August 2007

Simple Truths - A Message for a Better Life By Kathryn Hawkins Gimundo Correspondent One afternoon, Johnny, a 19-year-old with Down syndrome, attended a speech about making a difference through quality service. Johnny was moved by the lecturers words. He wanted to be a model employee...

It probably won't surprise anyone to read that stress at work is an enormous problem and...

What price happiness? Just ê_Ô£29 a day, apparently MARTYN MCLAUGHLIN ([email protected]) MONEY can't buy you love but it can buy you happiness, with a study putting the price of contentment at ê_Ô£29 a day. The survey of more than 1,000 bank customers found just under ê_Ô£30 is...

They are taxed more than any other country, yet they are among the world's happiest people Barry Turner Times Online In pursuit of the secret of true happiness I went to Denmark. Why Denmark? Because the social scientists say it is here, in northern climes, that we...

And continuing the tradition of taking a great quote and adding a happiness version...

As regular readers of this happiness Blog would know I've often referred to the writings of a fellow happiness blogger at the Happiness Project. Today she writes about her love of reading chilren's literature and recommends a few books she believes are relevant...

Happiness becomes prized catch in Ads Tuesday - Jul 31, 2007 Brand managers are reinventing the tried and tested emotion, and in the present day scenario Happiness is lucrative. Companies are tugging at heart strings by using the word 'happy' in advertisements to pitch their...

Promises that cannot be kept Alan Wood | August 01, 2007 The Australian I DOUBT that Kevin Rudd or Wayne Swan have read much happiness research, but they have managed to effectively exploit one of its central tenets: economic growth doesn't make us happier. This finding goes...

Being rich is not the way to happiness Aug 1 2007 by Sarah Miloudi, Western Mail THE message that money doesn"t lead to happiness may finally be getting through, psychologists claim. Research out today shows that people no longer believe money is the route to happiness...