Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sonja Lyubomirsky is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of the bestseller The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want, a book of strategies backed by scientific research that can be used to increase happiness...
happiness fashion thinking
I prefer to think of the creation or construction of happiness, because research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves.
happiness keys accepting
If we can accept as true that life circumstances are not the keys to happiness, we'll be greatly empowered to pursue happiness for ourselves.
gratitude practice greed
The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.
meaningful life-is-good joy
I use the term happiness to refer to the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.
happiness reason
Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us.
exercise needs our-society
No one in our society needs to be told that exercise is good for us. Whether you are overweight or have a chronic illness or are a slim couch potato, you've probably heard or read this dictum countless times throughout your life. But has anyone told you-indeed, guaranteed you-that regular physical activity will make you happier? I swear by it.
people forgiving hateful
Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic.
optimistic people events
People prone to joyful anticipation, skilled at obtaining pleasure from looking forward and imagining future happy events, are especially likely to be optimistic and to experience intense emotions.
exercise may instant
Exercise may very well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities,
happiness thinking goal
In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life.
meaningful projects happy-person
Find a happy person, and you will find a project.
gratitude lonely envious
...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic.
optimistic practice goal
All that is required to become an optimist is to have the goal and to practice it. The more you rehearse optimistic thoughts, the more 'natural' and 'ingrained' they will become. With time they will be part of you, and you will have made yourself into an altogether different person.
happiness lying makeup
Thus the key to happiness lies not in changing our genetic makeup (which is impossible) and not in changing our circumstances (i.e., seeking wealth or attractiveness or better colleagues, which is usually impractical), but in our daily intentional activities.