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When darkness has come,
Believe
and you will find your way.

You are not
alone.
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You
are a Cherry Blossom
that will someday
burst with the Brightest Colors.

To relieve stress
after a hard day,
Pray.
Listen to relaxing
Music.
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These will reduce
stress hormones
in your precious body.

The following is from Peggy Sarlin,
a singer, songwriter and brain health advocate.
Her new album is
“Let There Be Love”
and her documentary series
“Awakening from Alzheimer’s”
has garnered over 3,000,000 views.
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Her new online event,
“Regain Your Brain,”
shares additional advancements, interviews and promising information for families dealing with Alzheimer’s.
Click here to read more.

Scientists at the Yale Stress Center
found that people with high levels of cumulative stress lose grey matter, shrinking their brain volume
in key regions.
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The scientists noted that shrunken brains
are less able to process information and control emotions and impulses.
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And Swedish researchers
who tracked 1,415 women over 35 years
concluded
that high stress raises dementia risk by an astonishing
65 percent.

Since Life is stressful,
it’s good to know that Prayer can help.
MRI brain scans have shed light on the scientific underpinning of Prayer’s power.
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When people
Pray,
the regions of the brain dealing with self–reflection
and self–soothing light up, while the regions linked to taking action are quieted. Prayer also stimulates the release of “Happy Hormones” like oxytocin
that inspire feelings of trust and belonging.

“Prayer
is one of the greatest stress reduction techniques,” said Dr. Pamela Wartian Smith, the founder and Medical Director of the Center for Personalized Medicine in Grosse Point, Michigan.
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“Prayer helps you let go and let God —
whatever religion you may be.”

While private Prayers offer calm and comfort,
Prayers in a Faith community bring huge
additional benefits.
People who pray together forge strong bonds that help them navigate the storms of Life.
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.Numerous studies have found
that loneliness is a killer
and that people who regularly attend
Religious Services
are more optimistic, enjoy better health
and Live longer.

 Peggy Sarlin

Music
also helps the body fight the symptoms
of prolonged stress.
Music
helps you feel calmer and Happier.
.
Music has no barriers.
So Join the melodic journey
to find Inner Peace.

It’s so wonderful to know
that God works in and through us
in the affairs of our Lives.

When dark shadows
fall before us,
 and our paths are shaded
and shallow,
the Light of God’s Love
will show us
the way.

When our pride
says
there is no other way,
Believe,
and what seems forever lost,
will come into your Life,
and be here
to stay.
.
When the dark night
seems endless,
God’s Love
will become
the Light of Day.

Please remember,
from the Fountain of Forgiveness,
the fragile Heart
can find
the way.
.Love
will lift our mortal veil
of tears,
and Hope, 
will rise above our fears,
and open our eyes
to see
the Love in every
Heart.
.
Goodnight.

The Universal Solution To Every Problem
Already Exists

Luis E. Romero

Contributor

 

Explore leadership and entrepreneurship as the shapers of our world.

Dec 18, 2021,07:43pm EST

Light bulbgetty

The above title makes a big claim. The claim is true. But before laying out the arguments to support it, I need to set forth a concept of reality that, albeit a bit abstract, is logical, well-supported, and instrumental in understanding the idea of a universal solution. Please bear with me for a moment. This definition is no longer than a few sentences. Here we go:

Reality

Reality is, by design, the aggregate result of everything that happens, which is always subject to the laws of causality (i.e., action, reaction, and traction) within time and space. This makes reality a collection of agents (i.e., entities that take action) and phenomena (i.e., the actions themselves and their intended and unintended consequences). These agents and phenomena are interconnected because they affect each other. They are also dynamic because they change throughout time. And finally, they are cyclical because — in the absence of perfect learning — agents tend to repeat some of their actions, “good” and “bad,” sooner or later. Phew! I promise this definition is almost over. So, since real problems can only occur within the parameters of reality, we can unequivocally conclude that real problems are also interconnected, dynamic, and cyclical. And guess what; so are their solutions. Knowing this holds the key to solving every problem, at least in theory. And this is no small matter. 

Ok, the abstract definition of reality is over. What I hope comes across clearly is that reality is complex, and understanding how it works is critical to solving problems and achieving our goals.
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Many of humanity’s most brilliant minds have provided explanations of how reality works, including Einstein, Nietzsche, Freud, Jung, Ortega y Gasset, Jay W. Forrester, Edgar Morin, etc.  One thing we can conclude from their work is that any approach based on systems thinking yields the best results. This is because reality is best modeled as a system.

Systems Thinking

Systems thinking is the capacity to break down reality into its fundamental components and describe the patterns of interaction among them. This is how we unveil reality’s interconnectedness, dynamism, and cyclicality, allowing for a balanced understanding of the whole and its comprising parts. This is crucial for the solution to any problem.

Many brilliant minds have applied systems thinking, formally and informally, for millennia. In doing so, they have solved important problems, and equally significant, they have discovered the existence of universal patterns in the way reality unfolds. From physics to economics, from biology to philosophy, from engineering to psychology, these patterns hold true for most, if not all, systems.
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However, in the world of academia, these patterns are often articulated in field-specific jargon, using words like entropy, feedback, dynamic equilibrium, control mechanism, individuation, etc. This creates a hurdle for the general public to access, understand, and use these universal patterns to solve their problems and achieve their goals.

Fortunately, someone took it upon himself to translate these patterns into everyday language while preserving their enlightening qualities. This person is Peter Senge, and his “translation” — as I call it — is the 11 Laws of Systems Thinking, presented in his 1990 book The Fifth Discipline.

Senge’s 11 Laws of Systems Thinking are a crystal –clear roadmap to describe how reality works, how problems arise and stick, and how people fail and succeed at solving them. By looking at a problem through the lens of the 11 Laws, it becomes almost impossible not to find a suitable solution. Plus, by keeping them in mind as mantras, we develop good observational skills, good judgment, a sense of opportunity, and a whole array of other skills that are critical to solving problems and attaining success. This is why I call the 11 Laws the universal solution to every problem.

The 11 Laws of Systems Thinking

Below are Senge’s 11 Laws of Systems Thinking with a brief explanation based on my experience as an entrepreneur, consultant, and researcher. I suggest that you read the 11 headings first in one sweep, and then dive in on those that seem more interesting to you. Hopefully, you will end up delving into all of them.

1) Today’s problems come from yesterday’s “solutions.”

Today’s problems are always the result of past decisions, which, in turn, usually stem from trying to solve a previous problem. For example, today’s industrial food production helps feed millions who otherwise would go hungry. However, the use of preservatives, colorants, and nitrates in industrial food production poses unprecedented health hazards. This illustrates the fact that, since most solutions are not definitive, the key to continued success by solving future problems lies in our ability to reframe reality and change our behavior on a regular basis.

2) The harder you push, the harder the system pushes back.

Implementing long-lasting, significant change takes a lot of effort. This is because it always hinges on the people involved modifying their worldview. This requires inspiration and convincing rather than “pushing.” When someone recommends or imposes change on the way we do things without helping us understand and willfully accept the need thereof, most of us respond with resistance. Only when the necessary explanations and incentives are provided will we be open to changing our ways. This process most often takes time, so patience, commitment, and humility must be part of the equation.

