Episodes
Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
JumpStart HAPPY THOUGHTS
Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
Happy people use their thoughts to reframe difficulties into challenges. They seek out what they can learn in difficult situations and how they can grow through them.
Monday Jan 19, 2015
JumpStart COUNTING THE BAD
Monday Jan 19, 2015
Monday Jan 19, 2015
Many times, we think that our lives are bad simply because we're experiencing a handful of bad things. Make a commitment to count the bad things in your life and THEN count the good things. You'll see you have much more to be happy about than you thought.
Sunday Jan 18, 2015
JumpStart HABITS
Sunday Jan 18, 2015
Sunday Jan 18, 2015
Habits are the result of three things: Cues, Behavior and Rewards. You can make anything habitual by combining these 3.
Saturday Jan 17, 2015
JumpStart YOUR HAPPYSTAT
Saturday Jan 17, 2015
Saturday Jan 17, 2015
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.
Friday Jan 16, 2015
JumpStart THE FORMULA
Friday Jan 16, 2015
Friday Jan 16, 2015
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 you look forward to the opportunity you will feel happier than you can imagine.
Friday Jan 16, 2015
JumpStart SETTING YOUR COMPASS
Friday Jan 16, 2015
Friday Jan 16, 2015
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.
Friday Jan 16, 2015
JumpStart BENEVLOENT HAPPINESS
Friday Jan 16, 2015
Friday Jan 16, 2015
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.
Friday Jan 16, 2015
JumpStart MAVERICKS
Friday Jan 16, 2015
Friday Jan 16, 2015
Who was assigned to write the Declaration of Independence? If you said, "Thomas Jefferson," you'd be wrong. Jefferson was part of a committee assigned the task but Jefferson took the lead and made it happen. Don't let the action or inaction of others dictate what you will do!
Friday Jan 16, 2015
JumpStart 5 THANK YOU'S A DAY
Friday Jan 16, 2015
Friday Jan 16, 2015
In his book "Thanks!: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier," Dr. Robert Emmons of the University of California Davis cites research he conducted into the powerful effects of gratitude on happiness. A group of students was asked to write down just 5 things, everyday, for which they were grateful. At the end of 10 weeks, the students reported being a whopping 25% happier.
Monday Jan 12, 2015
Meditation (Dharma Talk)
Monday Jan 12, 2015
Monday Jan 12, 2015
In this episode Will describes the most important thing in the Universe.