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		<title>What To Do About Change You Don&#8217;t Want, And Can&#8217;t Control</title>
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I thought you might be interested in the latest post over at Get Organized Wizard.
Lately I’ve been thinking about change. I’ve observed friends, and felt for myself, the difficulty of navigating through changes that we don’t want, but have no control over – whether it’s a job redundancy, end of a relationship, or some other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2010/06/10/what-to-do-about-change-you-dont-want-and-cant-control/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m still writing about Happiness</title>
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I’m still writing about happiness over at Get Organized Wizard. There I focus on strategies and programs that help people overcome procrastination and take action for a happier and more organized life. 
How To Be Happy – Articles
Check out the Happiness Category for posts like these:

How To Feel Happier Now? Face It!   [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2009/11/07/im-still-writing-about-happiness/</link>
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		<title>Laughter: A Path to Better Relationships and Less Pain?</title>
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 The cover story in the current issue of Scientific American Mind is all about how a sense of humor can make you stronger, friendlier – and sexier!
Here are some key ideas from the article (quoted):
- The concept of laughter as a cure for disease lacks scientific support, but humor may indeed have significant effects [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2009/03/26/laughter-a-path-to-better-relationships-and-less-pain/</link>
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		<title>Web 2.0 and Happiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
I thought you may find this article interesting:
Can happiness be found online?
Story Highlights:

The ‘Virtual Happiness Project’ in the Netherlands looked at the relationship between Web 2.0 and happiness 
The findings suggest that blogs and social networks give people a strong sense of&#160; belonging, which can be part of happiness
It warns, however, that there’s a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2009/02/26/web-20-and-happiness/</link>
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		<title>Get Organized Cost-Effectively</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The very special New Year’s Resolution prices over at Get Organized Wizard have been extremely popular! But the specials end this week. 
If you’d like to get more organized or goal focused, you may be interested in our two most popular tools:

Life MakeOver Journal is your month-by-month tool for setting SMART goals across all important [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2009/02/07/get-organized-cost-effectively-new-year-prices-end-sunday/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Dally, Be Happy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Look alive!
 A new study has found that thinking    fast can improve your mood.
Princeton and Harvard researchers conducted six experiments requiring participants to briskly whisk through activities such as brainstorming, reading ideas on screen or watching a fast-forwarded film clip. 
Thinking fast brought participants creativity, elation and, to a lesser extent, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2009/02/05/dont-dally-be-happy/</link>
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		<title>New *How To Be Happy* Workbook</title>
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Guess what!
I’ve recently released a nifty
little Strategies for Happiness
workbook on creating more
happiness in your life.
It uses checklist-style worksheets to guide you to think about, and organize, the areas of your life you want to change, including:

- Creating a happiness mindset
- Optimism and beliefs
- Goals and happiness
- Research-based strategies for happiness
- Releasing barriers to happiness

In fact, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2009/01/25/new-how-to-be-happy-workbook/</link>
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		<title>A Happier Year Ahead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Are you planning to be happier     in 2009? 
If it’s your goal to boost your    happiness over the next year,     you’ll find some some ideas&#160; for what to focus on&#160; in the post&#160; 
How to be Organized in 2009:     [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2009/01/25/a-happier-year-ahead/</link>
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		<title>Dan Gilbert: Exploring the frontiers of happiness</title>
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Dan Gilbert: Exploring the frontiers of happiness

About this talk
From the TED site:
Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness &#8212; sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself. Watch through to the end for a sparkling Q&#38;A with some familiar TED faces.

The take-away
Gilbert gives heaps of interesting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2009/01/16/dan-gilbert-exploring-the-frontiers-of-happiness/</link>
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		<title>Does happiness have a price tag?</title>
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Benjamin Wallace: Does happiness have a price tag?

About this talk
From the TED site:
Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world&#8217;s most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled (notorious) Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique may surprise you.

