Ideas from the Edge » Happiness http://www.ideasfromtheedge.com Mike Reining’s Blog on Enlightened Entrepreneurship Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:59:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Discover Your Signature Strengths http://www.ideasfromtheedge.com/13/discover-your-signature-strengths http://www.ideasfromtheedge.com/13/discover-your-signature-strengths#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:38:41 +0000 Mike Reining http://ideasfromtheedge.com/?p=13 In this excellent PhilosophersNotes TV Episode Brian Johnson explores the ori­gins of Pos­i­tive Psych and how to get your sig­na­ture strengths on!

Here are my top 5 signature strengths:
1. Courage to pursue my dreams
2. Passion for learning
3. Integrity
4. Authenticity
5. Creativity

What are your top 5 strengths?

Guess which one is glaringly missing on my list? Gratitude

I have to admit that this is not one of my signature strengths. The signature strengths come naturally to me. They are effortless… almost part of my core DNA. Gratitude is not on that list because it was only two years ago that I discovered the importance of gratitude and celebrating every small success along the way. And wow… expressing daily gratitude has already made a huge impact on my life and since it did not come naturally to me, I invented www.GratitudeLog.com. :-)

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After watching this video… who is ready to keep a gratitude journal on GratitudeLog?  :-)

PS: If you dig this video… you can get more at http://tv.philosophersnotes.com/

]]> http://www.ideasfromtheedge.com/8/the-how-of-happiness-explained/feed 7 What are you grateful for today? http://www.ideasfromtheedge.com/4/what-are-you-grateful-for-today http://www.ideasfromtheedge.com/4/what-are-you-grateful-for-today#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:54:21 +0000 Mike Reining http://ideasfromtheedge.com/?p=4 A lot of people ask me… how do I best get started expressing gratitude?

My answer is always the same.

If you are not sure what to write or what to be grateful for, then the best place to start is to check out the community on GratitudeLog.

http://www.gratitudelog.com/community

I visit this page at least once per day to get inspired and whenever I need a “pick me up.”  It is incredible how much energy you can get from watching what other people are grateful for or by following inspiring people like Brian Johnson.

So… what are you waiting for?  Take a moment right now to think about what you are grateful for or better yet, join us on GratitudeLog.com and help more people to create a daily habit of being grateful.  :-)

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