Friday links
Dan Gilbert talks about happiness at the TED conference - A great talk about the nature of happiness and why we’re totally wrong about what makes us happy or unhappy. Also very funny! (via Andrew Ferrier)
Give 100% at work - I always do :o) (via Gelle)
The 37signals guys on happiness - Happiness has a cascading effect. Happy programmers do the right thing. They write simple, readable code. They take clean, expressive, readable, elegant approaches. They have fun. (thanks Antoine Musso)
Check out Superviva - A community for people who want to improve life. Here’s Superviva on work.
VideoKarma - Happy videos from around the net.
Gerardo Amaya Personal Homepage » Blog Archives » Superviva: A nice new way to set, share and achieve your goals Said,
November 11, 2006 @ 1:25 am
[...] Typically, we are used to set our personal goals on a new years eve or even in very special moments in our lives. Sometimes after thinking over that crazy goal that just pop up in your head, you think, “That’s silly” or “You must be crazy” or “Forget about it, it does not make sense”. I have always think that every goal is neither impossible, nor crazy, nor stupid. There is a reason why you came up with this idea, this goal, my direct recommendation, Stop thinking about it, plan it, do it. Today on the Friday Links from positive sharing, I discovered a very nice website that can help you with your goals. But this website goes beyond setting a goal, you can share a goal with the rest of us. [...]
Jason Said,
November 13, 2006 @ 2:53 am
Here’s an interesting article. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/021111ta_talk_surowiecki?021111ta_talk_surowiecki
quote: “Studies have shown that self-described happy people earn more and are more productive. (Of course, we don’t know if success makes them happy, or vice versa.)”
Alexander Said,
November 20, 2006 @ 12:41 pm
Jason: Thanks for the link, that’s a great article from Surowiecki. As usual - that guy is amazing.
I agree - and a recent study did show that the link is from happiness to success more than the other way round. More here:
http://positivesharing.com/2006/06/happiness-at-work-leads-to-success