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Capturing this here:

The Happiness Manifesto
...started as an experiment in the UK where a number of people did all the things in the Happiness Manifesto and then measured their level of personal happiness to see whether practicing the manifesto helped them be happier. Here is a summary and the list of things to do.

From the Genuine Curiosity blog @
http://www.genuinecuriosity.com/genuinecuriosity/2005/11/the_happiness_m.html

10-item list

1. Get physical. Engage in half an hour of exercise three times a week
2. Count your blessings. At the end of each day, reflect on at least five things you are grateful for.
3. Talk time. Have an hour-long – uninterrupted – conversation with your partner or closest friend each week.
4. Plant something. Even if it’s a window box or pot. And, you must keep it alive!
5. Cut your TV viewing by half.
6. Smile at and/or say hello to someone you don’t know. At least once each day.
7. Phone a friend. Make contact with a friend or relation you have not talked to for a while and arrange to meet up.
8. Have a good laugh at least once a day.
9. Every day make sure you give yourself a treat. Take time to really enjoy this.
10. Daily kindness. Do an extra good turn for someone each day.

Never Stop Learning (expose yourself to new things and experiment)

Surround yourself with those who can help you (people like to help)

Dream big dreams (and why shouldn’t you?)

Recharge your batteries (r & r = loving yourself)

Go the extra mile (if it is something you are passionate about)

Finish what you start (it feels really good when you do)

I know what I want, where to start, and how to get from A to B”.

Now, it is time to keep an attitude that will propel me forward. Now is the time to stay true to this passage:

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman

motivates to create, deliver, produce, build-on, work towards, and gets me closer to a desired end result. Those motivational pieces are what I’d like to capture here!

To begin with, I found this piece of advice from a blog today:

FIRST

It’s not drive, it’s not motivation, it’s not lack of passion that keeps people from doing what they want. It’s not knowing where to start, or how to get from A to B. That’s the single biggest reason people don’t take action to make their dreams a reality.