Happiness is largely under our control. It is, mostly, a battle to be waged and seldom a feeling to be awaited. To achieve a happier life, it is necessary to overcome some stumbling blocks, three of which are: 1. Comparisons With Others: Most of us compare ourselves with anyone we think is happier. 2. Images of Perfection: Most of us have images how life should be. The problem is that only rarely do our jobs, spouses and children live up to these imagined ideals. 3. “Missing Tile” Syndrome: One effective way of sabotaging happiness is to … [Read more...]
The Phenomenon of Being Afraid of Success
Are You Afraid of Success? Many of us wake up one day and hurtfully realize that we are surrounded by people with less smarts and less experience who aren’t nearly as wonderful and have achieved more, do more, have more, give more and seem to enjoy more… who are generally just “more’. And it hurts all the more if they are a lot younger and have less education. What the heck is that all about? The easiest way to explain it is to accuse those people of merely being excellent at brown-nosing and sucking up, but we eventually come to realize … [Read more...]