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What Is, Is

By David Ambrose · Comments (0)
Sunday, January 30th, 2011

Are you one of those people who have a lot of trouble accepting things you are not happy with? Do you spend time wishing that things were different? Do you often say things like: “I just don’t understand why…blah, blah, blah…(fill in the blank)?”

The truth is, that there are things that we just cannot change or easily influence directly ourselves. The weather, someone else’s actions or words, to mention just two…or is that three? Sometimes, something just is the way it is.

I have often found that a particular situation I have resisted later turns    … » Continued – Read More »

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Good Selfishness

By David Ambrose · Comments (1)
Monday, January 17th, 2011

Good SelfishnessWhen we are young, we are taught that we should not be selfish, that we should put the needs of others before our own. This can (and often has) lead to a situation where someone sacrifices his or her dreams and ambitions to help someone else achieve theirs out of fear of being labelled “selfish.”

In my book, Your Life Manual: Practical Steps to Genuine Happiness, I coined the term “Good Selfishness” to make the point that each of us are important, that we should selfishly look after    … » Continued – Read More »

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Make Someone Happy

By David Ambrose · Comments (2)
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Make Someone HappyNext time, we are going to talk about you. This week, let’s focus on others. It is a well-known fact that doing something for another person rewards both parties.

I cannot explain how or why this works; I can only confirm that from my experience, it does.

Try it this week. Do something out of the ordinary for someone you would not usually help:    … » Continued – Read More »

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Persistence

By David Ambrose · Comments (0)
Friday, December 10th, 2010

This Happiness Minute is about persistence. While on the subject, let me urge you to persist in reading these Happiness Minutes!

Your mind may tell you that they are not doing any good, but they will if you give them a chance – trouble is, although you may have a couple of “Ah-Ha!” moments, the change you experience is likely to be gradual, it will creep up on you, so be persistent.

In life, it is important to be persistent too. If we start something, and it is worth doing (why else would you start it anyway) you should not    … » Continued – Read More »

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Just What Is Happiness?

By David Ambrose · Comments (8)
Sunday, December 5th, 2010

Welcome to this, the first of your Happiness Minutes! I’m glad you joined me, because I know that you deserve more happiness than you feel right now.

Let’s start off, at the beginning, by getting a grasp on real, genuine happiness. What it is and what it isn’t. My favourite description of happiness has been repeated in various versions in songs, poems, on the Internet and probably every other communication medium available.

So what is real, genuine happiness?

In a nutshell, it is when you    … » Continued – Read More »

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