Dawn Productions » happiness https://www.dawn-productions.com Dawn is a catalyst. Fri, 14 Feb 2020 22:08:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Happiness never decreases from being shared. https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/happiness-never-decreases-from-being-shared/ https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/happiness-never-decreases-from-being-shared/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:07:14 +0000 Cris Popenoe https://www.dawn-productions.com/?p=22752 The Buddha on Happiness

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single source and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases from being shared.

– The Buddha

]]> https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/happiness-never-decreases-from-being-shared/feed/ 0 Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/success-is-getting-what-you-want-happiness-is-wanting-what-you-get/ https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/success-is-getting-what-you-want-happiness-is-wanting-what-you-get/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2015 15:30:12 +0000 Cris Popenoe https://www.dawn-productions.com/?p=11185 Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

-Dale Carnegie

]]> https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/success-is-getting-what-you-want-happiness-is-wanting-what-you-get/feed/ 1 For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/emerson-on-happiness-for-every-minute-you-are-angry-you-lose-sixty-seconds-of-happiness/ https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/emerson-on-happiness-for-every-minute-you-are-angry-you-lose-sixty-seconds-of-happiness/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:00:23 +0000 Cris Popenoe https://www.dawn-productions.com/?p=16676 emerson_for-every-minute-you-are-angry

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

]]> https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/emerson-on-happiness-for-every-minute-you-are-angry-you-lose-sixty-seconds-of-happiness/feed/ 1 I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/i-not-events-have-the-power-to-make-me-happy-or-unhappy-today/ https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/i-not-events-have-the-power-to-make-me-happy-or-unhappy-today/#comments Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:00:12 +0000 Cris Popenoe https://www.dawn-productions.com/?p=14165 groucho-marx_choose-happy

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

– Groucho Marx

]]> https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/i-not-events-have-the-power-to-make-me-happy-or-unhappy-today/feed/ 1 We cannot cure the world of sorrows but we can choose to live in joy. https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/joseph-campbell-on-living-joyfully/ https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/joseph-campbell-on-living-joyfully/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 13:39:00 +0000 Cris Popenoe https://www.dawn-productions.com/?p=11682 We cannot cure the world of sorrows but we can choose to live in joy.

We cannot cure the world of sorrows but we can choose to live in joy.

– Joseph Campbell

]]> https://www.dawn-productions.com/as-i-see-it/joseph-campbell-on-living-joyfully/feed/ 1 The surprising science of happiness https://www.dawn-productions.com/videos/why-are-we-happy-why-arent-we-happy-asks-dan-gilbert/ https://www.dawn-productions.com/videos/why-are-we-happy-why-arent-we-happy-asks-dan-gilbert/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:00:21 +0000 Cris Popenoe https://www.dawn-productions.com/?p=1925
21:20 Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong and our ‘psychological immune system’ lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned....]]>

21:20 Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong and our ‘psychological immune system’ lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.


]]> https://www.dawn-productions.com/videos/why-are-we-happy-why-arent-we-happy-asks-dan-gilbert/feed/ 1 The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun https://www.dawn-productions.com/videos/the-eight-irresistible-principles-of-fun/ https://www.dawn-productions.com/videos/the-eight-irresistible-principles-of-fun/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:44:54 +0000 Cris Popenoe https://www.dawn-productions.com/?p=606
08:45 Simple, powerful animated collection of ways to have more fun in your life, and start doing the things that really matter to you, set to “The Blue Danube” by Richard Strauss (the theme from 2001 A Space Odyssey)....]]>

08:45 Simple, powerful animated collection of ways to have more fun in your life, and start doing the things that really matter to you, set to “The Blue Danube” by Richard Strauss (the theme from 2001 A Space Odyssey).

]]> https://www.dawn-productions.com/videos/the-eight-irresistible-principles-of-fun/feed/ 1 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on Flow, the Secret to Happiness https://www.dawn-productions.com/videos/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-on-flow/ https://www.dawn-productions.com/videos/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-on-flow/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:44:58 +0000 Cris Popenoe https://www.dawn-productions.com/?p=397
18:56 Csikszentmihalyi is best known for his pioneering work in understanding happiness, creativity, human fulfillment, and flow – all of which he weaves into this TED talk on what makes a life worth living. Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about […]...]]>

18:56 Csikszentmihalyi is best known for his pioneering work in understanding happiness, creativity, human fulfillment, and flow – all of which he weaves into this TED talk on what makes a life worth living. Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of ‘flow’ – his word for heightened focus and immersion.

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