Comments on: End of the Worst Decade or Beginning of your Best? http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best/ Personal Transformation for Thinking People Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:36:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hugh DeBurgh - The Passionate Warrior http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best//comment-page-1#comment-1562 Hugh DeBurgh - The Passionate Warrior Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:17:22 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=4082#comment-1562 Hi Dayne! This was a great post! I agree that the way that one chooses to look at their world directly determines how happy and successful they will be in that life. Personally, I believe that we are witnessing the death of an old world and the birth of a new. Those who are embedded in the institutions of the old will naturally look around them and see the end of the world. But those of us who simply pull back a bit quickly realize that there is logic in the chaos around us. You just have to look at our world slightly differently. It is an exciting time to be a part of the birth of a new world. Perhaps a more enlightened one? Let's hope so. And of course simply choosing to look at the positive side of life is a powerful way to live a fulfilling life in even the worst of times. I think of the writings of young Anne Frank, the little Jewish girl whose family lived in hiding and in terror of discovery by the Nazis for years during the early 1940s. Yet she lived and loved. To us she had no life at all, but she didn't know that. I think of people like that when I hear folks spouting off about how bad everything is. Keep up the great posts! All the best, Hugh .-= Hugh DeBurgh - The Passionate Warrior´s last blog ..<a href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/5686842/118qvj/thepassionatewarrior~The-th-Secret-to-Getting-the-Life-You-Want" rel="nofollow">The 5th Secret to Getting the Life You Want</a> =-. Hi Dayne!

This was a great post! I agree that the way that one chooses to look at their world directly determines how happy and successful they will be in that life.

Personally, I believe that we are witnessing the death of an old world and the birth of a new. Those who are embedded in the institutions of the old will naturally look around them and see the end of the world.

But those of us who simply pull back a bit quickly realize that there is logic in the chaos around us. You just have to look at our world slightly differently. It is an exciting time to be a part of the birth of a new world. Perhaps a more enlightened one? Let’s hope so.

And of course simply choosing to look at the positive side of life is a powerful way to live a fulfilling life in even the worst of times.

I think of the writings of young Anne Frank, the little Jewish girl whose family lived in hiding and in terror of discovery by the Nazis for years during the early 1940s. Yet she lived and loved. To us she had no life at all, but she didn’t know that.

I think of people like that when I hear folks spouting off about how bad everything is.

Keep up the great posts!

All the best,

Hugh
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]]> By: Phil Bolton http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best//comment-page-1#comment-1551 Phil Bolton Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:50:43 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=4082#comment-1551 Dayne - Thanks for this viewpoint on the noughties. I agree that proximity definitely exaggerates how bad the last ten years may have been - certainly nothing compared to the 1940s which saw a worldwide war. The last decade saw a technological and information revolution that has transformed humanity. We have the ability to interact globally with like minded others in a way we may not have imagined 10 years ago. There is more of a sense of global responsibility and a blurring of traditional (and some might argue artificial) state boundaries. It is true that the world is more complex, there are more people and things happen much faster now. There are also big issues to address such as global warming and the provision of resources. However i believe that the changes in information sharing and community building will allow humanity to triumph and move past these challenges. Seeing the response to the Iranian elections, with global dissent mobilised by Twitter and Facebook is a flash of the future and I think there is hope more than fear about that. Ideas such as positive psychology and the rise of spirituality can spread quickly in this new culture and will change the very definition of success for us all. So bring on the teenies! Thanks again for a great post. Phil Dayne -

Thanks for this viewpoint on the noughties. I agree that proximity definitely exaggerates how bad the last ten years may have been – certainly nothing compared to the 1940s which saw a worldwide war. The last decade saw a technological and information revolution that has transformed humanity. We have the ability to interact globally with like minded others in a way we may not have imagined 10 years ago. There is more of a sense of global responsibility and a blurring of traditional (and some might argue artificial) state boundaries. It is true that the world is more complex, there are more people and things happen much faster now. There are also big issues to address such as global warming and the provision of resources. However i believe that the changes in information sharing and community building will allow humanity to triumph and move past these challenges. Seeing the response to the Iranian elections, with global dissent mobilised by Twitter and Facebook is a flash of the future and I think there is hope more than fear about that. Ideas such as positive psychology and the rise of spirituality can spread quickly in this new culture and will change the very definition of success for us all. So bring on the teenies! Thanks again for a great post.

Phil

]]> By: Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D. http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best//comment-page-1#comment-1548 Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:46:33 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=4082#comment-1548 Each day that you wake up and discover that you're still alive, you have another chance to grow, succeed, to thrive. So, the start of the new decade is definitely full of hope because it's in front of us. What we do today, this day, this minute determines what we'll be looking back on later. Emphasizing a positive mindset is definitely not ignoring the bad things that can happen, but it makes it easier to handle them when they do. It's kind of like insurance. We certainly don't want to have accidents or illness, but the last thing we want to think about when they occur are the bills that result. Insurance frees us to focus on recovery. A positive mindset assures us that we can handle whatever comes up, and we do. .-= Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D.´s last blog ..<a href="http://coloryourlifehappy.com/blog/2010/01/12/happiness-is-becoming-what-you-were-meant-to-be/" rel="nofollow">Happiness is Becoming What You Were Meant to Be</a> =-. Each day that you wake up and discover that you’re still alive, you have another chance to grow, succeed, to thrive. So, the start of the new decade is definitely full of hope because it’s in front of us. What we do today, this day, this minute determines what we’ll be looking back on later.

