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Your habits create happiness more than anything else in life. These 10 habits will make you happier today. Via Best Blog Scoops 
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by Goli Mohammadi "When 13-year-old Tahoe native Logan LaPlante takes the stage for his TEDx talk at the University of Nevada, what follows are 11 minutes of eloquent, confident wisdom on his style of education, which he calls “hackschooling.” Here’s a sample: 'I’m not tied to one particular curriculum, and I’m not dedicated to one particular approach. I hack my education. I take advantages of opportunities in my community and through a network of my friends and family. I take advantage of opportunities to experience what I’m learning, and I’m not afraid to look for shortcuts or hacks to get a better, faster result. It’s like a remix or a mashup of learning. … And here’s the cool part: because it’s a mindset, not a system, hackschooling can be used by anyone, even traditional schools.' "He touts the virtues of having the hacker mindset: 'A lot of people think of hackers as geeky computer nerds who live in their parents’ basement and spread computer viruses, but I don’t see it that way. Hackers are innovators. Hacker are people who challenge and change the systems to make them work differently, to make them work better. It’s just how they think, it’s a mindset. I’m growing up in a world that needs more people with the hacker mindset, and not just for technology. Everything is up for being hacked, even skiing, even education. So whether it’s Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, or Shane McConkey, having the hacker mindset can change the world.' "He emphasizes the importance of being happy: 'We don’t seem to make how to be healthy and happy a priority in our schools; it’s separate from schools, and for some kids it doesn’t exist at all, but what if we didn’t make it separate? What if we based our education on the practice of being happy and healthy because that’s what it is: a practice, and a simple practice at that. … Education is important, but why is being happy and healthy not considered education? I just don’t get it.''" Check out Logan’s full TEDx talk, “Hackschooling Makes Me Happy,”
Debbie Ruston - The Success Educator's curator insight,
September 9, 2013 1:24 PM
Excellent mesage from Logan on the importance of being creative, doing things diffferently, taking personal responsibility for education and realizng there is choice outside of traditional education.... 
Denise McManus's curator insight,
September 10, 2013 5:04 AM
I love the idea of self schooling, being happy.....very confident new teen |
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1. Learn something new, even if it's stressful: Mastering a new skill means more stress now but more happiness later.
If you are willing to push through a bit of added stress in the short term, you can experience huge gains in happiness for the long term.
So learn a new skill. Though you'll take on a bit more stress, research shows you'll be happier on an hourly, daily, and long-term basis.
The gains from this investment in time and energy were documented in a 2009 study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies. Participants who spent time on activities that increased their competency, met their need for autonomy, or helped them connect with others reported decreased happiness in the moment yet increased happiness on an hourly and daily basis.
The key, according to the study, is to choose the right new skill to master, challenge to undertake, or opportunity to get out of your comfort zone. The greatest increases in happiness come from learning a skill you choose, rather than one you think you should or feel forced to learn. Via The Learning Factor
Marcia Buxton's curator insight,
September 15, 2017 6:26 AM
Something to consider for the wellbeing of our teams.
Lucero D's curator insight,
September 15, 2017 8:42 AM
When we were first married my husband and I played a game for married couples with some long married friends. One of the questions was, "How would you describe yourself in one word?", and your spouse had to choose the one to match yours in order to get a point in the game. I don't remember all the choices, but rose and book were the two that stood out to me. I recall hoping that my would know that I would instinctively choose book. Not because I love to read or that I think I'm smarter than everyone else BUT because I LOVE to learn new things. Thankfully, he didn't choose rose and we kicked the other couples butts!!! I enjoy attempting to master new skills like making kombucha, learning to ferment vegetables, making bread, baking something new, learning about how to keep chickens, gardening difficult to grow flowers or vegetables, figuring out how to fix my bike by myself. . . You see, I'm not afraid to get myself dirty. What my husband finds frustrating about these things is that though the habits become part of my regular routine I don't develop them to the point of perfection so I can make a business of it. There is a very good reason for this. I want to continue learning skills which will benefit my family and bring me joy and have the freedom to practice them without the stress of it becoming a burden. At one time I wanted to have my own business. Then I saw the reality of things. . . My husband has a cabinet shop. Really that is a misnomer - he has a manufacturing facility. He USED to be a cabinet maker. He USED to enjoy making things out of wood and took pride is the work of his hands. Now he is slave to his business. His entire life is his business - keeping customers happy and people employed so the business can continue to grow. He has employees who make boxes for his clients. His hands rarely ever touch the materials with which he once so loved working. What was once his creative outlet is now his living nightmare, his taskmaster, and the focus of all his attention. He has a wife who loves him and two beautiful, sweet, smart little girls who are growing so fast and he has little time to spend with them. They'll be grown and gone before he knows it and he'll have missed it all. Time will go by and I'll become more and more the stranger who is married to a house that he happens to sleep in.
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Happiness interview: Andrew Mangino. By Gretchen Rubin...
How can we usher in a new era of happiness (and inspiration) in America's schools?
Our team at The Future Project believes that just as there is an achievement gap, there is also an inspiration deficit in our schools. When students (and teachers, administrators, custodians, coaches, and parents) are not inspired, they are not happy -- at least not as happy as they could be! Nor do they learn well; reform, we believe, must be built on a foundation of inspiration. So, we're aiming to bring about the world in which all students have found something that inspires and truly excites them, whether civil engineering, French food, botany, or the Roaring Twenties, and channeled it to improve the world around them. All before finishing high school!
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Via Gust MEES, Jim Lerman
Gust MEES's comment,
July 5, 2012 5:08 AM
@Konstantinos Kalemis,
Hi, Thanks for your comment, much appreciated... have a nice day :-) Gust |
The world is going through quirky times. Happiness is synthetic—you either create it, or you don’t. Happiness that lasts is earned through your habits. Check out these 10 habits to keep happy.