Tag: happiness

How much money is the ideal amount of wealthy?

24 November 2015

We're taught that annual salary/'the amount of wealth' we have is something that matters, so if we're going to devote our lives towards working towards something, it makes sense to think about it carefully. If you say "Would you like to be richer?" to people, most people will easily answer "yes". Ask people – "How […]

Create Fun and A Little Weirdness

27 July 2014

This is a post from my My 20-day Zappos + Buffer Values Challenge "Create Fun and A Little Weirdness"? This is an unusual value, but I like it a lot. It kind of has the effect of celebrating diversity and, in an organisational context, highlights that it's an organisation of real people. One of the […]

Howto cheat at life: Learn to be positive

15 June 2012

I recently came across this very entertaining TEDx talk. Take a look: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M Shawn Achor – "The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance" As you can hear, being happy makes a massive difference. It's possible to predict how successful 75% of people will be, not based on their IQ, but how happy they are. […]