3) Behavior will grow better before it grows worse.

In most cases, people create new problems unknowingly. This means that while we may be performing well at whatever we do, we may also be sowing the seeds of future problems unknowingly. So, when such spoiled seeds come to fruition, we are faced with an unexpected problem that seems to come out of thin air and contradict how well things were previously going.

(Laws #4, #5, and #6 are different takes on the difference between simplicity and simplism).

4) The easy way out usually leads back in.

Simplicity is very different from simplism. The former is the way of the expert, while the latter is the way of the incompetent. Simplicity results from conquering and resolving complexity, while simplism results from ignoring it or rejecting it. Therefore, simplicity leads to success, while simplism most often leads to failure.

5) The cure can be worse than the disease.

By being anxious and simplistic, we will most likely make decisions that will worsen the problem at hand. By implementing the wrong solutions today, tomorrow’s problems may dwarf those of today. This is a throwback to Law #1.

6) Faster is slower.

Simplism is the illusion of achieving simplicity without the proper understanding and hard work. So, by being simplistic, we believe we are moving forward faster when, in reality, we are just delaying the solution indefinitely.

7) Cause and effect are not closely related in time and space.

Most complex problems find their roots way back in the past and in some unsuspected part of the system. This makes it difficult to discover them. For example, a recurring migraine may find its cause in bad postural habits going on for years. Political instability in a given country may find its roots in slow, silent indoctrination that started decades ago. Whether we are dealing with a human body or the whole world, internal components affect each other across time and space in dynamic ways, making complexity the law of the land. Detailed observation and analysis are required to understand it properly.

8) Small changes can produce big results, but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious.

The same way a lever helps us move a heavy object, leverage helps us solve a complex problem. From a systemic point of view, leverage is the ability of just a few variables to produce a widespread impact within a system of many more variables. Such few variables are called leverage factors and, when understood and activated correctly, they can produce big results. For example, in some cases, one single change in someone’s posture may improve their digestion and rid them of migraines. Posture, in this case, would be a leverage factor. At any rate, the higher the complexity of the problem at hand, the deeper the leverage factors are buried underneath superficial patterns that may be very misleading.

9) You can have your cake and eat it too but not all at once.

You can put your cake in the fridge and save it for later. Yet, if you eat your cake now, it will no longer be in the fridge for a later feast. This is a perfect analogy for the use of money, time, and effort. If you purchase a car, the money you spent on it will no longer be available for investment in other initiatives. If you spend time on solving one problem, that same time cannot be used to solve another problem. The moral of this law is, of course, to think and act strategically — to prioritize.

10) Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.

Fragmenting a big problem into smaller, more manageable ones is the first step in solving it. However, we need to consider how the solution to one of the small problems will affect the solution to all the others. We must not forget that small problems are always interconnected in ways that define big problems.

11) There is no blame.

If you realize there is a problem and refuse to participate in its solution, you will become an accomplice to the problem from that point forward—even if you did not cause it initially. If, in addition to refusing to participate in the solution, you choose to blame others as the ideal excuse not to get involved, the situation will certainly worsen. Further, if everyone chooses to behave in the same way, the problem will become chronic and cause systemic failure. The key to breaking this vicious cycle is to take responsibility for solving the problem, even if you did not cause it. This is the path of no blame. Yet this should never become a go–to excuse for those who cause problems to politic their way into making mistakes shamelessly while expecting others to pay for them. 

Application

All we need to add to the 11 Laws is integrity and courage. We need integrity in order to embrace the diagnosis of the problem honestly; and courage to implement the newfound solution, which always requires some degree of rethinking what we thought was correct.

Whenever we find ourselves stuck in a problem with no visible solution, it helps to ask ourselves which of the 11 Laws we are ignoring or willfully trying to break. The answer will bring a great deal of simplicity to what seemed unintelligible, helping us come up with at least one suitable solution. That is why I call the 11 Laws of Systems Thinking the universal solution to every problem.

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Truly wish that
we could travel back in Time.
And,
we can.

Our desires
to return to the past
bloom in the fertile soil of
Hope.

Beautiful Music
brings back the sweet memories.

The feelings and emotions
that our memories invoke
are indescribable.
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The way
we look at Life,
can make Life
Magical.
Our emotions
resonate through Time.

Our longing
to return to moments
of the past,
travels straight to the
Heart.

My Dear Friends,
Forgiveness
sets us free.
It frees you
to be you,
and me
to be me.

Let us
Embrace
the Transformative Power
of Love.
.
Each Moment of
Love,
becomes an integral part
of our Sacred Journey
towards the Heart of
God..

Our Love
ignites the flames 
of desire within.
.
So,
spread the Wings
of your Precious Love
for Everyone,
and soar above the clouds
of doubt.

Your Love
for Everyone, Everywhere,
will fulfill your deepest desires.
.
Embrace
those in need
and
watch your Dreams
take flight.

 The Message –
that we can go on with Life,
share our Joy,
and God Willing,
find Happiness
again.

Our World
is Beautiful and Mesmerizing,
filling Life with Sweet Melodies.
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Life
can feel like a Dream,
as it sways to the rhythm
of Nature.
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Yes,
there is something Magical
about Life and Living,
and Loving.

Open your Heart
and just enjoy the
Moment.
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Let the Beauty
of God’s World
take you away from all
your worries and problems,
and into a place of Peace and Serenity.

The Love of
Life,
is a captivating experience
that no words can ever
describe.

Goodnight.

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becomes
NEVER.
.
Do it NOW.

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Cancer-fighting foods to reduce cancer risk

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Medically reviewed by Amy Richter, RD, Nutrition — By Jamie Eske — Updated on December 22, 2023
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• Apples
• Berries
• Cruciferous vegetables
• Carrots
• Fatty fish
• Walnuts
• Legumes
• Grapes
• Whole grains
• Dark chocolate
• Olive oil
• Supplements and medications
• FAQ
• Summary

Some people refer to berries, fatty fish, walnuts, and other foods as cancer–fighting foods. No single food protects people against cancer, but some foods contain nutrients that may help reduce the risk as part of a balanced diet.

Consuming a varied diet that includes the items mentioned below may help keep a person healthy and reduce their risk of cancer.

It is worth noting that polyphenols, resveratrol, vitamin C, and other nutrients are present in many plant-based foods, so this list is not exclusive.

This article looks at some foods that may lower the risk of cancer. It also explains the science that supports these claims.

Apples

There may be some truth to the saying, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Apples contain polyphenols that have promising anticancer properties.

Polyphenols are plant-based compounds that may help to prevent inflammation, cardiovascular disease, and infections.

Some researchTrusted Source suggests that polyphenols may modulate certain processes that can lead to cancer development.

One 2018 studyTrusted Source suggests that apple phloretin significantly inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells without affecting healthy cells.

This polyphenol inhibits a protein called glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2), which plays a role in advanced-stage cell growth in certain types of cancer.

Berries

Berries are rich in vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber. Their antioxidant content may mean they have health benefits.

A 2021 reviewTrusted Source highlights research that suggests bilberries and lingonberries may inhibit tumor formation and cancer growth in digestive tract cancers.

According to a 2018 reviewTrusted Source, berries may modify the immune system to help delay cancer development. They may also aid cancer immune therapies, although more research is necessary to understand this potential.

