Living For Improvement
The things every high-achiever should know
Archive for the ‘Happiness’ Category
It’s funny how we often ignore the advice we give others. For example, I’ve written about the importance of simplification, and it’s something I regularly recommend to those with a lot on their plate. Yet, within a few months of writing that post, I’ve found myself busier than ever. This frustrated me to no end. [...]
What you can learn from tracking your happiness
In: Happiness
18 May 2013For the past month, I’ve been using TrackYourHappiness.org – created as part of Matt Killingsworth’s doctoral research at Harvard University – with the goal of learning more about what impacts my happiness, and to what degree. TrackYourHappiness is free to use, but fairly intense. You fill out an intense survey at the beginning, and [...]
Dan Ariely and Denmark on Expectations: Hope for the Best but Expect the Worst
In: Happiness
30 Dec 2012“Happiness equals reality minus expectations.” –Unknown I’ve finally gotten around to reading Dan Ariely’s incredible book, Predictably Irrational. As is made obvious by the title, Ariely compiles all of his research on human behavior and catalogues the different ways humans predictably and consistently act irrational. And boy, there are a lot of examples in there! The [...]
Goals, Sacrifices, and Expectations: How They Can Make You Happy (or Miserable)
In: Happiness
14 Aug 2011What’s not to like about setting goals? It motivates you, keeps you accountable for your accomplishments, and helps you gradually shape your life into that of your ideal. Trying to be successful without goals is tantamount to driving with a destination. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of self help resources out there that [...]
- (3) Comments
- Tags: expectations, TED
I'm Jon Guerrera, a life hacker at heart, and the man behind the scenes here at Living For Improvement. This blog documents all of my successes, failures, experiments and lessons learned as I hack my way to happiness, fulfillment and success.
I also wrote an ebook. If you like what I write on the blog, you should definitely check it out below. Oh, and it's free.
Unlimited Drive is the result of four years of diligent research on what drives people to achieve great things. I always wondered how the most successful people in the world could reach such high levels of success and accomplishment. Well, I found the answer and wrote an ebook so I could pass it on to you (for free).
Learn more or subscribe below to get your copy.
Categories
- Achieving Goals (18)
- Best of the Web (3)
- Career (2)
- Crafting Lifestyle (15)
- Diet & Nutrition (5)
- Embracing Change (10)
- For Students (6)
- Gamify Your Goals (9)
- Gamify Your Life (1)
- Habits (1)
- Happiness (9)
- Jon's Life (1)
- Maximizing Productivity (13)
- Motivation (5)
- Networking (4)
- Optimized Learning (6)
- Overcoming Fear (3)
- Persistence (6)
- Quantifying Success (1)
- Stress Management (3)
- Uncategorized (1)
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- July 2009
- December 2008
Should Your Focus on Your Strengths or Weaknesses?
You Create Your Own Reality: Here's How
The Top 5 Lessons I Wish I Knew as a Freshman in College
Shaping Your Life After Graduation: A Guide for College Students
On Optimizing Your Results From Personal Growth and Development Resources
On Maintaining Peak Performance During Times of High Stress
Why You Need to Fail to Succeed
- Be prepared to ignore your own advice (because eventually, you will)
- What you can learn from tracking your happiness
- Get Rejected. Get Rejected Again. Repeat
- Take advantage of spikes in motivation (or you’ll regret it)
- Take on projects with diminishing time requirements
- Jon’s 30 Minute Live Discussion on Goals and Gamification
- The Cycle of Success: Taking Control and Letting Go
- Learning to Code: Fun, Frustrating, Fruitful
- Weekend Warrior: The Life-changing Habit
- The Day I Turn 30
-
+Jonathan Guerrera
- Life Hacker, Email Ninja, Blogger, Speaker