30 Quotes on Luck-Making

Danbo on the cliffside

To celebrate this fine blog’s sexy new slogan and focus, I put together 30 quotes on luck-making. You’ll notice a single theme runs through these quotes: work and effort cause luck. Luck alone is worthless. Like a surge protector without electricity. Fix-a-flat without tires.  A blog without a blogger. Okay, I’m stretching it. On with [...]

7 PhD-Approved Ways to Increase Your Happiness

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the smiling, winking statue in Luxemborg

Your level of happiness is kind of like your body weight. Both have base levels set by genetics. Over a long period of time, both are affected to some degree by the choices you make. To see 7 PhD-approved ways to increase your happiness, click here to read more…

One Trick for Increasing Your Happiness

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jukebox

One trick for increasing your happiness is this: Take action, even if you don’t see immediate results. Click here to read more

2010 in Review…Plus Happenchance’s 2 Dirty Secrets

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Sunset

As the sun sets on 2010, I thought a brief ‘end of the year’ post was in order. However, I also wanted to reveal two dirty secrets about this blog, and I decided now would be the perfect time to do so. First, the review. Personally and professionally, 2010 was an outstanding year for me. I [...]

The Myth of the Perfect Circumstances

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Delicious grapes

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” -Karen Lamb Maybe you want to start a side business or even develop a full-on business plan. Maybe you’ve been thinking about starting a novel or a blog. Perhaps you want to go back to school. Or you talk a lot about learning to [...]

Removing Mental Barriers to Creating Amazing Things

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The Ascent

Our minds can do great things, but as a means of self/ego-protection, they may create internal barriers that are ultimately restrictive and destructive. To create amazing things, we have to learn to remove these barriers. Click here to read more…

Update from a Korean Work Camp

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Korea lanterns

Greetings from Yangpyeong County, South Korea.  I arrived here late Friday night after a 30-hour trip. As some of you know, I taught in Korea in 2009 before returning to Appalachia. Now I’m back on a six-week teaching contract. Forgive me if the title is misleading, but I couldn’t resist. I came here to work, [...]

Increase Focus with the Pomodoro Technique

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In the Pomodoro technique, 25 minutes = 1 tomato

Time-blocking is a great way to increase your focus, and the Pomodoro Technique is a well-defined method for working in time blocks. Click here to read more.

10 (Free) Time Management Resources

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Herding cats...meow!

Time management is one of those topics with a generic name, and the idea of managing time is on par with herding cats: you just can’t do it. Time will march on, no matter what. The best we can do is learn to make good use of our time. For me, the phrase ‘time management’ [...]

A Little Gratitude Goes a Long Way

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Danbo gratitude

You never know what effect your words will have. Sometimes you show your gratitude at just the right moment, and that makes all the difference. Thanks for clicking here to read more ;)

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