Can berries help fight cancer?

Cruciferous vegetables

Cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and kale, contain beneficial nutrients, including vitamin C, vitamin K, and manganese.

Cruciferous vegetables also contain sulforaphane, a plant compound with potential anticancer properties.

One studyTrusted Source shows that sulforaphane significantly inhibits cancer cell growth and stimulates cell death in colon cancer cells.

Other research shows that sulforaphane, in combination with genistein — a compound in soybeans — can significantly inhibit breast cancer tumor development and size. Sulforaphane also inhibits histone deacetylase, an enzyme with links to cancer development.

One review suggests 3–5 servingsTrusted Source of cruciferous vegetables per week may have cancer-preventive effects.

Carrots

Carrots contain several essential nutrients, including vitamin K, vitamin A, and antioxidants. Carrots also contain high amounts of beta-carotene, which is responsible for the distinct orange color.

ResearchTrusted Source from a Danish cohort study examined the intake of carrots on certain cancer development in 55,756 participants.

The results suggested that raw carrot consumption may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer by 17%. They also suggested raw carrots may protect against:

• lung cancer
• pancreatic cancer
• leukemia

A 2022 screening trialTrusted Source also associated moderate carrot consumption with a lower risk of colorectal cancer.

Fatty fish

Fatty fish, including salmon, mackerel, and anchovies, are rich in essential nutrients, such as B vitamins, potassium, and omega-3 fatty acids.

A 2019 meta-analysisTrusted Source suggested that omega-3 fatty acids from fish had a protective effect against breast cancer in Asian patients.

A 2022 meta-analysisTrusted Source also associates fish consumption with a lower risk of developing colorectal cancer.

However, a 2020 review and meta-analysisTrusted Source states that some studies into cancer risk and fish oil supplementation provide weak associations, suggesting further research may be necessary.

What are the best fish to eat for health?

Walnuts

According to the American Institute for Cancer Research, all nuts appear to have cancer-preventing properties, but scientists have studied walnuts more than other types.

Walnuts contain a substance called pedunculagin, which the body metabolizes into urolithins. Urolithins are compounds that bind to estrogen receptors and may playTrusted Source a role in preventing breast cancer.

In a 2019 trialTrusted Source, females with breast cancer ate walnuts for 2 weeks between the date of their biopsy and the day of surgery.

Researchers tested tumor tissue samples removed during surgery and compared them with the original biopsy results. They found signs that genetic changes had taken place, which could suggest the suppression of cancerous cell growth.

What other health benefits do walnuts have?

Legumes

Legumes, such as beans, peas, and lentils, are high in fiber, which may help lower the risk of some types of cancer.

For example, one studyTrusted Source examined the relationship between the intake of bean fiber and the risk of breast cancer.

The study results indicated that people with diets high in bean fiber were 20% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who did not meet their daily fiber intake.

What other high fiber foods are there?

Grapes

Resveratrol, an antioxidant in red grape skins, has shown promiseTrusted Source as a tool for fighting cancer. Some scientists believe that, with further research, it could become part of cancer therapy.

As well as resveratrol, grapes and grape seeds also containTrusted Source the following nutrients, which have antioxidant and potentially cancer-fighting properties:

• flavonols
• phenolic acids
• anthocyanins, in red and purple grapes
• proanthocyanidins and other tannins
• catechins

What is grape seed extract?

Whole grains

Research in a 2020 reviewTrusted Source associates the consumption of whole grains with a 6–12% lower risk of cancer. Some site–specific cancers that whole grains may reduce the risk of include:

• colon
• colorectal
• esophageal
• gastric
• pancreatic

In contrast to whole grains, research associated high consumption of refined grains with a higher risk of gastric and colon cancer.

What are the benefits of eating whole grains?

Dark chocolate

Dark chocolate contains polyphenols, flavonoids, and antioxidants, which, according to a 2022 reviewTrusted Source, may have a preventive effect against cancer.

Research in another 2022 reviewTrusted Source and meta-analysis found that people who ate more chocolate had a 12% lower risk of death from cancer.

What are the health benefits of eating dark chocolate?

Olive oil

Olive oil consumption may lowerTrusted Source someone’s risk of developing any cancer. Specific types of cancer it may help to prevent include the following:

• gastrointestinal
• breast
• urinary tract
• upper aerodigestive

A 2022 studyTrusted Source on olive oil consumption among 1,567 adults in Spain suggests that two or more tablespoons of olive oil per day offers the maximum benefits, lowering the risk of cardiovascular, all-cause, and cancer mortality.

Supplements and medications

Supplements can also provide nutrients and antioxidants that may help prevent cancer by reducing oxidative stress, such asTrusted Source vitamin C, vitamin D, and vitamin E.

Most of the plant-based compounds in this article, such as phloretin, anthocyanin, and sulforaphane, come in pill form.

Always speak with a healthcare professional before starting a new medication or supplement regimen.

Frequently asked questions

Here are some frequently asked questions about cancer-fighting foods.

What is the number one cancer-fighting food?

There is no single food that can fight cancer. However, consuming certain foods can provide the body with the nutrients it needs to help reduce the risk of cancer. These include apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, carrots, fatty fish, and more.

How do you starve cancer cells naturally?

According to Cancer Research UK, some early studies, mostly in animals, have suggested that some cancer cells do not use ketones for energy. This would mean that consuming a diet that is low in carbohydrates and high in fat can help to starve cancer cells by lowering glucose levels.

However, more research into this is necessary. It is best to contact a doctor for advice before making any significant dietary changes.

What is the best mushroom to fight cancer?

In Japan and China, medicinal mushrooms have been approved for the treatment of cancer alongside standard therapies. There are more than 100 typesTrusted Source of mushrooms for the treatment of cancer in Asia. Examples include reishi, turkey tail, shiitake, and maitake mushrooms. However, more research is necessary, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet approved any medicinal mushrooms for the treatment of cancer in the United States.

Summary

Research into preventing cancer through diet is still in the early stages and requires further testing.

However, it is important to remember that eating a balanced diet containing fresh fruits, vegetables, and good fats will benefit overall health.

People can speak with a healthcare professional if they are concerned about their cancer risk.

Learn more

How can diet reduce the risk of the following cancer types?

• Breast cancer
• Triple-negative breast cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Multiple myeloma
• Cervical cancer

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The Love of God
is like a Gentle River
of Tranquility,
that washes away the turbulent currents
of anxiety.
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You
can experience the Soothing Power
of His Love.
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His Powerful Love
will create a Peaceful Sanctuary
within the Heart
and mind.

Prayer
will provide
a seamless blend of calm
and serene moments,
that serve as a therapeutic escape,
allowing you to unwind anxiety
and find solace
in the midst of Life’s
chaos.

Prayer
gently wraps the Heart
and gives it
Pure Peace,
allowing us to fall into stability
and Beauty.

 Let
Tranquility and Serenity
flow into your Life,
like a gentle stream.

You
are Truly Unique.
.
You
can overcome any
obstacle.
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And you
are never alone.
You are deeply Loved
by God.

Life,
in many ways,
is like a Dream.
.
Heartaches
can be removed from your
memory
upon awaking.

