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    Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness is a self-help type of book written by writer and teacher of positive psychology, Tal Ben-Shahar. He is also a consultant, expert on organizational behavior, and teaches an extremely popular course on “happiness” at Harvard University. In Choosing the Life You Want, Ben-Shahar wants to help you do exactly that—choose the life that you want to live. It is important to note that the book is comprised of about 102 chapters, although each is…

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    Throughout time man is possessed with the question, what is culture? The question results in two answers. There is one with positive feedback or one with negative feedback. Culture is dependent upon the influences of people and how they interact with each other in their said culture and others in a different said culture, by which they create societal norms for people to categorize themselves. The interpretation of what culture is or should be like differs upon each individual’s own beliefs.…

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    In the article “The Happy Secret to Better Work”, Shawn Achor talks about the reality of being happy and what it can do to your career. Achor relates happiness and positivity to a theory called positive psychology which is an outlook that can help people in the long run of their careers. Achor talks about happiness and how being creative and different can help their lives having skills in a variety of things. Achor wants people to fulfill their potential and succeed in life at their careers…

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    Selfless Leadership

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    1. Executive summary Blanchard and Hodges’ work on the ‘leadership’ is entirely focused on leadership which is selfless and only aims to serve the people who are following the leader. The true leadership is defined as an act of servant-ship to the people. This is the reason why the book is titled as “the servant leader.” The book aimed at creating an understanding of the ethical leadership which is completely selfless. The authors have tried to convince the audience with the idea of Jesus…

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    You can be a leader, but if you are unable to gain the respect of everyone around you or if no one listens to you, you can have the title, but it would be fruitless. Through experience and attitude, good local leaders prosper into national and global leaders. One of my outlooks in life is to make a positive impact everywhere I go, even if it is a small impact. My leadership experience started at a local level in the first internship opportunity that I have ever had. During the summer of my…

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    Money and happiness, two completely separate things, that people tend to relate to each other. In other words, some believe that money can buy happiness. However, that is not the case. Happiness can be achieved in a million different ways, and everyone has a different type of happiness. Money might have to do with some people’s happiness, but to be truly happy one cannot depend on one’s paycheck. So, happiness is not determined by what one’s bank account can afford, but it is about the small…

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    I definitely agree with this quote, and any others like it. Happiness isn’t “outward things,” happiness isn’t worldly possessions. Happiness is found in the most organic aspects of life, in the sky, the flowers, the sunny days, friends and family, and in love. Money will always leave you wanting more, as well as power, or clothes, or a work position. Like Pahom in Leo Tolstoy’s short story, “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” Phaom had a nice plot of land, and for awhile he was under the illusion…

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    Many people think that life must be dancing in field of sunflowers happy for it to be worthwhile. That, however, is not the case. Dr. Kilpatrick explained that actually we only truly live when we accept that life is not always dancing in a field of sunflowers but can involve real adventure. Real adventure consists of real peril, real prohibition, have real decisions, and must bear the consequences of these decisions. Although these four things may not seem like the characteristics of a truly…

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    The key to being an effective leader is being able to lead your men on and off the battle field. Being brilliant in warfare as well as being charming and persuasive when the moment presents itself. When you have something to offer people and people feel like having you as their leader will be an asset. Being a great leader according to Homer also means one who does not put family over state but one who sees the bigger picture and counts the greater cost in all situations. Both tragic hero’s from…

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    an individual and deals with how they naturally perceive situations. Some people are natural optimists while others may look at things with a more negative outlook. This is not necessarily because some people actively dismiss the opportunity to be positive, but rather because they are naturally programmed to be less optimistic. This factor accounts for the possibility that genes, not just external factors, have an influence on the happiness of an individual. The next component is the conditions…

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