 01, 1994.

happy Happiness, ventured William James, the noted 19th century philosopher/psychologist, is reflected in the ratio of one’s accomplishments to one’s aspirations. This suggests, of course, that when it comes to feeling happy in our lives, we can choose one of two paths: continually add to our list of accomplishments–or lower our expectations.

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From the Web: Ten tips to boost your confidence at work

10 Saturday Jan 2015

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By Robert Kelsey, The Globe and Mail, Published: May 2013

confWork is where confidence matters most. It can make or break us – meaning that if we develop poor confidence at work, reversing it is a must. There’s nothing innate about poor confidence. It comes from negative thoughts and experiences. To develop workplace confidence, therefore, we simply need to replace this negativity with positive thinking and actions.

Easier said than done? Sure. But here are 10 tips to set your thinking in the right direction.

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Outliers: Success According to Malcolm Gladwell

02 Friday Jan 2015

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being-different  Firstly, I should start by noting that Malcolm Gladwell had done it again. I highly recommend this book. It is simply a must-read. It offers some quite interesting and unique insight into how “geniuses” are made (that’s right, not born), how they rise to success and how being very smart is simply not enough in life to get fame and fortune.
Malcolm Gladwell’s idea is quite straight forward: “People don’t rise from nothing.” There is always someone or something that has helped them on the way up–parenting style, life circumstances, lucky coincidences.

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