Everything
 in Life –
every blade of grass,
the wind, every tree, leaf, flowers,
and stones, every molecule of water,
every Human Being,
everything,
Radiates God’s Love
throughout the Earth,
from Heaven above.
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His Love
penetrates our Being
and everything
around us.

Love
is hauntingly Beautiful,
 and gives us moments
that cannot be forgotten.
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Love
will forever epitomize
what can happen,
when Forgiveness
Blossoms
like Flowers in
Spring.

The Love
in your Heart
is absolutely Beautiful.
.
It perfectly captures
the essence of Life
and Living.
.
The Melodies of Moments
in Love,
are simply
the most Beautiful
of Creation.

What 
is so Heartbreaking,
is to know that the lessons of Life
may never be learned
by all of us.

The Love of God 
will Truly resonate
with the Human
Heart.
.
As we ask
questions about the madness of war,
and feel deep sadness and tears,
let us
remember,
our Sacred Purpose
is to Love
one another.

It Penetrates the
Soul
with Hope and Love,
to know of the Dawn
when the new Day arrives,
and there will no longer be
evil,
when LOVE
will overcome
ALL.

Do all you can
to Truly Love
everyone,
and invite the Spirit
of our Precious Lord
through your Prayers
to always be with us.

Your Soul 
will be filled to overflowing
with God’s Love.

Let Love,
like a River,
attendeth your way.
.
And all
will be well,
well with your Soul.

LOVE,
and ONLY LOVE,
Will Overcome
All.

Goodnight.

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There are many different ways in which people define this loose term. To some, being successful means earning a lot of money. To others, it may describe overcoming a fear. And still, to others, it means simply achieving Happiness in Life.

But no matter how you define true success for yourself, the principles of how to be successful in Life remain the same. 

The one thing that everyone’s definition of “success” has in common is achieving a goal of some sort. On the surface, this seems simple. But when you see people you view as very successful, do you ever wonder how they got there?

I remember being in graduate school, looking up to people who were well beyond my years who were making a huge impact in our industry. Those whose names were commonplace both in the classroom and out in the field. But I wondered what steps they had taken to get from where I was sitting to where they ended up and how I could follow that same path.

Sure, it took hard work for these people to become successful, plus probably a good bit of networking and maybe a little luck, but what are some principles or guidelines on how to be successful in life that people don’t consider quite so often? What are some of the not so obvious guidelines for achieving this elusive goal of success?

There are many definitions of the word “success,” but no matter how you define success for yourself, the principles of how to be successful in Life remain the same.

 This post will explore how to be successful in Life in ways that you may not have considered before.

Let’s get started.

How to Be Successful in Life: 12 Principles

1. Stop Handling Yourself with Kid Gloves

It is only your actions that will bring you results. However, when your actions fail to generate your desired results, you may decide to be gentle with yourself, take a break, and not pressure yourself too hard. Instead of pushing forward, you wait around for better timing or for the right opportunity to come along – all while driving yourself into a state of stagnancy.

While working in moderation is okay, and self-care is important, you have to maintain the drive needed to get yourself to wherever you want to go. This means that you have to get out there – even when you don’t feel like it – and challenge yourself.

Do something that will help you progress, despite your potential fears. Address the fears that are holding you back. Is facing and overcoming your fear worth the potential reward? Is it worth it to make this fear a stopping point to your success?

 

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Focus on the excitement that comes along with uncertainty – that boost of adrenaline that chases complacency away and invites an opportunity for you to learn and grow.

For example, let’s say you pitched an idea to a new client, and it was a flop. Take some time after the meeting to recollect yourself and then move on to the next client. Don’t go home and binge-watch tv and reconsider your entire career because you think you failed. Get up, get over it, and move on.

For more inspiration, click here are some Eric Thomas quotes on motivation and success.

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2. Experiment

Start making small changes in the same permanent conditions in which you’ve always lived. If you start by changing yourself and developing good habits, then everything in your life can begin to change – and often, the thing you need to change about yourself is your perspective. And the important thing to note here is that there can be a subtle difference between success and failure. Your path to success may be blocked by a few small judgment errors that you repeat daily.

You may think to yourself, “I took the elevator instead of the stairs again today, and it still hasn’t impacted me, so it’s fine.” However, this mindset and error in judgment will lead to the eventual development of chronic diseases down the road. These small mistakes will cost you in the end.

Now let’s look at someone who experimented with small changes that lead to career success, perhaps the top sales rep at a company or a real estate agent who is in high demand. These people may have implemented some small changes to their routine such as writing personal thank you notes to their clients or following up several months later to ensure their client is still satisfied. These small decisions can add up and make a huge difference.

The only thing that this kind of career success requires is discipline, which is essential for advancement. You have the unique ability to influence change in your life. You just have to make a conscious effort to engage in actions that can compound and succeed in the long run. And the truth is, you need to put in some work every day for years before you become successful in life.

You won’t find your ultimate success in an ad you see online for a three-day conference or a new “proprietary blend” supplement that promises to melt fat away. If these things worked, everyone would be successful.

Finding success doesn’t come at a single magical moment when everything simply falls into place. It’s more about the smaller (and sometimes seemingly insignificant) moments that happen in between. It’s in the moments when you’re happy, and you’re soaking in your surroundings because you feel a sense of gratitude for your life.

And the fact of the matter is that these moments can happen even if you are currently in a career or situation far from your ultimate long term goal. Without taking these baby steps to achieve success, you can’t be sure if what you’re chasing is something you truly want or something you just think you want.

3. Look at Your Challenges Objectively

We tend to perceive our challenges in an instant by projecting our fears and experiences onto that challenge. This frequently results in errors in judgment that lead us to respond to the obstacle in a non-constructive way, even though we all know that assumptions and preconceived notions are often wrong. This tendency leads to overreactions and apprehension.

However, it is possible to increase your objectivity when faced with a hurdle. Looking at your challenges objectively means seeing and accepting them as they are and responding to them thoughtfully and intentionally without projecting your fears or past experiences onto the current situation.

When you approach your challenges with a solutions-focused mindset, it activates your brain’s creative process of examining alternative courses of action instead of staying trapped in false beliefs about why things can’t change, ultimately leading you to an even greater accomplishment.

Write down an obstacle you’re facing on paper and put your negative feelings about it aside. With the emotion connected to the roadblock out of the way, you can view the challenge objectively. You can look at what you’ve done right and wrong and create an action plan.

Pick a challenge that is holding you back and draw a line down the middle of a piece of paper. On one side, write down the problem that is associated with the challenge. On the other side, write possible solutions. To come up with possible solutions, ask yourself a few questions:

• What are my assumptions? What past experiences have I had that are influencing these assumptions? How can I address this differently?
• What research can I do to discover how other people have overcome this challenge in the past?
• Is there anyone I know that I can talk to about this? Who can I turn to if my research falls flat?

Doing this will help you cope more effectively with the challenges you face, reducing the number of roadblocks that keep you from achieving success. You cannot allow your success to be blocked by external forces because there is always a way to bypass any issue you face – and the issue is most often a mental barrier that only you can control.

4. Seek Out Mentors

While you may think you can gain all of the knowledge that you need in books, the truth is, most authors don’t reveal everything about their experiences or struggles in the books that they write. Instead, making a personal connection with someone can boost your self-confidence and reassure you.

