Tag: Happiness

Happiness

The Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Chris Labs

Ware spent many years caring for those facing their own mortality. When she questioned the dying about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, Bronnie found that common themes surfaced again and again. The five most common were these: I wish that I’d let myself be happierToo late they realized happiness is a choice I wish I’d stayed in touch with my friendsToo often they failed to give them the time and effort they deserved I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelingsToo frequently shut mouths and shuttered feelings weighed too heavy to handle I … Continue reading The Top Five Regrets of the Dying

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Great framework for life: Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls.

Chris Labs

The balls are called work, family, health, friends and integrity. And you’re keeping all of them in the air. But one day, you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls – family, health, friends, integrity – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. -The One Thing, p.82 Continue reading Great framework for life: Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls.

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Success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right

Chris Labs

The fact of the matter is that aiming discipline at the right habits gives you license to be less disciplined in other areas. In fact, you can become successful with less discipline than oyu think, for one simple reason: success is about doing the right thing, not doing everything right. -The One Thing, p.55 Continue reading Success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right

Happiness

Do a Calendar Audit

Chris Labs

What’s a calendar audit? For one week, you keep track of each hour. And then what you do, the next week you just go back and pull up last week’s calendar and you take 3 colored markers. Green, red, and yellow marker. Which block gave me energy? Mark them in green. Which things sucked the energy out of me? I was drained after doing it? Mark them in red. Which block were neutral? Mark them in yellow. You look at the painting and you try to do less of the red stuff. Literally just by avoiding it, automating it or … Continue reading Do a Calendar Audit

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Meditation is like an email mailbox

Chris Labs

As we grow up, so many things are happening in your life. Some of it you’re processing, some of it you’re absorbing and some of it you should probably think a bit more about. So it’s just like an email inbox. It’s piling up. Email after email. Goign back 10, 20, 30 years. And when you start to meditate, those emails start coming back to you. What about this issue? What about that? It’s scary. So people think I can’t clear my mind. But really what’s happening it’s like self-therapy. And you just have to sit there and process those … Continue reading Meditation is like an email mailbox