The pursuit of happiness

Aleks Psych: What area in your life do you need to change?

Smart Alek (Whispering): Communica...

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What makes people happy is learning how to thrive in times of change. Those that try to reject change will be the first to perish. If there is one thing that has been consistent throughout human history, it has been the ever increasing speed of which change occurs. People are afraid of change because the urge to feel comfortable is so strong in many of us. Others love change at the external level. Knowing the latest developments in certain technologies and fashions can be fun. However, when it comes to psychology, what makes people happy is developing the ability to openly embrace the possibility of internal change.

In regards to the psychology of happiness and health, complacency is the equivalent of slow death. Those that aim to maintain are robbing themselves of full rich lives. Refrain from the aim to maintain, for you know you must grow. If you want to know how to live a happier life, you must know what causes happiness. One answer is growth.

If you do not push your muscles, they will erode and weaken regardless of the starting point, and if you do not push your mind, you will erode and weaken regardless of your schooling and education. Growing is what makes people happy. No external challenges, not even the fear of terrible disasters or diseases such as cancer are as scary to me as self-imposed atrophy.

A key factor in what causes happiness is flexibility. What makes people happy is developing the ability to adapt to changing environments, which is the psychology of happiness and the secret of life itself. If you can develop a genuine curiosity and love of learning in regards to yourself with a willingness to experiment with new ideas and approaches in all the important areas of your life, then you will not just become more successful and happier, you will evolve.

I guarantee you that in your life right now there is at least 3 areas where you wish you were performing better in. It may be your relationship, finances, health and fitness, stress management, friendships, spirituality, child-rearing, attitude, emotional control, goal setting, purpose, career, or time-management to name several. The question is not do you want to, but are you open and willing enough to take the necessary steps required to make improvements in your preferred areas?

If the answer is no, then you are on the path of atrophy and you will not be achieving true happiness. You are not open, you are not willing, and you will not be evolving. If the answer is yes, then you understand what causes happiness and you have just planted a seed that if watered correctly will force you to grow beyond what you believed possible. The two questions that then arise are how many areas should I work on and where do I start? I recommend that you start with just one area to begin with, the one that you would most like to change. Then you must develop your love of learning by studying the area intensively and commit to apply the principles you will learn. But here is the biggest secret: find a way to learn in your preferred style and from the most credible sources that you can afford. Some people love reading, some can not stand it. Some prefer audio, or video, or teleseminars, or live seminars, or learning as part of a group or one on one coaching. Perhaps a combination of these types of learning would be most beneficial. What makes people happy when it comes to learning is utilising the right learning format. Whatever you decide, if you immerse yourself in the subject and actively apply what you learn, then you will be on the path to achieving true happiness.

What makes people happy - Thriving in times of change Exercise:Write down what areas of your life you would like to improve in. Rank them in order of importance and select the one you would most like to improve in now. In that area, briefly list what you know about the topic and what you would like to know about the topic. Then plan a budget and consider what styles of learning you would like to participate in. Conduct a local community or internet search into the area of interest, taking special care to look for credible sources by studying the reviews and testimonials. Finally, commit to set aside the time required each week to begin learning and growing by discovering what causes happiness for you.

Aleks Srbinoski is a Clinical and Coaching Psychologist, Company Consultant, Creative Writer and Author, Humorist and Inspirational Motivational Speaker.

He is the Director of Aleks inPsychology, a self-development training company with a mission to guide as many people as possible towards a life of Fulfilling Happiness. His diverse range of professional and personal experiences demonstrate a love for serving people through his extensive Psychology, Creativity and Self Development experience.

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The power of Giving

When was the last time you gave something because the other person did something to make your day? Did you give because you had to, or did you give because you were grateful for their action towards you? And did you give expecting something in return?

When we give we are sending out signals to the universe and attract back what we give out. If we give and don't expect anything in return, then the universe sees this and this activates the Reciprocation Law, the give/receive universe law.

Does it matter what we give? No it does not matter, you will receive back what you give out. If you give away money, you will receive money back. If you give out love, you will receive back love. We receive the same thing back what we give out.

Don't expect what we give to be returned back to us by the person we give to. And also don't expect something in return when we give.This law dosn't work like this. What ever we give out could come back to us from anywhere. Always give with gratitude.

