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[Manifesto] 10 Timeless Principles For Lasting Happiness
Following the latest article on How To Be Happy, here’s the manifesto version as an easy reminder for everyday life. 
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Source article: How To Be Happy: 10 Timeless Principles for Lasting Happiness
Make sure to put this up on your work desk as a daily reminder! 
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Published Jan 13 2012
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Cultivate Habits, Goals & Success, Love & Compassion, Manifesto, Motivation & Inspiration, Purpose & Meaning, Relationships
Tags: contentment, happiness, how to be happy, joy, Love, peace
How To Be Happy: 10 Timeless Principles for Lasting Happiness
Quick announcement: Our LA meet-up for PE readers is ON, and it’ll be this Saturday, Jan 14, 1:30pm at Sage Organic Vegan Bistro! We’re expecting a big turnout for the meet-up this time (16 people so far)!
For those of you in west coast / Los Angeles, I want to meet you! Please RSVP right away if you can make it. If you RSVPed but can’t come for some reason, please let me know right away so I can plan accordingly. Look forward to seeing you guys very soon!
Are you happy? How happy would you say you are, on a scale of 1-10?
Our society today is entrenched in low levels of consciousness of fear, desire and pride. Despite the increasing affluence of people in our world, it seems people are more and more unhappy today. From unhappiness with work, unhappiness with their life, unhappiness with the world, unhappiness with themselves. If you think that the people around you seem quite unhappy, let me tell you that this is a common issue everywhere in the world – be it countries/cities I’ve been to in Asia, in Europe, or in America.
In light of this epidemic, I’ve created a guide on how to…
Published Jan 12 2012
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Cultivate Habits, Emotional Mastery, Goals & Success, Inspiring, Love & Compassion, Motivation & Inspiration, Purpose & Meaning, Relationships
Tags: contentment, happiness, happy, how to be happy, joy, Love, peace
Ask Celes – How Do You Know If Your Life Purpose Is For Life (and Not Short/Medium-term)?
This is part of the Ask Celes series, where readers were invited to ask me anything they want. The section is now over but you can read all Q&As here: Ask Celes Section.
Hi Celes, during my personal journey of discovering my life purpose I detoured through 3 Life purposes before realising my true passion, which is being a motivational speaker and a life coach. I came to this realisation because I have a vision which stretches over 30 years (hence its a life purpose/passion).
My question to you is how far is your vision for your purpose and what lead you to believe it is a life purpose and not something that is for the short or medium term? – Gordon
Hey Gordon! Believe it or not, your question actually contains the answer to your own question!
You mentioned you realized your life purpose after realizing a vision that stretches over 30 years – key words being “over 30 years”. One of the key factors that determine if something is truly a life purpose or just a passing fad is the duration in which we see ourselves pursuing it (see #2 in 6 Things To Consider Before Discovering Your Purpose). If we see it as just a temporary…
Published Sep 24 2011
Filed: Purpose & Meaning
Tags: ask celes, life purpose
How To Be a Better Person: 101 Ways
“We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are.” - Max Depree
How does one become a better person?
I remember when I was studying in university, I didn’t like myself very much. I was rude, selfish, emotionally stingy, self-centered, judgmental, highly critical, very obnoxious, and arrogant.
When I think back about it, a lot of that came from insecurity with myself – a lack of self-esteem. I didn’t like myself, and this projected in my behavior toward others. I was dissatisfied with things about me, and hence I was dissatisfied with things about other people.
Subsequently, I decided to work on becoming a better person. I didn’t like who I was becoming and I wanted to change that. After all, it’s quite miserable to live a life of self-hate. They say misery loves company, but I think the company misery attracts is self-debilitating in nature. It only makes you more and more unhappy, and no sooner turns you into a wrenched sight. Not a pretty vision, me thinks.
Today, I’m a lot happier with who I am. I can’t say that I’m perfect or that I’ve achieved my ideal persona, because there’s still so much I’ve to work…
Published Jul 27 2011
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Character Building, Cultivate Habits, Emotional Mastery, Family & Friends, Goals & Success, Inspiring, Love & Compassion, Motivation & Inspiration, Passion & Dreams, People Skills, Productivity & GTD, Purpose & Meaning, Relationships, Singlehood & Dating
Tags: 101 series, 30BBM, how to be a better person
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