"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»

Over the past few years, happiness research has attracted the interest of experts from many fields, the most interesting of which might be the statisticians/economists. Arthur Brooks, a top scholar of economics and public policy, tackles the question of "what makes us happy" in his new book "Gross National Happiness" by using reams of data and in the process comes up with some surprising and interesting conclusions. Among them: »more»

Every person and every family has amazing stories that can move us, motivate us, guide us, and tell us who we are. As the author Christina Baldwin notes, "events become real when we organize experience into narrative." The practice of telling stories has been around as long as civilization has itself. Some consider it to be the foundation of being human. »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»

Amy Sherman is a licensed mental health counselor, a blogger, and the author of "Distress-Free Aging: a Boomer's Guide to Creating a Fulfilled and Purposeful Life." "Distress-Free Aging" is a new eBook that promises "simple strategies [to] turn your life around."

As the name implies, the book is aimed at members of the baby boomer generation who are tackling retirement like no generation has ever done before. »more»

At first blush a more accurate title for this book might have been "Commencement Speeches That I've Given Over the Past Thirty Years." Having been a popular speaker at university commencements and other events, Alda found himself with a drawer full of well-written advice that had been doled out over the past three decades which gave him a good starting point for a follow up to his popular "Never H »more»

Cameron Stracher was a typical workaholic attorney putting in long hours and a lengthy commute to finance his lifestyle as well as put money away to one day live the good life. Readers of LifeTwo (or of this book) will recognize the fallacy of this strategy. »more»

"Happier" is the latest book by Harvard professor Tal Ben-Shahar, who teaches the most highly attended course at the university--Positive Psychology. The book distills those lessons into a form that you -- with time and effort -- can use. »more»

What would happen if someone attempted to follow the advice of twenty-nine self-help experts over a 2-year period in an effort to be a happier person? »more»

Marc Freedman's “Encore: Finding Work That Matters In the Second Half of Life” is a detailed analysis about the meaningful work that members of the baby boomer generation are increasingly seeking after leaving their primary careers. Encore careers are a significant social trend that represent a new phase of an individual’s work life. Historically, the author notes, the proverbial goal of aging was to secure freedom from work. Now the goal is to secure meaningful work—that is work that has a sense of purpose. »more»