Find people who are already “successful” in your mind, no matter what that looks like to you. If you think being successful means finding life-long love, do some research on the habits of the happiest couples who have been together for decades. If you want to start your own business, find some successful entrepreneurs whose businesses have taken off from where they started.

Having a mentor or a role model will give you a personal guide to achieving the greatness that you desire. When you learn through other people’s experiences, you can learn from their mistakes and their success stories. Many people that the world views as being successful today started with a mentor. In fact, one study found that 80% of CEOs report that they had a mentor before achieving their success.

However, don’t confuse having a mentor with having a boss. A mentor isn’t there to pick up your slack or give you so much feedback that they are essentially doing the work themselves. Essentially, they give useful and constructive criticism so you can help yourself.

The important thing about your success is that you’re creating it in the unique way you want to. Having your mentor make decisions for you means you are giving up the freedom of creating your journey.

While you do want to hear about someone else’s mistakes who have already been in your shoes, you won’t learn from them in the same way you will learn from your mistakes. You want to completely own your wins and losses, so get inspiration from your mentors and consider their advice, but remember that your life and choices ultimately need to be made on your own terms.

5. Be Optimistic

Don’t surrender yourself to the negative energy that comes your way each day. You will consistently witness greed, anger, hatred, arrogance, and many other forms of negativity. But negativity only generates more negativity, and if you live with this detrimental attitude, you will attract people who whine, complain, and have a defeatist attitude.

Choose to be optimistic by practicing gratitude, patience, humility, and kindness. Of course, you can’t expect yourself to be happy and positive during every moment of every day, but when you are faced with the choice of having one attitude over another, choose to look on the bright side as much as you can.

Having a positive attitude is a choice, and the more you feed into that positivity, the more optimistic you will naturally become.

6. Check-In With Yourself Regularly

To increase your chances of success in life, you need to consistently monitor, evaluate, and adjust your approach, methods, and work to avoid complacency and continue to meet your greater standards. You also need to check in with yourself to ensure that you’re still passionate about what you’re doing and all of the work you are putting forth will ultimately be worth the time you have spent.

One of the best ways to stay motivated and keep yourself accountable is to write down the specific tasks involved in demonstrating exceptional work that will guide you toward your definition of success. Then, write down what a complacent execution of work would look like.

Finally, describe the actions steps you plan to take to stay away from the lesser of the two habits. Check in with this list regularly to see where your work falls in this range. (Keeping a journal, like many successful and famous people do, is also a good way of checking in with yourself regularly.)

Having power over your direction in life means that you have to set your own standards for performance that lie somewhere on the spectrum between complacency and perfection.

7. Act Now

One thing that often separates successful people from unsuccessful people is simply taking action. Those who achieve success may not be smarter than those who don’t, but they make a plan and stick to it. As soon as they feel motivation or a strong emotion toward something, they take immediate action.

The Law of Diminishing Intent is what happens when you wait to take action. This concept suggests that the longer you wait to act after feeling a strong urge to do something, the more your intention will diminish and the less likely you will ever do something to make your intended progress.

This means that to be successful in life, you have to act on the motivation or inspiration when the idea is clear and powerful. No matter how small your first steps may be, turn that emotion into disciplined efforts.

The value that you get from that first action will inspire you to continue onto the next, and the next, and so on.  So take some sort of action on your plans right way, because if your plan is worthy, the results will be extraordinary.

If you want success, planning is good… but action matters more. Do something to move you closer to your goals… now!

People often set goals and have dreams for things in their lives, but their goals are never realized because they fail to take action to work for what they want. Rather, people put things off until tomorrow, and then the next day, and then nothing ever ends up getting accomplished. The important thing is to take the necessary steps today.

Learn how to set the right personal goal. Check out this post on 35 SMART goals examples for all areas of your life.

8. Take a Break

There is a difference between taking a break and avoiding doing work. You will easily experience burnout if you do not take the necessary healthy breaks to rejuvenate your mind. Learn how to recognize the signs of mental fatigue and take the time to rest and recuperate.

You can allow your mind and body to rest by scheduling breaks into your calendar, just as you do with meetings. Make these breaks a priority and treat them as firm appointments.

You can do anything you want during these breaks, as long as they take your mind off your goal. This can be anything from going for a short walk in the middle of the day to going on a week’s vacation. Just as long as you don’t spend every waking hour solely concentrating on the success that you crave.

9. Learn How to Brainstorm

I’m sure you’ve heard this term a lot, but do you know what it really means? One of the guidelines for how to be successful in life involves letting your brain go–whether that is by yourself or in collaboration with others. This means you release all of your hang-ups and objections, take an idea, and run with it. Don’t plan out your train of thought or its final destination; just think freely.

Brainstorming is done to generate ideas, engage in creative problem solving, and learn through inquiry. When brainstorming is used for problem-solving in a team environment, it incorporates team members’ diverse experiences to increase the depth of the ideas being explored, meaning you can typically come up with better solutions to problems than when you’re thinking on your own.

When you’re inquiry learning, you’re going through the process of exploring the targeted issue by asking questions, making new discoveries, gaining a new sense of understanding, and fulfilling your own curiosities. (Read our post on idea generation to learn about other ways to develop new ideas.)

 If you’re having a brainstorming session with a group, you have to let go of your ego or fear of saying something completely unrealistic. Your outlandish thought could trigger someone else to morph it into an effective idea. This collective thought process will allow you to develop your ideas through a diverse range of thought processes.

However, for a brainstorming session to be effective in a group setting, everyone has to be comfortable enough with each other to be willing to share–otherwise, someone may be holding back on saying just the thing that will actually solve the problem.

Group brainstorming is great for generating ideas that may not arise during a normal problem-solving conversation. However, studies have suggested that doing your brainstorming solo may result in more and even better ideas than when you’re working with a group.

If you’re brainstorming alone, you simply have to get your brain to think outside of your normal routine by considering ideas without taking their practicality into account. By thinking without boundaries, you may come up with a solution that initially seems completely unreasonable; however, the process lets you open up your range of thought, which can eventually lead to the right solution.

This can be done more effectively individually than in a group setting because groups can often be distracting when people don’t follow a brainstorming protocol of behavior. Also, if you’re paying all of your attention to others in the group, you may not generate your own ideas.

To leverage your individual brainstorming, make sure to find a place where distractions are minimal, and you can focus. Brainstorming sessions can truly spark success in your life because it is during these times when you may have a “lightbulb moment” that improves your entire method of working.

After your brainstorming session, whether it is with a group or by yourself, you will be left with a lot of ideas to sort through. Pick the best ones and analyze them to see if they can be integrated somehow. If you can’t find a purpose for all of your ideas at that moment, write them down for later use. (To learn more about this concept, check out these six rules you should use for each brainstorming session.)

10. Stop Seeking Validation

If you want to know how to be successful in life, you’re not going to find it if you rely on everyone around you to approve your work and ideas. When it comes to your success, do it your way. If you feel like you’re on the right track, you don’t need other people to validate that for you.

Simply ask yourself if you are living the life that you want. If you believe that you are, it means you’re achieving success. If you decide that you’re not living the life you want, figure out what changes you need to make and implement them.

