Archive for May, 2010
Why Consumerism Kills Your Happiness and How to Get Rid of It
“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.” –Tyler Durden (from the movie Fight Club) We live in a consumerist society, where the main purpose of our lives seems to be the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to purchase goods or services in ever greater amounts. We see advertising everywhere: In television, radio, [...]
How to Get Rich by Not Chasing Money
Many people look for fast and easy ways of making money. Different people have different motivational drivers but the underlying premise is that people want to make as much money in as little time as possible with minimal effort. This is why for example get rich –schemes, network marketing opportunities, and gambling are so popular among human beings. Some people are willing to pursue [...]
Why Comparing Yourself to Others Is Harmful and How to Stop It
Comparing yourself to other people is one of the most common things we do. It is ingrained in our natural behavior and we usually can’t help doing it. Human beings are social creatures and comparing yourself to other fellow humans helps to know where one stands in society’s hierarchy. Remember when you were in school? Especially from elementary to up until high school, it was pretty much [...]
7 Amazing Productivity Tips for Lazy People
I must admit that I am quite a lazy person, like many people seem to be. Often, the most tempting way for me to spend a day would be something like going to the beach and listening to some relaxing music on my iPod. For a long time, I thought that it would be impossible for me to enjoy life and get things done at the same time, but recently I have noticed that it is not true. One of the most [...]
How to Get Lean in Just 30 Days
The internet is full of tips for us looking to lose a few pounds of fat in order to look good at the beach in the summer. However, most of these tips are not in my opinion good, or at least it is quite hard to find the best ones that actually work. These few simple tips I have gathered here are the ones that I have personally tested during the years and found them really effective when you want [...]
The Real Truth behind Perfectionism
Do you have the irrational belief that you and your environment must be perfect and you always strive to be the best, try to reach the ideal and never allow yourself to make a mistake? If so, you can call yourself a perfectionist. This is one of the most common sources for stress nowadays, so it might be useful to analyze if there are some ways to make one’s life less stressful and still [...]
Money, Debt, and Happiness
When I was younger, I thought that material things would make me happy. If I would just get enough money to buy a nice car and a nice house, I would never whine about anything anymore. There was always something that I wanted to have in the near future: new brand clothes, a new big plasma television, and a new laptop – all the things that advertisers tell us to buy if we want to feel [...]
8 Ways to Have a Horrible Body Language
Body language is a form of non-verbal communication, which consists of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Like other animals, also we humans send and interpret such signals subconsciously. According to research, between 60 and 70 percent of all meaning is derived from nonverbal behavior, so it is quite odd that we are mostly taught in school and in work how to write [...]
