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9 Simple Steps to Happiness Infographic

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9 Simple Steps to Happiness

1. Buy Bliss – Buying experiences rather than things maximizes your happiness.

2. Get Older – As kids leave home, women have more time to nurture themselves. So do men.

3. Forget Self-Improvement – Basking in what’s great about yourself is more effective than trying to fix what’s not.

4. Make Tough Stuff Work – Even troubles can have silver linings.

5. Spend 21 Minutes Focusing on Your Relationship – A good marriage takes effort and time. Take a little time to ask each other key questions. 7 minutes of reflection 3 times a year makes a difference.

6. Try a Tearjerker – The more sadness people experience during a movie, the greater their feelings of happiness were afterwards.

7. Love Your Commute – Stop focusing on the traffic. Instead, think about something you are thankful for. People who give thanks are more content.

8. Take Credit for Giving – Giving to charity brings more happiness than spending money on yourself.

9. Fake It Till You Feel It – The mere act of smiling can cheer you up.

See also 15 Things to Give Up If You Want to Be Happy

Charity Showcase

Partners in Health works in 10 poorer countries to provide medical services to the poor. Among other things, their doctors have treated 75,000 cholera patients in Haiti. To find out more how you can help them help the poor, check http://www.pih.org.

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May 25, 2013
Guy Kawasaki: The Top 10 Lessons You’ll Need

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Guy Kawasaki’s Advice to the Class of 2013 –
The Top 10 Lessons You’ll Need

10. Live off your parents as long as you can. Take whole semesters off to travel overseas. Take jobs and internships that pay little or no money. Investigate your passions on your parent’s nickel. Or dime. Or quarter. Or dollar. Your goal should be to extend college to at least six years.

9. Pursue joy, not happiness. Happiness is temporary and fleeting. Joy, by contrast, is unpredictable. It comes from pursing interests and passions that do not obviously result in happiness.

8. Embrace the unknown. One of the biggest mistakes you can make in life is to accept the known and resist the unknown. Do exactly the opposite: challenge the known and embrace the unknown.

7. Learn to speak a foreign language, play a musical instrument, and play non-contact sports. These are the things you’ll appreciate and can do when you are older.

6. Continue to learn. It gets easier to learn once you’re out of school because it’s easier to see the relevance of why you need to learn.

5. Learn to like yourself or change yourself until you can like yourself. Fix your problem. Fix your life.

4. Don’t get married too soon. I got married when I was 32. That’s about the right age. Until you’re about that age, you may not know who you are. You also may not know who you’re marrying.

3. Play to win, and win to play. Compete to the depth and breadth and height that your soul can reach. Your greatest competition is yourself.

2. Obey the absolutes. Preserve the absolutes as much as you can. If you never lie, cheat, or steal, you will never have to remember who you lied to, how you cheated, and what you stole.

1. Enjoy your family and friends. Nothing—not money, power, or fame—can replace your family and friends or bring them back once they are gone.

Source: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130521102008-2484700-class-of-2013-the-top-10-lessons-you-ll-need

Charity Showcase

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children works to educate parents, teachers, and others on how to keep children safe. Each year they promote May 25th as National Missing Children’s Day. You can also find more information by going to http://www.missingkids.com. To report a missing child, call their 24-hour hotline at 800-843-5678 (800-THE-LOST).

Curator: John Kremer

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May 23, 2013
Motivational Bookmark: Get on Your Way!

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Life can change in an instant. Don’t put off the things that are important to you. – Katrina Mayer

Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So, get on your way! – Dr. Seuss

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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children works to educate parents, teachers, and others on how to keep children safe. Each year they promote May 25th as National Missing Children’s Day.

Their Take 25 campaign provides free resources and child safety information to enable parents, teachers, and others to take time to talk to children about safety. To organize an event in your area, go to http://www.take25.org to register your event and get free materials.

You can also find more information by going to http://www.missingkids.com.

To report a missing child, call their 24-hour hotline at 800-843-5678 (800-THE-LOST).

Curator: John Kremer

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May 21, 2013
Motivational Bookmark: Today Is the Day!

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Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your soul.

We meet no ordinary people in our lives. If you give them a chance, everyone has something amazing to offer.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered. — Dr. Seuss

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The Diabetes Research and Action Education Foundation provides grants for over 240 research studies in the U.S. aimed at curing diabetes or developing nutritional approaches for preventing the disease. For more information, go to http://www.diabetesaction.org.

Curator: John Kremer

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May 17, 2013
Worth Sharing: Good Words to Live By

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No matter what happens in your life, remember these good words to live by (originally posted to Are You Safe? Book (http://www.areyousafebook.com/good-words-live):

Be Smart.

Know Your Purpose.

Be Kind.

Listen.

Do Your Best.

Prepare for Opportunity.

Sing.

Be Honest.

Dance.

Have Fun.

Make the Time.

Walk and Run.

Kiss and Hug.