The other interesting thing about this universal law is we receive back 10 times more than we give out. Have you noticed that businesses give away 10% of the money they make? This helps the businesses and the receiptant of their money. This is a win/win situation for the business. They are seen to be helping a worthy cause and the business is receiving back 10 times what they gave away.

Who to we give to to activate this law? Don't give when we fell guilty about giving. Also don't give to anyoney who asks for what we are giving away. Give to anyone we fell gratitude towards for something they have done to lift out spirits.

What if we don't have anything to give. We all have something to give. You could give away this ezine.

Share you stories of giving on our blog.

Bob Doyle - Challenge

I wanted to let you know about something that is happening that you'll be interested in if there's anything in your life that you've been wanting to do or accomplish, but for whatever reason, been unable to do so.



This project is being facilitated by Bob Doyle, who you may know from the movie "The Secret", and more recently, "The Opus", or you may be familiar with his Wealth Beyond Reason program.



In any case, you need to know that Bob is a strong advocate for the power of personatransformation in all areas of life, and he has proven himself able to help thousands of people to do that over the years.



Bob has just announced what he's calling "The Boundless Living" challenge, and it's an extraordinary opportunity for you and anyone else you know to experience the kind of transformation I'm talking about in virtually any area of your life you can imagine.



I won't ramble on here about it because there is a short video that explains everything here:



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Please realize that there is nothing to buy, and there is no fee to be a part of this challenge, and you will have an amazing support system should you decide to take this on.



Check it out. You're going to be hearing a lot more about it from people other than me in the coming days, I'm sure. :)

The Science of Being Great - Wallace D Wattles

This is the first chapter of the Science of Being great

Any Person May Become Great.


Chapter one

There is a Principle of Power in every person. By the intelligent use and direction of this principle, man can develop his own mental faculties. Man has an inherent power by which he may grow in whatsoever direction he pleases, and there does not appear to be any limit to the possibilities of his growth. No man has yet become so great in any faculty but that it is possible for some one else to become greater. The possibility is the Original Substance from which man is made. Genius is Omniscience flowing into man. Genius is more than talent. Talent may merely be one faculty developed out of proportion to other faculties, but genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in connection with a reserve power that is without limit. We do not know where the boundary of the mental powers of man is; we do not even know that there is a boundary.

The power of conscious growth is not given to the lower animals; it is man's alone and may be developed and increased by him. The lower animals can, to a great extent, be trained and developed by man; but man can train and develop himself. He alone has this power, and he has it to an apparently unlimited extent.

The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically and along fixed lines; man can grow as he will. Trees and plants can only develop certain possibilities and characteristics; man can develop any power which is or has been shown by any person, anywhere. Nothing that is possible in spirit is impossible in flesh and blood. Nothing that man can think is impossible in action. Nothing that mancan imagine is impossible of realization.

Man is formed for growth, and he is under the necessity of growing.

It is essential to his happiness that he should continuously advance.

Life without progress becomes unendurable, and the person who ceases from growth must either become imbecile or insane. The greater and more harmonious and well-rounded his growth, the happier man will be.

There is no possibility in any man that is not in every man; but if they proceed naturally, no two men will grow into the same thing, or be alike. Every man comes into the world with a predisposition to grow along certain lines, and growth is easier for him along those lines than in any other way. This is a wise provision, for it gives endless variety. It is as if a gardener should throw all his the bulbs into one basket; to the superficial observer they would look alike, but growth revels a tremendous difference. So of men and women; they are like the basket of bulbs. One may be a rose and add brightness and color to some dark corner of the world; one may be a lily and teach a lesson of love and purity to every eye that sees; one may be a climbing vine and hide the rugged outlines of some dark rock; one may be a great oak among whose boughs the birds shall
nest and sing, and beneath whose shade the flocks shall rest at noon, but every one will be something worth while, something rare, something perfect.

There are undreamed of possibilities in the common lives all around us in a large sense, there are no common people. In times of national stress and peril the cracker-box loafer of the corner store and the village drunkard become heroes and statesmen through the quickening of the Principle of Power within them. There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth. Every village has its great man or woman; some one to whom all go for advice in time of trouble; some one who is instinctively recognized as being great in wisdom and insight. To such a one the minds of the whole community turn in times of local crisis; he is tacitly recognized as being great. He does small things in a great way. He could do great things as well if he did but undertake them; so can any man; so can you. The Principle of Power gives us just what we ask of it; if we only undertake little things, it only gives us power for little things; but if we try to do great things in a great way it gives us all the power there is.

