Raise your standards regarding every aspect of your life, including the thoughts in your mind.
Taking control of the thoughts that linger in your mind is a master key to happiness. Raise the standard of the quality of thinking that you do. Commit to making these thoughts as positive and constructive.
While you are at it, commit to raising [...]

PicktheBrain presents 10 Ways to Enrich Your Life by Learning Something New posted at Pick the Brain.

Tupelo Kenyon presents Work? Just a Job or Visible Love? posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, “Do you love what you do and do what you love? Here’s a step-by-step method on how to put your passions to work [...]

A few days ago I read, in the context of exercise, that energy expenditure is quality of life.
A doctor was talking about the positive effects of an active lifestyle and then said that the more active you are, the higher your quality of life. 
I have been intrigued by this statement ever since because energy [...]

Welcome to the July 8, 2007 edition of happiness carnival.

John Wesley presents How To Become a Highly Productive Night Owl posted at Pick the Brain.

Eduardo presents Are happy people stupid? posted at Truthteller.

Roger Haeske presents How A Fool Idea Doubled My Productivity posted at Raw Food Diet, Bodyweight Fitness and Peak Performance [...]

 
Being happy requires that you manage your focus.
In the universe there are an infinite number of facts that you can concentrate on. And, for every fact, there are an infinite number of perspectives that you can bring to your attention.
The facts that you must consider every day are not totally under your control. There [...]