Randy Pausch passed away yesterday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. Pausch was the terminally ill computer science professor whose poignant farewell lecture at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University became a viral video phenomenon and then a best-selling book (see link below). He symbolized living life to the fullest. »more»

"The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work" is Jon Gordon's fictional story about how to turn complaints into "solutions, innovations, and success." Though not based on an actual company, it was inspired by the successes one organization had eliminating rampant complaining. »more»

According to a newly published report, money can buy happiness but not in the way that you might think. Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School found that spending money on others makes people happier than if they spend it on themselves. »more»

David and I have one chick left in the nest. He graduates from high school on June 8, 2008. And I am marking the days. I keep a gigantic calendar and mark a red X each day. For my son's sake (and to avoid horrified looks from house guests), I keep the calendar between the mattresses of my bed. »more»

This crisis I've been in has forced me to take a good hard look at things. »more»

The topic "Happiness" is of critical importance for people in middle age and thus a focus of LifeTwo. If you are not proactive about being happy then you run the risk of one day hitting a wall and being angry at everyone and everything in the world that you deem is blocking your joy. »more»

No one wants to be unhappy so there is little debate in the benefits of moving from an unhappy state to a happier one. But is this true if you are already basically happy (say you are moderately happy or content)? In other words, if you consider yourself already happy should you continue to consume self-help books, DVDs and seminars in hopes of moving up another wrung on the happiness ladder? Are there any downsides to being even more happy? On the surface these seem like silly and rhetorical questions but »more»

I found this free ebook on the Law of Attraction. It seems pretty good to me. It's a good mixture of theoretical and practical. It does have some good suggestions about how to put the Law of Attraction to use. Worth a read.
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According to at least one author the past four decades the concepts of Empowerment and Entitlement have produced "the most coddled generation in American history". Steve Salerno is the author of "SHAM: How the Self Help Movement Made America Helpless" and »more»

My husband and I separated Oct 2006 - in Nov 2006 we started to sleep together again, and the sex was better than it had been in years, he called me every other night and talked about everything, that we hadn't talked about in years. After, 10 months of this, he has totally cut me off. He is now dating a 29 year old and going away with her for weekends and for New years. »more»

One of the stresses of middle age is the pressure we put on ourselves asking if we are as happy as we should be. We feel that by the midpoint in our life we should be doing well in our careers, relationships, finances and just about everything else, all resulting in unprecedented bliss. »more»

Maybe you’re like me and have attended a lot of seminars. Perhaps some of these have been personal-growth workshops. After taking a bunch of them, you realize you can design a lot of the activite yourself. If you are a good student, you see that you don’t really need someone else to design the processes and led you through them. You can do this for yourself. »more»

You had an instant, magical, mutual connection. On the first date you both expressed how attracted you were to the other, and how much you enjoyed your time together. He kissed you on the cheek during dinner, showing that he was a gentleman — not assuming privileges too soon. »more»

Today would have been my twenty-second wedding anniversary. I think it is important to reminisce about long-term relationships gone awry as one would at a memorial of a difficult person. Not dwell on the downs, but the ups. Paint a picture of what was added to your life as a result, not what was stripped. »more»

A provocative study on aging and emotional stability was published last summer in the Journal of Neuroscience and reported in the Los Angeles Times. In short it found that healthy, older people "are less bothered by things and are more in control of their reactions to fear." »more»