Treasure Family.

Have Faith.

Be Fit.

Live It Up.

Eat Good Food.

Relax.

Be Proud.

Dream Big.

Move Forward with Your Life.

Know Love.

Laugh.

Believe in Magic.

Live for Today.

Be Careful with Yourself.

Know that Love Liberates.

Be Good.

It’s Never Too Late to Have a Happy Childhood.

Charity Showcase

Safe Horizon is the nation’s leading victim-assistance association and service provider for people suffering from abuse. Contribute time or donations here: http://www.safehorizon.org. If you need help, call 800-621-HOPE.

Curator: John Kremer

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May 15, 2013
If a Woman Is Silent . . .

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If a woman is silent, she’s either:

Over thinking

Tired of waiting

About to blow up

Needs a hug

Falling apart

Crying inside

All of the above

Photo: Beneath the Brooding Hill (Faith Goble)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grafixer/4205827552

Charity Showcase

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence protects and empowers women and children affected by domestic abuse. For more information, check out http://www.ncadv.org.

Curator: John Kremer

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May 14, 2013
Children Are A to Z

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In honor of Mother’s Day, here’s a reminder of why mothers are so incredible: Their children.

Children are . . .

Amazing — Acknowledge them.

Believable — Trust their words.

Childlike — Allow them to be kids.

Divine — Honor them always.

Energetic — Nourish them with love.

Fallible — Embrace them.

Gifts — Treasure them every day.

Here Now — Be with them now.

Innocent — Celebrate with them.

Joyful — Appreciate their happiness.

Kind-Hearted — Learn from them.

Lovable — Cherish them in your heart.

Magical — Fly away with them.

Noble — Esteem them and follow them.

Open-Minded — Respect them always.

Precious — Value them for their worth.

Questioning — Encourage their inquiry.

Resourceful — Support their efforts.

Spontaneous — Enjoy the moment.

Talented — Believe in them always.

Unique — Affirm them with your words.

Vulnerable — Protect them in your arms.

Wonderful — Wonder with them.

Xtraordinary — Celebrate them.

Yearning — Notice their dreams.

Zany — Laugh with them again & again.

Charity Showcase

The mission of AdoptUSKids, a service of U.S. Children’s Bureau, is two-fold: 1. To raise public awareness about the need for foster and adoptive families for children in the public child welfare system and 2. To assist U.S. states, territories, and tribes to recruit and retain foster and adoptive families and connect them with children. For more information, go to http://www.adoptuskids.org or call 800-200-4005.

Curator: John Kremer

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May 12, 2013
15 Things to Give Up If You Want to Be Happy

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15 Things to Give Up If You Want to Be Happy

1. Give up your need to always be right.

Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind? — Wayne Dyer

2. Give up your need for control.

By letting it go, it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. When you try & try, the world is beyond winning. — Lao Tzu

3. Give up on blaming others.

A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. — John Burroughs

4. Give up your self-defeating self-talk.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. — Eckhart Tolle

5. Give up your limiting beliefs.

A belief is not an idea held by the mind; it is an idea that holds the mind. — Elly Roselle

6. Give up complaining.

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. — Ziggy

7. Give up the luxury of criticism.

Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. — Christian D. Larsen

8. Give up your need to impress others.

Don’t try to impress others. Let them have the fun of impressing you. — James R. Fisher, Jr.

9. Give up your resistance to change.

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls. — Joseph Campbell

10. Give up labels.

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about. — Wayne Dyer

11. Give up on your fears.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. — Franklin Delano Roosevelt

12. Give up your excuses.

99% of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. — George Washington Carver

13. Give up the past.

Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. — Christian D. Larsen

14. Give up attachment.

The wise individual doesn’t get too attached to any of life’s pleasures, knowing that wonderful science is hard at work proving it’s bad for him. — Bill Vaughan

15. Give up living your life to other people’s expectations.

The world is a mirror and reflects back your expectations. What you get is what you see. You create your own reality. — Denis Waitley

See also . . .

9 Simple Steps to Happiness – http://infographicaday.com/9-simple-steps-to-happiness-infographic

10 Signs That You Are Truly Happy — http://infographicaday.com/happiness-infographic-10-signs-that-you-are-truly-happy

10 Things You Must Give Up to Move Forward – http://infographicaday.com/10-things-you-must-give-up-to-move-forward

18 Things Mentally Strong People Do – http://infographicaday.com/18-things-mentally-strong-people-do

20 Ways to Get What You Want – http://infographicaday.com/20-ways-to-get-what-you-want

22 Things Happy People Do Differently – http://infographicaday.com/22-things-happy-people-do-differently

Charity Showcase

The Humane Society of the United States works to care for animals, especially pets, and protects them from cruelty. They are the largest animal protection agency in the U.S. On average, the Human Society improves the lives of 76,000 animals every year. To find out more and to donate, go to http://www.humanesociety.org.

Curator: John Kremer

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