Key Components to Living a Good Life

Key Components to Living a Good Life

Have you ever wondered, "Am I living a good life?" We all have the same 24 hours in a day; however, each and every one of us spends them differently, leading to various outcomes. In this week's post, we're excited to share a TedTalk by neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki and HSBC Global Private Banking and Wealth's CEO, Annabel Spring, where they discuss the key components of living a good life. While watching, be sure to note where you are already meeting the mark and where you may need to improve for a good life! https://www.ted.com/talks/annabel_spring_and_wendy_suzuki_what_makes_a_good_life_a_neuroscientist_and_a_global_financial_ceo_answer?subtitle=en Key Components to Living a Good…
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Years Of Happiness Study: It’s All About Who You Love

Years Of Happiness Study: It’s All About Who You Love

Do you ever wish you could learn the essential ingredients to a good, happy life? Or that you could learn what worked, and didn’t work, from others? Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz released The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness in 2023 to share results from an 84-year-old Harvard study on happiness. Read on for a summary of what they hope will help us all create a more meaningful and satisfying life. The Harvard Study Began Over 85 Years Ago Since 1938, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has been investigating what makes people flourish. The study…
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Live the Secrets of the Blue Zones for a Long, Happy Life

Live the Secrets of the Blue Zones for a Long, Happy Life

Photo Credit: Blue Zones A few months ago we shared bestselling author Dan Buettner’s video introducing some of the biggest secrets to why people living in “blue zone” have much higher than normal life expectancies. It was a promotion for his new four-part Netflix series, Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones that we just finished watching. This post shares a few of the secrets from Buettner’s Netflix series. Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones Dan Buettner is a National Geographic Fellow and bestselling author who has found five “blue zones” in the world where people live…
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The Wonderful Danish Concept of Hygge

The Wonderful Danish Concept of Hygge

The Personal Kaizen team has recently reviewed the tenth annual rankings of the happiest countries in the world and read several books that examine what these countries do that is different and better. Over the next several weeks we are going to review some of the differentiators we observe with the governments and people in these countries. This week we share the Danish concept of hygge. 2022 Rankings of the Happiest Countries in the World Below are the 2022 United Nations Rankings for a few of the Happiest Countries in the World. We share a few of the positive outcomes…
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Make Hard Things Seem Fun, Not Important

Make Hard Things Seem Fun, Not Important

Check out our Personal Kaizen Motivational Monday quote! Katy Milkman is a Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and wrote a book about "how to change" that we are summarizing this week. This quote about making hard things seem fun is one suggestion from her book. "Making hard things seem fun is a much better strategy than making hard things seem important."Katy Milkman Our Personal Kaizen post this week will summarize the main points from the rest of her book! Join the Personal Kaizen Community Our community is here to support and encourage both personal and professional…
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Small Groups of Concerned Citizens Can Change the World

Small Groups of Concerned Citizens Can Change the World

Check out our Personal Kaizen Motivational Monday quote! What are some ways you would like to change the world? Plan one action today! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."Margaret Mead No Personal Kaizen post last week (too busy working with clients!) but we plan to share two book summaries this week! Join the Personal Kaizen Community Our community is here to support and encourage both personal and professional continuous improvement, helping you to reach your goals and achieve new heights. We offer regular…
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Please share Personal Kaizen input

Please share Personal Kaizen input

Congratulations on being a founding member of our community! Thank you for joining us in the pursuit of personal continuous improvement.We have studied personal improvement for nearly 30 years and have recorded many pages of notes, tips, and best practices in work and life. We are committed to continued learning and experimenting for the next 30 years by working with our great team and interacting with the current and future members of this group. The path to Personal Kaizen is long and hard - let's work together on the journey to investigate: What is a good life?How do I maximize my…
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