JumpStart YOUR HAPPYSTAT

Think of your level of happiness being controlled by a thermostat-like controller. You are the one who sets the level. Here’s a way to make your happiness level automatically happier. Enjoy Today, Will

JumpStart THE FORMULA

Consider this formula: Good Deed   x   Anticipation   =   Happiness^2. What this means is that doing a good deed makes us happy AND anticipating something makes us happy, so combine the two: Make an absolute commitment to do something nice for someone today and, as...

JumpStart SETTING YOUR COMPASS

Every morning, my mother would read the Bible to, as she said, “realign her compass.” Having routines and rituals that make you feel attuned with God and with others helps you make sure you’re on course. Enjoy Today, Will

JumpStart BENEVOLENT HAPPINESS

Novelist Jacqueline Carey put it well, “It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others.” Therefore, one of the greatest motivators to becoming happier is so that you will live more compassionately....