But beware of undertaking great things in a small way; of that we shall speak farther on.

There are two mental attitudes a man may take. One makes him like a football. It has resilience and reacts strongly when force is applied to it, but it originates nothing; it never acts of itself. There is no power within it. Men of this type are controlled by circumstances and environment; their destinies are decided by things external to themselves. The Principle of Power within them is never really active at all. They never speak or act from within. The other attitude makes man like a flowing spring. Power comes out from the centre of him. He has within him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. he radiates force; he is felt by his environment. The Principle of Power in him is in constant action. He is self-active. He hath life in himself.



No greater good can come to any man or woman than to become self-active. All the experiences of life are designed by Providence to force men and women into self-activity; to compel them to cease being creatures of circumstances and master their environment. In his lowest stage, man is the child of chance and circumstance and the slave of fear. His acts are all reactions resulting from the impingement upon him of forces in his environment. He acts only as he is acted upon; he originates nothing. But the lowest savage has within him a Principle of Power sufficient to master all that he fears; and if he learns this and becomes self-active, he becomes as one of the gods.



The awakening of the Principle of Power in man is the real conversion; the passing from death to life. It is when dead hear the voice of the Son of Man and come forth and live. It is the resurrection and the life. When it is awakened, man becomes a son of the Highest and all power is given to him in heaven and on earth.



Nothing was ever in any man that is not in you; no man ever had more spiritual or mental power than you can attain, or did greater things than you can accomplish. You can become what you want to be.




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The Science of Getting Rich - Walace D Walltes

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The 10 percent law or the 10/10 law as it is known.

This law states that if you give away money then you will receive 10 times the amount you gave away. How does this work you may be asking?

When we give money away this creates money streams. You make connections by giving money away. These connections allow more money to flow. The more connection we make, the more money flows. You need to connect up the pipes that will allow money to flow.

Does it matter who we give money to? Of course it matters who we give money to. We don't want to be giving money away to a bottomless pit. Give money away to an organisation is one example. They will take care of your money and not squander the money away. This money will then be used to help someone in need. We could also give money to someone who has been helpfull to us.

When you give money, expect to receive more. Be greatful and happy when we give money away. Don't fell that you have less money. You should plan to give 10 percent of your money away. We call this the 10 percent rule, or the 10/10 rule. Give away 10 percent and expect to receive 10 times the amount you gave away.

The person or the organisation we gave money to, may not be the source of the money that is returned. Don't expect the money to come back from where we gave the money to. Also don't expect to win the money back. But expect the unexpected. Money will come back to you from the least unlikley source sometimes. Maybe there is someone who owes you money, that you have forgotten about. But be certain that money will come back to you, it may just take some time for the money to return.

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Top 3 Criteria In Goal Setting

Goal setting is one of the most powerful tools that you can ever use to achieve the things that you want in your life. When you set your goals, you are somehow creating objectives for yourself, you are actually put in more energy and focus into making your goals come true.

This is the reason goal setting works and it works wonder if you make good use of it. The problem with most people is that they do not know how to set empowering goals that will keep going. Below are the top 3 criteria in goal setting that you must follow in order to achieve your goals…

1. Your goals must be as specific as possible and you must include a deadline for your goals. Remember, be as specific as possible. If you want to be rich, how much do you want to earn and how much do you want to accumulate? If you want to own a sport car, what color, what model and when are you going to own it? The more specific the better because it allows your mind to picture it vividly and focus to get it.

2. You must write down your goals. This is a common step that most people will not do. If you are serious in achieving your goals, you must do this. If you are not writing down your goals, they will remain as dreams. So write down your goals on a piece of paper right now and paste this paper somewhere you can see often. You have to do so, to constantly remind yourself about your goals.

3. Take at least 3 action steps that will bring you closer to your goal each and everyday. Most people fail to achieve their goal because once they wrote down their goal, they do nothing about it. It is not like after you have written down your goal and everything will come true automatically. Goal setting is not a magic wand; you need to put in action to make your goals come true.

These are the top 3 criteria that your goals must have. Remember, you must write down your goals and be as specific as possible. And don’t forget to take massive of action to make your goals come true.

If you are serious in achieving what you really want in your life, goal setting is the right tool for you. I’m going to share with you the 3 phases of Goal Setting Activities, you are about to discover the real and guaranteed strategies how to achieve your goals.

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