However, don’t let other people who may have their own biases impact your thinking. While people may think they know what the best thing is for you, you’re the only one who actually does. You need to trust yourself, and you will recognize that you know exactly what you’re doing.

Instead of validation, keep on the lookout for inspiration. Here are 15 short inspirational stories with a motivating moral.

11. Surround Yourself With Greatness

You have probably heard the suggestion that you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. If you surround yourself with successful people, you will also become successful. People don’t succeed on their own; they need supporters, partners, and other people who inspire them.

The key to picking the people you spend the most time with is to ensure you choose those who are exponentially superior to you in several ways. If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re losing out on the opportunity to challenge and improve yourself.

As you find yourself in new stages of your journey to success, your 5 main people may come and go. For example, the people with whom you spend the most time during the inception of your vision of success will probably evolve along the way as their roles change and you make new contacts.

You are the sum of the 5 people you spend the most time with. So if you want success, surround yourself with successful people who achieve great things.

Your lifelong friendships will always be there for you, but you simply need to focus your relevant time suitably when it comes to achieving success. If there are people that you know who can help teach you, inspire you, or help you improve, make it a point to spend time with them.

Alternatively, if there are people in your life who do not share your values, are negative, self-absorbed, or detrimental to your success in some way, gracefully cut them out.

12. Improve 1% Every Day***

I put stars next to the title for this one to highlight the importance. Daily incremental improvements are the most powerful tools for success.

If you want to know how to be successful in life, you have to realize that you must take on the role of being a life-long learner. You won’t achieve success overnight. You have to take consistent action, test various ideas, fail, get back up, and slowly see your growth. Just like in finances, the power of compounding your own growth is an unstoppable force.

But how do you define 1%?

Well, you don’t. But this really just refers to improving yourself just a bit every day. While it is hard to measure, think of it this way: if you improve 1% every day, this adds up to be a 3800% improvement in one year. Alternatively, if you become 1% worse every day, your value will decrease by 97% in that year.

Maintaining this growth mindset allows you to take every opportunity to be a better employee, student, spouse, parent, doctor, writer, or whatever. Success never happens in one day. But if you continue to improve yourself every day, you will be successful.

Let’s look at an example. You want to be successful by completing a marathon. Here is what most people would do (and how it breaks down):

• Start training by running 10 miles a week
• Increase that to 12 miles a week about a month later
• Life happens and interrupts training
• They start to go for a run “whenever they have time”
• Eventually, running dips to nothing as it stops being a “habit”

Now, let’s look at what a successful marathoner would do:

• Run at least a mile every day for one week
• Increase that to 1.5 miles the following week
• Even when life interrupts, get a minimum of 1.5 miles running in daily. (running is a priority, not an afterthought)
• As soon as ability enables an increase to 2 miles a day.
• Keep increasing mileage weekly until you can easily do 10K a day. Then start mixing up training (still increasing distances) in preparation for a specific marathon.
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The important part of these is that the “normal” view is trying to make running an “addition” to a routine. The second (successful) plan views this as an essential habit to the daily routine. No different than showering in the morning and brushing your teeth. Something you do when up, down, depressed, angry or busy.

While it may be easier to just do what is needed to get by, if you take advantage of every opportunity that can create extraordinary returns and boost the quality of your work, you will find that success is in reach.

See a Detailed 8 Step Guide to Creating New Habits

You don’t need earth – shattering improvements. 1% every day will reach any success goal in the long run.

 

The Importance of Success

Many obsess about success and what it takes to become successful. If we don’t succeed in our lives, we may find ourselves looking to the past with utter disappointment regarding everything we could have accomplished but didn’t.

Personal growth and our success depend on what we believe our greater purpose is and how that will impact ourselves and others. So, what is the importance of success?

Success makes us more confident and secure. It provides us with a greater sense of well-being and allows us to contribute on a higher level. It allows us to understand hope and leadership. Without success, our goals, dreams, and passions may not survive.

The Value of Positive Thinking for Success

When learning how to become successful in life, we also have to consider the benefits of positive thinking. Positive thinking has been shown to lower depression rates, distress, and pain. It improves our overall mental health and physical well-being. We need to continue to strive for success in our lives.

Dispel negative emotions, and don’t become frustrated when you don’t experience overnight success. As Richard Branson has said, “I know I’m fortunate to live an extraordinary life, and that most people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But they haven’t; in fact, it’s the reverse. I am successful, wealthy, and connected because I am happy.”

When we maintain a positive outlook on things, we can be happier, healthier, and more successful. Whether you are looking for financial success, aspire to meet high career goals, or just want to be a happy person – focus on positive thinking and encourage positive emotions.

 

Final Thoughts on How to Lead a Successful Life

Your success ultimately comes down to your actions, perceptions, and attitudes. There are a lot of tips out there on how to be successful in life, but unless you are proactive in doing the work that is required, you will find yourself settling for a life that wasn’t what you dreamed it to be. Remember: Having a goal is half the battle. You need to have a plan and take action.

Now that you have finished reading these guidelines on how to be a more successful person, take advantage of the ideas that sound unique to you and tailor them to fit into your own success plan. I hope that using these principles helps you find fulfillment in your endeavors and helps you achieve what you believe to be is the epitome of success.

Finally, if you want to take your goal-setting efforts to the next level, check out this FREE printable worksheet and a step-by-step process that will help you set effective SMART goals.

Connie Mathers is a professional editor and freelance writer. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and a Master’s Degree in Social Work. When she is not writing, Connie is either spending time with her daughter and two dogs, running, or working at her full-time job as a social worker in Richmond, VA.

 

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Our World
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The relative innocence 
of our Time is,
evaporating
to make space
for so many complex 
and harmfully complicated
things.

 

But,
if
you pause,
and
take the precious Time
to listen to the Beautiful World
all around you,
you can hear the Birds singing
on high,
and the sound of Rivers singing songs,
as they flow through your
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The Love
of our Sacred Lord
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we but linger and listen.
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His Love
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our awareness and the Beauty
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Water
is not just a Friend.
It is us.
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Our fragile Lives
paint a vivid picture
of the desire to experience a connection
that Transcends the physical.

The fluid nature
of our Human body
is also like our emotions.
The depths of our passion, 
can lead us to the transformative
Power
of our Love.
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from our Precious Lord,
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of our emotions
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What Is Happiness?

Defining Happiness, and How to Become Happier

By

Kendra Cherry, MSEd

Updated on November 07, 2022

Reviewed by

Rachel Goldman, PhD, FTOS

Rachel Goldman, PhD FTOS, is a licensed psychologist, clinical assistant professor, speaker, wellness expert specializing in eating behaviors, stress management, and health behavior change.

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Table of Contents

• Signs
• Types
• How to Cultivate Happiness
• Impact
• How to Be a Happier Person

Happiness
is something that people seek to find,
yet what defines happiness can vary from one person to the next. Typically, happiness is an emotional state characterized by feelings of joy, satisfaction, contentment, and fulfillment. While happiness has many different definitions, it is often described as involving positive emotions and life satisfaction. 

When most people talk about the true meaning of happiness, they might be talking about how they feel in the present moment or referring to a more general sense of how they feel about life overall.

