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Originally from Pennsylvania, I was raised in a small town where farms were more common than streetlamps. This is a great place to grow up, of course I didn’t think so at the time! I had an ideal childhood, two terrific parents that taught me how to be kind, polite, respectful, and a hard worker. I also had two sisters (still do!) that I got along with quite well, believe it or not.
For me, staying in that small town would have been torture, so I fled (hitchhiked, really) to Florida after leaving college in Harrisburg. Life in the sunshine state was no picnic, and my computer skills didn’t get me a job right away. I realized quickly life was harder in the “real world”. I finally settled down, got married, and had a terrific son. Everything is going great, right? Not really…
Fast forward to 2006, I’m now divorced and wondering how to find true happiness – if that’s even possible! I started reading self-help books, probably Anthony Robbins book “Awaken the Giant Within” first of all because it was the only one I owned at the time (I now have a nicely stocked library). Slowly I absorbed enough from all of the books to realize I had to change – which meant taking massive action! Happiness for me is a journey, not a destination, and I’m still headed in the direction that will ultimately lead me to help thousands of others find happiness as well. That is the reaso I’m here at SelfGrowth.com, and within the next year you will probably hear much more from me. If you get a chance, stop by and say hello! I will gladly do the same. Until our paths cross, be happyFree Articles & Book Excerpts
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What's Your Happiness Set Point?
Are you one those people that are almost always happy, no matter what is happening in your life? Well me neither, but I’ve known a few people like that in my life and it never ceases to amaze me at their natural ability to maintain a smile every day. A friend of mine is like that, and I have to ...
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Find Happiness - By Bringing the Pain
Good day, I would like to talk today about something I read recently conce ing happiness, or better still, the lack of it. Normally when we think of pursuing happiness it’s within the context of striving for something positive in life, such as a goal, an ideal, a behavior, or something tangible that we want. How about the opposite end of the spectrum? Can we make our lives happier by moving away from the things we despise? Since that is the topic of my article, the answer is a resounding “YES”.
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The Power of Habits
I was thinking about how our habits seem to shape our lives, whether it's the habit of getting up on time (or late) every day, the habit of being healthy and eating right, or habits like getting really ticked off when someone cuts you off in traffic. Do you have bad habits? I guess we all ...
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The Keys To Long-term Happiness
In order to really secure a happiness that will last beyond the immediate “rush” of whatever is making you smile at the moment, you must find a balance between all of the major areas in your life. These are easily identified by most people, but we tend to forget how important ...
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Make time for your happiness
The other day I was watching a program that tried to figure out what most people nthought was the level of financial income needed for a person to feel rich. Now if you thinknabout it, “rich” is a pretty vague term so to some people it was in the neighborhood of a millionndollars (net ...
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Do Your Beliefs Support Your Dreams?
Are there things that compel us to do what we do? What guides us in our choices of what we become in life, our professional choices, our educational choices, etc. Could it be our beliefs to some extent? Yes, psychologists say that we make many decisions in life based on how we see ourselves, ...
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Giving Back Will Boost Your Happiness
Today's topic is giving back - not only to make ourselves feel better, because it's the right thing to do, or because your church says you should. Those are all valid reasons to give back - but in my mind another one is often overlooked. I feel that many people work very hard at making money, ...
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Do You Suffer From Social Anxiety Disorder
Do you know anyone who suffers from social anxiety disorder? If you aren’t sure what it is, it’s a fear or apprehension of being around other people. This can be a debilitating thing for some folks, and even cause outright panic attacks in others. Mostly it causes people to become solitary and avoid others nearly to the point of being hermits, which is a frightening situation for them indeed.
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Do You Really Have a Happiness Set Point?
Are you one those people that are almost always happy, no matter what is happening in your life? Well me neither, but I’ve known a few people like that in my life and it never ceases to amaze me at their natural ability to maintain a smile every day. A friend of mine is like that, and I ...
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Your Decisions are Critical for Success
How good are you at making decisions? How do you know if you ar? Well, some people seem to make decisions very quickly, and others seem to take forever. Which method is the best? In general I believe being decisive is a very good thing, in other words being able to quickly weigh your options ...
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Think Yourself into Future Happiness
I want to discuss a topic that is a little bit esoteric – not many people really know what I mean when I speak of “future-thinking”, but I wanted to explain because it has helped me so much that I feel I must. I’m not talking about literally predicting the future, ...
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Ten Ways To Re-motivate Yourself
The past few weeks have been sort of unproductive for me, mostly because of certain distractions that for the most part were beyond my control (scheduling problems, personal things that needed attention, the usual). Now I look back and say “how could let myself do this?” I feel as if ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Doug Hart
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“People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.”
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- “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
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- “When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
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- “Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”
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Contacting Doug Hart
Email: doug_hart@getpassionforlife.com
Website: www.getpassionforlife.com
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