Summary Sunday Happiness, Luck and Success

Summary Sunday Happiness, Luck and Success This round up from the past weeks activity has a message for youchange your thinking to change your life. If you dont like the way things are going, it is up to you to change your luck. Just in time for the new year, right?! The Habits Of Supremely Happy People  from Huffington Post This post contains 21 scientifically based activities/behaviors of happy people. They arent difficult but they may just change your outlook! Try these on for size! They surround themselves with other happy people. They smile when they mean it. They cultivate resilience. They  try  to be happy. They look on the bright side. Seligman summed up perhaps the greatest characteristic of the optimist in one of his most acclaimed books,  Learned Optimism: The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own fault. The optimists, who are confronted with the same hard knocks of this world, think about misfortune in the opposite way. They tend to believe defeat is just a temporary setback, that its causes are confined to this one case. The optimists believe defeat is not their fault: Circumstances, bad luck, or other people brought it about. Such people are unfazed by defeat. Confronted by a bad situation, they perceive it as a challenge and try harder. Now go read the remaining actions and stop being unhappy! How To Create Your Own Luck  from Fast Company So luckin business and in lifeisnt something that happens to you, its something that you look out for, and in looking out for it, participate in the creation of. This is a summary of the research done by Psychologist  Richard Wisemans  studies on luck. Lucky people maximize chance opportunities They listen to their hunches They expect good fortune Theyre resilient (added by Drake Baer, the posts author) Have a happy Sunday! Enjoy your reading!