What Should Parents Do About Rising Levels of Depression in Children?

Depression rates are rising among children in our country. Multiple research studies show that the current generation is far more likely to suffer from depression than those who grew up decades before. Parents must do something radically different from the norm if they want to reduce the risk of their children becoming depressed. One study […]

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Sobering Quote Reveals How Ambition Impacts Happiness

Today I cam across a quote that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It’s a quote from former President Lyndon Johnson. He wrote these words while in college sometime in 1927. Ambition is an uncomfortable companion. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements: he is never satisfied but […]

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Big Potential – The Secret We Need to Magnify Success and Happiness

Today I completed reading one of the most useful and practical self-help books I’ve ever encountered. The book title is Big Potential: How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being. The author is Shawn Achor, a major advocate of the positive psychology movement, and one of the world’s leading experts on […]

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