Because happiness tends to be such a broadly defined term, psychologists and other social scientists typically use the term ‘subjective well-being‘ when they talk about this emotional state. Just as it sounds, subjective well–being tends to focus on an individual’s overall personal feelings about their life in the present.  

Two key components of happiness (or subjective well–being) are:

• The balance of emotions: Everyone experiences both positive and negative emotions, feelings, and moods. Happiness is generally linked to experiencing more positive feelings than negative ones.
• Life satisfaction: This relates to how satisfied you feel with different areas of your life including your relationships, work, achievements, and other things that you consider important.

Another definition of happiness comes from the ancient philosopher Aristotle, who suggested that happiness is the one human desire, and all other human desires exist as a way to obtain happiness.

He believed that there were four levels of happiness: happiness from immediate gratification, from comparison and achievement, from making positive contributions, and from achieving fulfillment. 

 

Happiness, Aristotle suggested, could be achieved through the golden mean, which involves finding a balance between deficiency and excess.

Arrival Fallacy: Will Reaching a Goal Make You Happy?

Signs of Happiness

While perceptions of happiness may be different from one person to the next, there are some key signs that psychologists look for when measuring and assessing happiness.

Some key signs of Happiness include:

• Feeling like you are living the Life you wanted
• Going with the flow and a willingness to take life as it comes
• Feeling that the conditions of your life are good
• Enjoying positive, healthy relationships with other people
• Feeling that you have accomplished (or will accomplish) what you want in life
• Feeling satisfied with your life
• Feeling positive more than negative
• Being open to new ideas and experiences
• Practicing self–care and treating yourself with kindness and compassion
• Experiencing gratitude
• Feeling that you are living life with a sense of meaning and purpose
• Wanting to share your happiness and joy with others

One important thing to remember is that happiness isn’t a state of constant euphoria. Instead, happiness is an overall sense of experiencing more positive emotions than negative ones.

Happy people still feel the whole range of Human emotions — anger, frustration, boredom, loneliness, and even sadness — from time to time. But even when faced with discomfort, they have an underlying sense of optimism that things will get better, that they can deal with what is happening, and that they will be able to feel happy again.

The Benefits of Optimism

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Types of Happiness

There are many different ways of thinking about happiness. For example, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle made a distinction between two different kinds of happiness: hedonia and eudaimonia.

• Hedonia: Hedonic happiness is derived from .pleasure  It is most often associated with doing .what feels good, self-care, fulfilling desires, experiencing enjoyment, and feeling a sense of satisfaction.
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• Eudaimonia: This type of happiness is derived from seeking virtue and meaning. Important components of eudaimonic well–being including feeling that your life has meaning, value, and purpose. It is associated more with fulfilling responsibilities, investing in long-term goals, concern for the welfare of other people, and living up to personal ideals.

Hedonia and eudemonia are more commonly known today in psychology as pleasure and meaning, respectively. More recently, psychologists have suggested the addition of the third component that relates to engagement. These are feelings of commitment and participation in different areas of life.

Research suggests that happy people tend to rank pretty high on eudaimonic life satisfaction and better than average on their hedonic life satisfaction.

All of these can play an important role in the overall experience of happiness, although the relative value of each can be highly subjective. Some activities may be both pleasurable and meaningful, while others might skew more one way or the other.

For example, volunteering for a cause you believe in might be more meaningful than pleasurable. Watching your favorite tv show, on the other hand, might rank lower in meaning and higher on pleasure.

Some types of happiness that may fall under these three main categories include:

• Joy: A often relatively brief feeling that is felt in the present moment
• Excitement: A happy feeling that involves looking forward to something with positive anticipation
• Gratitude: A positive emotion that involves being thankful and appreciative
• Pride: A feeling of satisfaction in something that you have accomplished
• Optimism: This is a way of looking at life with a positive, upbeat outlook
• Contentment: This type of happiness involves a sense of satisfaction

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How to Cultivate Happiness

While some people just tend to be naturally happier, there are things that you can do to cultivate your sense of happiness. 

Pursue Intrinsic Goals 

Achieving goals that you are intrinsically motivated to pursue, particularly ones that are focused on personal growth and community, can help boost happiness. Research suggests that pursuing these types of intrinsically-motivated goals can increase happiness more than pursuing extrinsic goals like gaining money or status.

Enjoy the Moment

Studies have found that people tend to over earn —they become so focused on accumulating things that they lose track of actually enjoying what they are doing.

So, rather than falling into the trap of mindlessly accumulating to the detriment of your own happiness, focus on practicing gratitude for the things you have and enjoying the process as you go. 

Reframe Negative Thoughts

When you find yourself stuck in a pessimistic outlook or experiencing negativity, look for ways that you can reframe your thoughts in a more positive way. 

People have a natural negativity bias, or a tendency to pay more attention to bad things than to good things. This can have an impact on everything from how you make decisions to how you form impressions of other people. Discounting the positive — a cognitive distortion where people focus on the negative and ignore the positive — can also contribute to negative thoughts.

Reframing these negative perceptions isn’t about ignoring the bad. Instead, it means trying to take a more balanced, realistic look at events. It allows you to notice patterns in your thinking and then challenge negative thoughts.

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Impact of Happiness

Why is happiness so important? Happiness has been shown to predict positive outcomes in many different areas of life including mental well–being, physical health, and overall longevity.

• Positive emotions increase satisfaction with life.
• Happiness helps people build stronger coping skills and emotional resources.
• Positive emotions are linked to better health and longevity. One study found that people who experienced more positive emotions than negative ones were more likely to have survived over a 13 year period.
• Positive feelings increase resilience. Resilience helps people better manage stress and bounce back better when faced with setbacks. For example, one study found that happier people tend to have lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol and that these benefits tend to persist over time.
• People who report having a positive state of well–being are more likely to engage in healthy behaviors such as eating fruits and vegetables and engaging in regular physical exercise.
• Being happy may help you get sick less often. Happier mental states are linked to increased immunity.

How to Be a Happier Person

Some people seem to have a naturally higher baseline for happiness — one large–scale study of more than 2,000 twins suggested that around 50% of overall Life satisfaction was due to genetics, 10% to external events, and 40% to individual activities.

So while you might not be able to control what your “base level” of happiness is, there are things that you can do to make your life Happier and more fulfilling. Even the happiest of individuals can feel down from time to time and happiness is something that all people need to consciously pursue.

Cultivate Strong Relationships

Social support is an essential part of well-being. Research has found that good social relationships are the strongest predictor of happiness. Having positive and supportive connections with people you care about can provide a buffer against stress, improve your health, and help you become a happier person.

In the Harvard Study of Adult Development, a longitudinal study that looked at participants over 80 years, researchers found that relationships and how happy people are in those relationships strongly impacted overall health.

So if you are trying to improve your happiness, cultivating solid social connections is a great place to start. Consider deepening your existing relationships and explore ways to make new friends. 

Get Regular Exercise

Exercise is good for both your body and mind. Physical activity is linked to a range of physical and psychological benefits including improved mood. Numerous studies have shown that regular exercise may play a role in warding off symptoms of depression, but evidence also suggests that it may also help make people happier, too.

In one analysis of past research on the connection between physical activity and happiness, researchers found a consistent positive link.

Even a little bit of exercise produces a happiness boost — people who were physically active for as little as 10 minutes a day or who worked out only once a week had higher levels of happiness than people who never exercised.

