happiness

Learn to live with pleasure, purpose and pride.

As Zen types might say, they know that life’s greatest joy comes from shooting the arrow, not hitting the target.

Pursuing wealth that is rooted in conscious wisdom has given her a chance to devote time and resources to her life’s most important investments: well-being, joy and, most of all, family. Pivoting isn’t quite so scary when you know who will be there waiting for you when the dust settles.

Magic Dust: What Is It? Who Has It? How Do You Get It? By Mark J. Harris Dallas-based entrepreneur Mark J. Harris’ first book tells the stories of 19 people he believes have “magic dust”—an inexplicable yet palpable quality that makes them shine above others and achieve lasting success. Harris categorizes these 19 people—all of…

Happily, there’s plenty of good news in their findings: First of all, we’re already pretty happy. Second, we can control how cheery we feel.

I was in an unhappy marriage. One day, I simply decided I wasn’t going to stay in a relationship with a person who was holding me back from my dreams. It was unhealthy for me and for our adopted son, Jeffrey. I’m a generally happy person. People know me as upbeat, positive and kind. I…

If your birthday plans have transitioned from dancing until 4 a.m. to sobbing over finding yet another gray hair, you don’t need a time machine; you need an attitude adjustment. When former editor of GQ and publishing powerhouse Michael Clinton was 40, he realized that thanks to modern medicine, he probably had decades left to…