If you're ready to think over some big ideas about happiness and aging, here's a website that can get you started in twenty minutes. »more»

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»

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»

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»