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For me, meditation's hard bec...

For me, meditation's hard because I feel like I have developed 'cultural attention-deficit disorder,' where, because we have so much stimulation, I feel like I have trouble focusing on things for very long. So when I try to meditate, my brain gets so scattered.

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As we got more interested in ...

As we got more interested in time management and productivity, we lost the individual, and with that individual loss, we lost happiness as well. So I think the world has actually been malnourished as we've focused so much on productivity and ignored happiness and meaning to our own detriment.

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Waiting to be happy limits ou...

Waiting to be happy limits our brain's potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and productive, which drives performance upward.

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You can eliminate depression ...

You can eliminate depression without making someone happy. You can cure anxiety without teaching someone optimism. You can return someone to work without improving their job performance. If all you strive for is diminishing the bad, you'll only attain the average and you'll miss out entirely on the opportunity to exceed the average.

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Successful people see adversi...

Successful people see adversity as a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block.

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One of the most powerful forc...

One of the most powerful forces in human nature is our belief that change is possible.

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The contents of the glass don...

The contents of the glass don’t matter; what’s more important is to realize there’s a pitcher of water nearby. In other words, we have the capacity to refill the glass, or to change our outlook.

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Happiness is actually an indi...

Happiness is actually an individual choice, even in the midst of negative circumstances. It's not something our employers can give to us, though they can limit and influence that choice.

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The fastest way to disengage ...

The fastest way to disengage an employee is to tell him his work is meaningful only because of the paycheck.

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Study after study shows that ...

Study after study shows that happiness precedes important outcomes and indicators of thriving.

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The way we define happiness i...

The way we define happiness is the joy you feel striving toward your potential

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Just as our view of work affe...

Just as our view of work affects our real experience of it, so too does our view of leisure. If our mindset conceives of free time, hobby time, or family time as non-productive, then we will, in fact, make it a waste of time.

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Happiness is the joy we feel ...

Happiness is the joy we feel striving after our potential.

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Focusing on the good isn’t ju...

Focusing on the good isn’t just about overcoming our inner grump to see the glass half full. It’s about opening our minds to the ideas and opportunities that will help us be more productive, effective, and successful at work and in life.

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I've worked with farmers in Z...

I've worked with farmers in Zimbabwe who've lost their lands. I've worked with people in Venezuela, under threat of kidnappings, whose external world is unstable. But they have very strong social connections with their family and friends. And as a result, they're able to maintain a greater level of happiness and optimism than I've seen from bankers, consultants, or salespeople who are on the road all the time, who follow jobs separated from their families, and, as a result, find themselves missing out on the happiness that comes from those very connections that they severed.

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If we study what is merely av...

If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average.

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Habits are like financial cap...

Habits are like financial capital – forming one today is an investment that will automatically give out returns for years to come.

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Happiness is a social creatur...

Happiness is a social creature. If you try to pursue it in a vacuum, it's very difficult to sustain it. But as soon as you get people focused on creating meaningful connections in the midst of their work, or increasing the meaning and depth of their relationships outside of work, we find happiness rising in step with that social connection.

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When a manager openly express...

When a manager openly expresses his faith in an employee's skill, he doesn't just improve mood and motivation; he actually improves their likelihood of succeeding.

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Happiness is a mindset for yo...

Happiness is a mindset for your journey, not the result of your destination.

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