Working out your central purpose is one of the most selfish things you can do. It has the biggest effect on your future and your happiness. It’s not a quick process. If you already have a general direction but need to clarify the personal significance for yourself,...
In this free teaser class, Lin Zinser and Jean Moroney will discuss what it means to have a rationally positive attitude toward life. This is not a pollyanna view that tries to look on the bright side of disasters. Nor is it the delusion that we live in the best of all possible worlds. Rather, it is an objective, value-oriented look at reality.[…]
This class teaches a radically positive approach to doing challenging work. I call this approach “focused action,” as opposed to “hard work,” because such work takes effort — often a lot of effort. But it’s not well-described as hard.[…]
​In my Launch program, most participants indeed achieve a major goal in 8 weeks. How do they do that? In this free Zoom call, I will explain the unique goal-setting and planning process that makes this possible.[…]
I recently read Greg McKeown's book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. This is a good book, which I recommend. I agree with 98% of what he says, and I have on my agenda to re-read it. My goal will be milk a little more of the wisdom out of it. I was...
Whether you achieve a goal depends very much on how you formulate it in the first place. The standard advice for those setting goals is to make them “SMART”: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely. This advice turns out to be necessary but not sufficient for ensuring you are motivated to follow through. […]
Private Podcast Listening Options We have created a new, more convenient listening option for members of the Thinking Lab, which uses a "private podcast" service. If you already listen to other podcasts, you will likely find this to be the most convenient way to...
In preparation for a new series of classes on "The Work of Happiness" in the Thinking Lab, I have been doing some high-level thinking about how you raise your baseline happiness. As I wrote in How Do You Measure Happiness?, your "baseline happiness" is the overall...
Exercise: What to do about Paralysis Background This is a good time to stress the importance of STOPPING your thinking if you get certain signals. As I mentioned earlier, if you notice that you are floundering, you should STOP what you are doing, and switch to...
What follows are some interviews I’ve had with various radio shows and podcasts. If you would like me to appear on your show, email me: jm@thinkingdirections.com.[…]
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