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Being Grateful Helps Us to Be Happy

Prosperity Concierge — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:11:50 +0000

Genuinely appreciating the different aspects of your life can improve your well-being. In fact, people who regularly practice gratitude – by writing gratitude lists, for instance – report greater happiness and optimism, have lower levels of stress and depression, and even sleep better at night.Related Activities and Side Trips Asset Allocation and Diversification – Asset Classes Debt

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Money Does Not Guarantee Happiness – The Tendency to Want More

Prosperity Concierge — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:57:18 +0000

Having wealth doesn’t guarantee that you’ll be happy. You may still worry but what you worry about is different than what you’d worry about if you weren’t rich.

If you own your business – a dream of many – managing a large fortune composed of liquid and physical assets, scattered in various geographic locations, can be

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Prosocial Spending Makes Us Happy – But we Prefer to Spend on Personal Wants

Prosperity Concierge — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:26:59 +0000

Can money buy happiness? Much research has been done that shows that income has a reliable, but weak, relationship with being happy. While incomes have surged in recent decades, happiness levels have remained static, showing no sign of people being happier as a result of their increased income.

A University of British Columbia study (”Spending Money

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Money Can Buy You Time With Family and Friends

Prosperity Concierge — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:47:23 +0000

Being with family and friends makes us happy. Studies have found that regularly seeing friends and family can provide a huge boost to our happiness.

Money helps in this regard, allowing you to go out to dinner with neighbors, travel to see old friends, take your family on vacation and go to the theater with your

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Money Can Give You the Happy, Financial Freedom to Pursue Your Passion

Prosperity Concierge — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:25:37 +0000

Ideally, you want to spend each day engaged in activities that you find absorbing and satisfying, that you feel you’re good at – and where you feel you’re doing good.

Indeed, happy retirees are typically those who have a sense of purpose, whether it’s volunteering for their favorite causes, coaching a children’s sports team, helping their church

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If You Have Money You Don’t Have to Worry About It – Save and Be Happy

Prosperity Concierge — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:35:55 +0000

There are plenty of rich people who constantly worry about money. But, in general, if you save diligently you are going to get to a point where financial worries are relatively rare – you can be financially happy, instead.

The feeling of being financially happy isn’t just for the wealthy. If you live beneath your means

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How We Spend – Buying the Potential for Happiness

Prosperity Concierge — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:52:41 +0000

Studies that explore what makes us happy generally reach the same conclusion – we get the most happiness and joy out of time with family and friends or activities that provide general enrichment, such as hobbies.

What the studies show is that it isn’t how much we spend but the quality of the overall experience. So

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Follow Your Passions to Live a Fulfilled Life

Prosperity Concierge — Wed, 19 May 2010 03:39:04 +0000

Only 20 percent of Americans are passionate about what they do, and that means 80 percent are unhappy, dissatisfied and unfulfilled.

What a powerful and almost alarming statement.

Janet Bray Attwood is a New York Times best-selling author and motivational speaker of “The Passion Test,” a book on how we can live our passions and enjoy our

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Prosperity: More than a Portfolio and an Income Stream

Prosperity Concierge — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:47:57 +0000

Contemplating life changes on your Prosperity Trek? You will need more than a solid portfolio and income stream during the transition. You may need the skills of a holistic or financial life planner, a person who can listen well, help you plan, ensure your finances are in order and get you motivated to make that

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The Pursuit of Happiness: The Prosperity Trek

Prosperity Concierge — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:05:42 +0000

Happiness Lies in the Trek

Action toward goals other than happiness makes us happy. Though there is a place for vegging out and reading trashy novels, easy pleasures will never light us up the way mastering a new skill or building something from scratch will.

And it’s not crossing the finish line that is most rewarding; it’s

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How to be Happy – Experiences, Meaningful Life Goals, Living in the Moment

Prosperity Concierge — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:21:01 +0000

How can we truly feel happy right now?

1. Spend $20 on an experience rather than an item. A recent study from San Francisco State University shows that you’ll feel more invigorated by doing things than by purchasing things. Money spent on theater tickets, ski trips, or fine dining brings more pleasure than that spent on

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Happiness: Experiences, Goals, the Moment, Relationships

Prosperity Concierge — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:49:08 +0000

Here are a few ways to be happy.

Experiences

Spend $20 on an experience rather than an item. Studies show that you’ll feel more invigorated by doing things than by purchasing things. They call this “hedonistic pleasure”. Money spent on theater tickets, ski trips, or fine dining brings more pleasure than that spent on designer jeans, diamonds,

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