Episode 43 - What makes us happy? Lots of things. Whether being happy means getting through things quicker, spending more time focusing on what's important, or being inspired - here are some ideas.
Some of the USEFUL stuff in there is:
- A recommendation from Charles Duhigg (Author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of Habit)
- It was this excellent piece by Alice Boyes at Harvard Business Review:
- Why do we fail at focusing on what's important
- How to change that
- Schedule time for them
- Isolate the most impactful bits
- Anticipate and manage your feelings of anxiety
- Spend less time on unimportant tasks
- Prioritise tasks that will reduce your number of urgent/unimportant tasks
- Pay attention to what helps you see and track the bigger picture
- A podcast recommendation we've made before - 10% Happier
- Being happy doesn't just mean laughing; it can also come from feeling uplifted
- The latest episodes of 10% Happier do just that, give them a listen
- If you want to just get things done in the day, we found a resource with 5 quick tips
- It was compiled by Ashley Stahl at Forbes.com
- We've covered these tips in various guises before, but they are worth revisiting and checking in with ourselves by asking, "Do I do these well?"
- Stop multitasking
- Take breaks
- Set small goals
- Take care of the biggest tasks when you are most alert
- Implement the two-minute rule
- Question - What are you doing when you are happiest?
- The answer may not be what you think
- We look at and listen to the Ted Talk by Matt Killingsworth
- He explains how he created an app that 15,000 people responded to
- From 650,000 reports, he learned that there is one thing we're doing more than anything else when we are happy
- You'll have to watch the talk or listen to the episode to find out!