Show Gratitude

In one study, participants were asked to engage in a writing exercise for 10 to 20 minutes each night before bed.13 Some were instructed to write about daily hassles, some about neutral events, and some about things they were grateful for. The results found that people who had written about gratitude had increase positive emotions, increased subjective happiness, and improve life satisfaction.

As the authors of the study suggest, keeping a gratitude list is a relatively easy, affordable, simple, and pleasant way to boost your mood. Try setting aside a few minutes each night to write down or think about things in your life that you are grateful for.

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Find a Sense of Purpose

Research has found that people who feel like they have a purpose have better well-being and feel more fulfilled. A sense of purpose involves seeing your life as having goals, direction, and meaning. It may help improve happiness by promoting healthier behaviors. 

Some things you can do to help find a sense of purpose include:

• Explore your interests and passions
• Engage in prosocial and altruistic causes
• Work to address injustices
• Look for new things you might want to learn more about

This sense of purpose is influenced by a variety of factors, but it is also something that you can cultivate. It involves finding a goal that you care deeply about that will lead you to engage in productive, positive actions in order to work toward that goal.

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Challenges of Finding Happiness

While seeking happiness is important, there are times when the pursuit of life satisfaction falls short. Some challenges to watch for include:

Valuing the Wrong Things

Money may not be able to buy Happiness, but there is research that spending money on things like experiences can make you happier than spending it on material possessions. 

One study, for example, found that spending money on things that buy time — such as spending money on time-saving services — can increase happiness and life satisfaction.

Rather than overvaluing things such as money, status, or material possessions, pursuing goals that result in more free time or enjoyable experiences may have a higher happiness reward.

Not Seeking Social Support

Social support means having friends and loved ones that you can turn to for support. Research has found that perceived social support plays an important role in subjective well–being. For example, one study found that perceptions of social support were responsible for 43% of a person’s level of Happiness.

It is important to remember that when it comes to social support, quality is more important than quantity. Having just a few very close and trusted friends will have a greater impact on your overall happiness than having many casual acquaintances.

Thinking of Happiness as an Endpoint

Happiness isn’t a goal that you can simply reach and be done with. It is a constant pursuit that requires continual nurturing and sustenance.

One study found that people who tend to value happiness most also tended to feel the least satisfied with their lives. Essentially, happiness becomes such a lofty goal that it becomes virtually unattainable. 

“Valuing happiness could be self-defeating because the more people value happiness, the more likely they will feel disappointed,” suggest the authors of the study.

Perhaps the lesson is to not make something as broadly defined as “happiness” your goal. Instead, focus on building and cultivating the sort of life and relationships that bring fulfillment and satisfaction to your life. 

It is also important to consider how you personally define happiness. Happiness is a broad term that means different things to different people. Rather than looking at happiness as an endpoint, it can be more helpful to think about what happiness really means to you and then work on small things that will help you become happier. This can make achieving these goals more manageable and less overwhelming.

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History of Happiness

Happiness has long been recognized as a critical part of health and well-being. The “pursuit of happiness” is even given as an inalienable right in the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Our understanding of what will bring happiness, however, has shifted over time.

Psychologists have also proposed a number of different theories to explain how people experience and pursue happiness. These theories include:

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

The hierarchy of needs suggests that people are motivated to pursue increasingly complex needs. Once more basic needs are fulfilled, people are then motivated by more psychological and emotional needs.

At the peak of the hierarchy is the need for self-actualization, or the need to achieve one’s full potential. The theory also stresses the importance of peak experiences or transcendent moments in which a person feels deep understanding, happiness, and joy. 

Positive Psychology

The pursuit of happiness is central to the field of positive psychology. Psychologists who study positive psychology are interested in learning ways to increase positivity and helping people live happier, more satisfying lives. 

Rather than focusing on mental pathologies, the field instead strives to find ways to help people, communities, and societies improve positive emotions and achieve greater happiness.

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4 essential nutrients — are you getting enough?

April 6, 2023

By Matthew Solan, Executive Editor, Harvard Men’s Health Watch

The dietary guidelines for Americans say that many Americans don’t get enough of four vital nutrients. Over time, a shortfall of these nutrients may affect different aspects of your health, from teeth and bones to your heart, gut, muscles, blood pressure, weight, and more.

What is a nutritional shortfall?

Nutritional advice can be confusing. Eat more of this, less of that. Make sure you get enough — but not too much. It’s no wonder many people have so-called nutritional shortfalls, where their diet lacks sufficient essential nutrients.

So, which nutrients do you really need and how much? And what key nutrients do most people lack?

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025 offers some insight. Updated every five years by the US Department of Health and Human Services and the USDA, the report found many Americans are lacking in four vital nutrients: calcium, potassium, dietary fiber, and vitamin D.

According to the guidelines, these four are “considered dietary components of public health concern for the general US population.” That’s government talk for: these nutrients help you stay healthy, and you probably should eat more of them.

Four nutrients you need — and where to find them

Here is a closer look at these four nutrients, how much you need, and some of the best sources, per the recent guidelines.

The specific daily amounts of each nutrient are based on the recommended daily calorie intake for adult men and women who don’t need to lose or gain weight. For example:

• Women ages 19 to 50 should aim for 1,800 to 2,000 daily calories, and women ages 51 and older 1,600 calories
• Men ages 19 to 50 should aim for 2,200 to 2,400 calories, and those ages 51 and older 2,000 calories.

Of course, specific calorie needs depend on the individual, but these figures offer a reasonable estimate.

Food is always the preferred source, as it gives you other essential vitamins and minerals needed for optimal health. However, if you have trouble eating the suggested foods, check with your doctor about whether supplements are an option.

Keep in mind that the listed portions for these foods are not recommended serving sizes. But they should help you get more of the fab four in your daily diet. (See this DGA resource page for a more detailed list of foods containing these nutrients.)

Calcium

How much: 1,000 to 1,200 milligrams (mg) per day

Where to find it? 8 ounces of plain, nonfat yogurt: 488 mg; 1 cup low-fat or soy milk: 301 to 305 mg; 1 cup cooked spinach: 245 mg; 1/2 cup tofu: 434 mg.

Potassium

How much: 4,700 mg (less for people with impaired kidney function) per day

Where to find it? 1 cup cooked lima beans: 969 mg; 1 medium baked potato with skin: 926 mg; 1 cup cooked acorn squash: 896 mg; 1 medium banana: 451 mg; 3 ounces skipjack tuna: 444 mg.

Dietary fiber

How much? at least 28 grams (g) per day

Where to find it? 1 cup shredded wheat cereal: 6.2 g; 3 cups popcorn: 5.8 g; 1/2 cup navy or white cooked beans: 9.3 to 9.6 g; 1 cup berries (raspberries, blackberries, blueberries): 6.2 g to 8 g.

Vitamin D

How much? 600 to 800 international units (IU) per day

Where to find it? 3 ounces salmon: 383 to 570 IU; 3 ounces canned light tuna: 231 IU; 1 cup unsweetened soy milk: 119 IU; 1 cup 1% milk: 117 IU; 8 ounces nonfat plain yogurt: 116 IU; 1 cup 100% fortified orange juice: 100 IU.

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