The topic on happiness is an elusive one; much has been said and discussed but I have not found a truly conclusive argument from them.
Entries Tagged as 'happiness'
The Last Alchemist (Part 2) – How To Find Your Passion
August 23rd, 2012 2 Comments
When I visit local bookstores, I can’t help but to notice the numerous books on how to seek the purpose of life, how to make life meaningful and how to rekindle the fire within. Even though I am into the ‘everything is meaningless’ camp (click here for the post), as a gap filler, I guess the […]
Tags: chance · happiness · majority · mindfire · minority · outcome bias · passion · scott berkun
The last alchemist
August 23rd, 2012 2 Comments
Does the end justify the means or does the means justify the end? How would one decide?
Tags: happiness · the end justifies the means · the means justifies the end
Be attentive
August 2nd, 2012 2 Comments
One of the books that I got through abebooks.com is a gem called Improv Wisdom by Patricia Madson. From Wikipedia: “Improvisational theatre, also known simply as improv, is a form of performance art… Some of the basic skills improvisation teaches actors are to listen and be aware of the other players, to have clarity in communication, […]
Tags: awareness · be attentive · faith · happiness · improv wisdom · multitasking · only once · spontaneously
Be Average
June 26th, 2012 No Comments
I’m not dead yet even though the blog may seem so. You see, for the past two months or so, I was studying for some exams. Thank goodness I passed them all today. Before I continue with my main points, ( just to make the blog seemingly long enough), I was previously recommended by an American […]
Tags: be average · dare to be dull · Han dynasty · Han Xin · happiness · Liu Bang · pressure · Xiang Yu · Zhang Liang
The Vipassana Meditation & The Quietest Room in the World
April 14th, 2012 No Comments
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where–” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. “–so long as I get SOMEWHERE,” Alice added as […]
Tags: children · genuine · happiness · health · Keith Ferrazzi · Never Eat Alone · passion · wealth
Part 3: The pursuit of happiness
May 10th, 2011 1 Comment
We talked about how consciousness determines our level of happiness with the good news that we, for the first time, can control the input, i.e. our attention. (Click here for Part 1). That our attention can be invested in either enjoyable activities or pleasurable activities (Click here for Part 2). By definition, only enjoyable activities […]
Tags: consciousness · enjoyable · flow · happiness · hardship · life theme · lifetime · mental · Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · physical · pleasurable · social · work
Part 2: The pursuit of happiness
May 6th, 2011 No Comments
If it follows that on average life is a mere 185 billions bits of information (Click here for the post), how would you have planned out your journey? (Note that of this amount, roughly a good 15% is spent on daily tasks like eating, dressing etc). So we are left with 157 billions of it. Rightly or […]
Tags: alcohol · consciousness · content · drugs · enjoyable · Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · hallucinogenic chemicals · happiness · magic mushrooms · pleasurable
Part 1:The pursuit of happiness
May 2nd, 2011 No Comments
We are usually mesmerized by the term ‘subconscious’ as it implies a sense of mysticism and unreachable domain. We amuse ourselves with dreams, psychic power and the likes. But what about consciousness? What is consciousness really?
Tags: attention · consciousness · control · flow · happiness · Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · self
