There is a simple principle that can guide us in our transactions and relationships to bring goodness to everyone involved. I’ve found, at the very least, it brings peace to my mind. But it also helps bring the kind of work associates into my life who I would choose as friends. It makes my life feel more meaningful. It is said to bring blessings. It is the principle of barakah.
Never Be Lonely Again: Build a Great Community, Part II
We contribute more to our individual and world happiness when we are interconnected with and contribute to larger groups of people. Here are concrete directions for building or strengthening a really cool, individualized version of your own personal community. This is Part II of a two-part post.
Never Be Lonely Again: Build a Great Community, Part I
True fact: A huge body of research shows that we contribute more to our individual and world happiness when we are interconnected with and contribute to larger groups of people. Here are some directions for building or strengthening a really cool, individualized version of your own personal community.
An Easy Way To Start Living In Line With Your Values
In moving towards a values oriented life, don’t worry about fixing the whole world. Don’t worry about your whole life. Instead, think about the tiny relationships with the world that make up your life. One at a time, you can change those relationships, and one day you will wake up and find yourself living a better life in a better personal world.
Do You Wish You Were Doing Something Else Right Now?
So many of us wish we were doing something else a lot of the time. In part, that is the human condition. But in part, it is because the world is changing and a lot of us haven’t yet figured out how to adapt. I thought I would tell you how I have dealt with the “wish I were doing something else” feeling and give you a concrete tip for healing that feeling for RIGHT NOW.
Choose The Romantic Partner Who Will Make The Best Ex
Rather than choose partners for whether or not they will stay with you forever (call me a cynic–I assume they won’t), choose them according to what kind of a friend and family member they will be once the partnership is over. How committed will they be to your well-being in the really long term?
The Good Life Defined
There are so many false definitions of the Good Life. But mine is Ease + Importance. Ease = Living your own life without struggle. Importance = Helping others to live their lives without struggle.
Why We Really Want Money, Looks And Fame
Sometimes we run so fast on the work-to-spend treadmill that we never stop to ask what we want the money, stuff, and fame for. By listing what we hope to get from them, we may discover a path towards getting our needs met more directly.