The upshot
Wallace’s ‘grueling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2009/01/15/does-happiness-have-a-price-tag/</link>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s to a *happy* new year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ What do you have lined up to help make 2009 a happy year?
Have you planned any new year’s resolutions?
I thought you might be interested in a series I’m doing at Get Organized Wizard on The 12 Days of New Year’s Resolutions for Better Personal Organization.
I’m spending 12 days posting ideas for new year’s resolutions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2009/01/08/heres-to-a-happy-new-year/</link>
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		<title>New at the Get Organized Wizard Blog &#8211; How to Be Happier: A Scientifically Proven Strategy that Costs Nada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ With Thanksgiving upon us, I&#8217;m over at the Get Organized Wizard blog talking about how you can organize yourself for greater gratitude &#8211; and boost your happiness along the way.
Oh &#8211; and I&#8217;ve listed 10 things I&#8217;m grateful for at the mo. 
I&#8217;d love to hear your 10. Please come on over and share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2008/11/26/new-at-the-get-organized-wizard-blog-how-to-be-happier-a-scientifically-proven-strategy-that-costs-nada/</link>
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		<title>Get organized for happiness!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Hello Happiness Strategists! 
While working on my new project I&#8217;ve missed you, and I&#8217;ve missed writing about happiness. 
What&#8217;ve I been doing? Creating resources for people who want to be more organized, that&#8217;s what! Come check it out: www.GetOrganizedWizard.com. 
Right now you get a free Personal Planning Pack just for subscribing to the Get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2008/11/11/get-organized-for-happiness/</link>
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		<title>International Happiness Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ It seems Thursday July 10 has been claimed as International Happiness Day.
I figured it was worth coming out of happiness hiatus to tell you about that!
The purpose:        &#34;To create a focus on individuals and communities choosing Happiness in every moment. It&#8217;s a scientific fact: People who experience [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2008/07/08/international-happiness-day/</link>
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		<title>Comments on hold for now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone, 
Sadly, I&#8217;ve had to turn off comments as I&#8217;ve been getting stampeded with SPAM (a SPAMpede, perhaps?). I&#8217;ll try turning comments back on after a few days and see if the spambots have moved on.
Thanks for understanding.
Stay happy!
Michele
PS My other project is progressing nicely, so I expect to resume happiness posts and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2008/05/07/comments-on-hold-for-now/</link>
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		<title>Happiness hiatus</title>
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Hi everyone,
I wanted to let you know I&#8217;ll be taking a short break from blogging here as I work full-time on another project.
If you need a happiness refresher while I&#8217;m gone I hope you&#8217;ll find inspiration in the archives. In particular:

101 Happiness Strategies
Strategies for boosting your happiness level, based on happiness and positive psychology research
Happiness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2008/03/26/happiness-hiatus/</link>
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		<title>Right brain or left brain? When it comes to feeling happy, it&#8217;s a no brainer</title>
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Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
If you have any doubt about the wonderful job our brains do, you&#8217;ll be won over by this riveting, disturbing and emotional story from Jill Bolte Taylor, neuroanatomist and stroke survivor.
&#8216;How many brain scientists have the opportunity to study their brains from the inside out?&#8217; she asks.
In this fascinating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2008/03/24/right-brain-or-left-brain-its-a-no-brainer/</link>
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		<title>Friday Quick Tricks: 5 lessons in failing from people who later SO succeeded</title>
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1. Woody Allen
Failed motion picture production at NYU and City College of NY. Oh and also failed English at NYU. Before winning Oscars for directing, producing and writing.
2. Thomas Carlyle
Loaned The French Revolution manuscript to a friend whose servant used it for kindling. Carlyle went home and re-wrote the whole thing.
3. M*A*S*H
Richard Hooker received [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2008/03/21/friday-quick-tricks-5-lessons-in-failing-from-people-who-later-so-succeeded/</link>
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		<title>Stuff that makes me happy: A Worldwide Telescope tour of the universe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t yet taken a tour on the Worldwide Telescope don&#8217;t wait another minute to hop aboard for this astonishing experience.
It&#8217;s like a best-of clip show from the world&#8217;s greatest telescopes, with the images merged into a seamless spatial panascope (I know there&#8217;s no such word, but you get what I mean). 
It brings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2008/03/19/stuff-that-makes-me-happy-a-worldwide-telescope-tour-of-the-universe/</link>
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		<title>Born happy? The link between happiness, personality and genes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A new British study has shed more light on the genes/personality contribution to happiness. Genes may contribute up to 50% of the variance in happiness, and the new research suggests this genetic influence on happiness is essentially conveyed via personality.
Researchers using a representative sample of 973 twin pairs found that the heritable differences in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happinessstrategies.com/blog/2008/03/17/born-happy-the-link-between-happiness-personality-and-genes/</link>
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