Emphasizing a positive mindset is definitely not ignoring the bad things that can happen, but it makes it easier to handle them when they do. It’s kind of like insurance. We certainly don’t want to have accidents or illness, but the last thing we want to think about when they occur are the bills that result. Insurance frees us to focus on recovery. A positive mindset assures us that we can handle whatever comes up, and we do.
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]]> By: Dave - LifeExcursion http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best//comment-page-1#comment-1546 Dave - LifeExcursion Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:17:54 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=4082#comment-1546 Can't wait til challenge myself even more this year. I think that is what will make me the happiest. Great thoughts Dayne!!! Check out this post I just did on WHERE HAPPY PEOPLE ARE... http://lifeexcursion.com/index.php/less-space-less-things-more-life/ and you may like this site... http://www.bluezones.com/ David Damron LifeExcursion .-= Dave - LifeExcursion´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifeexcursion/~3/7NS5_YUN95Y/" rel="nofollow">Less Space. Less Things. More Life.</a> =-. Can’t wait til challenge myself even more this year. I think that is what will make me the happiest.

Great thoughts Dayne!!!

Check out this post I just did on WHERE HAPPY PEOPLE ARE…
http://lifeexcursion.com/index.php/less-space-less-things-more-life/

and you may like this site…
http://www.bluezones.com/

David Damron
LifeExcursion
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]]> By: Justin Dixon http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best//comment-page-1#comment-1544 Justin Dixon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:37:36 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=4082#comment-1544 Great post as always Dayne! Thank you for addressing Time's politically leaned negative declaration. The fact is that time is neutral days and years are neutral. Even when its tough there is not a worse or a better. Its always good. And I am definitely going to dive into the survey right now, Thanks for making it available! .-= Justin Dixon´s last blog ..<a href="http://alittlebetter.net/2009/12/27/how-to-prepare-yourself-for-a-marriage-that-lasts/" rel="nofollow">How to Prepare Yourself For a Marriage That Lasts</a> =-. Great post as always Dayne! Thank you for addressing Time’s politically leaned negative declaration. The fact is that time is neutral days and years are neutral. Even when its tough there is not a worse or a better. Its always good.

And I am definitely going to dive into the survey right now, Thanks for making it available!
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]]> By: positively present http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best//comment-page-1#comment-1543 positively present Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:38:15 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=4082#comment-1543 For me, it's both! It was a rough decade up until last year and now things are starting to look like this decade is going to be the best yet. Can't wait! Happy New Year! :) For me, it’s both! It was a rough decade up until last year and now things are starting to look like this decade is going to be the best yet. Can’t wait! Happy New Year! :)

]]> By: Rocky | R O C K O N O V A . C O M http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best//comment-page-1#comment-1542 Rocky | R O C K O N O V A . C O M Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:28:05 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=4082#comment-1542 awesome article Dayne! I agree with focusing on too much negativity can really lead to too much in action. Thanks for the list of 24 characteristics. really helpful ! .-= Rocky | R O C K O N O V A . C O M´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.rockonova.com/archives/215" rel="nofollow">What A Mortal Enemy Has Taught Me About Right Understanding</a> =-. awesome article Dayne! I agree with focusing on too much negativity can really lead to too much in action. Thanks for the list of 24 characteristics. really helpful !
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]]> By: Josten http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best//comment-page-1#comment-1541 Josten Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:21:58 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=4082#comment-1541 This is a very good and interesting read. Overcoming the fear of failure sometimes seems harder then it actually is. When truthfully its all in our head .-= Josten´s last blog ..<a href="http://positivewayoflife.com/featured-video/zig-ziglar-ethical-leadership/" rel="nofollow">Zig Ziglar Ethical Leadership</a> =-. This is a very good and interesting read. Overcoming the fear of failure sometimes seems harder then it actually is. When truthfully its all in our head
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]]> By: Kirsty http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best//comment-page-1#comment-1540 Kirsty Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:06:37 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=4082#comment-1540 I agree with your thoughts about media encouraging stress, anxiety etc with their focus on negative events. I would think that another leading magazine could write a stunning article on the exact opposite and highlight the wonderful things that the last decade bought us. Each individual can take the opportunity to look within their own life over the last decade and see what they found that was wonderful, challenging and what they have learnt to help them enjoy the next one! Thank you for the post... absolutely love Seligman's work with Learned Optimism as well. It was great! I agree with your thoughts about media encouraging stress, anxiety etc with their focus on negative events. I would think that another leading magazine could write a stunning article on the exact opposite and highlight the wonderful things that the last decade bought us.

Each individual can take the opportunity to look within their own life over the last decade and see what they found that was wonderful, challenging and what they have learnt to help them enjoy the next one!

Thank you for the post… absolutely love Seligman’s work with Learned Optimism as well. It was great!

]]> By: Henri @ Wake Up Cloud http://www.thehappyself.com/end-of-the-worst-decade-or-beginning-of-your-best//comment-page-1#comment-1539 Henri @ Wake Up Cloud Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:26:58 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=4082#comment-1539 The best we can do is love ourselves and be happy. I resonate with that sentence completely. Living the life you want is tough and it requires some courage. Fear will always be there to block those that aren't really serious about their goals. But the truth is that fear puts up a really weak barrier, all you have to do is poke and it falls down. This is when you realize that it isn't all that bad. Fear will always be there. Thanks for a good last post of 2009! ;) .-= Henri @ Wake Up Cloud´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.wakeupcloud.com/law-of-attraction/" rel="nofollow">Law of Attraction for Conscious People – The Series</a> =-. The best we can do is love ourselves and be happy. I resonate with that sentence completely. Living the life you want is tough and it requires some courage. Fear will always be there to block those that aren’t really serious about their goals.

But the truth is that fear puts up a really weak barrier, all you have to do is poke and it falls down. This is when you realize that it isn’t all that bad. Fear will always be there.

Thanks for a good last post of 2009! ;)
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