Sonja Lyubomirsky Quotes

• In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life.

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  Happiness, Thinking, Goal

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.65, Penguin

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• If you're not happy today, then you won't be happy tomorrow unless you take things into your own hands and take action.

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  Happiness, Hands, Today

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.43, Penguin

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• Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us.

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  Happiness, Reason

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• It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its attainment.

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  Goal, Challenges, Vision

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.172, Penguin

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• Si observamos a las personas auténticamente felices, veremos que no se limitan a quedarse sentadas y contentas. Hacen que las cosas sucedan. Persiguen nuevos conocimientos, buscan nuevos logros y controlan sus pensamientos y sentimientos. En resumen, nuestras actividades intencionadas y esforzadas tienen un poderoso efecto sobre lo felices que somos, por encima de los efectos de nuestros puntos de partida y de las circunstancias en las que nos encontramos. Si una persona infeliz quiere experimentar interés, entusiasmo, satisfacción, paz y alegría, puede conseguirlo aprendiendo los hábitos de una persona feliz.

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  Happiness, Powerful, Unhappy Person

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.62, Penguin

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• Thus the key to happiness lies not in changing our genetic makeup (which is impossible) and not in changing our circumstances (i.e., seeking wealth or attractiveness or better colleagues, which is usually impractical), but in our daily intentional activities.

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  Happiness, Lying, Makeup

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.29, Penguin

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• ...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic.

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  Lonely, Gratitude, Envious

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.81, Penguin

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• Find a happy person, and you will find a project.

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  Meaningful, Projects, Happy Person

  "One Guaranteed Way To Boost Your Happiness", www.huffingtonpost.com. July 27, 2013.

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• Exercise may very well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities.

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  Exercise, May, Wells

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.204, Penguin

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• The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.

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  Gratitude, Practice, Greed

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.85, Penguin

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• If we can accept as true that life circumstances are not the keys to happiness, we'll be greatly empowered to pursue happiness for ourselves.

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  Happiness, Keys, Accepting

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.29, Penguin

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• I use the term happiness to refer to the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.

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  Meaningful, Life Is Good, Joy

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.37, Penguin

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• All that is required to become an optimist is to have the goal and to practice it. The more you rehearse optimistic thoughts, the more 'natural' and 'ingrained' they will become. With time they will be part of you, and you will have made yourself into an altogether different person.

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  Optimistic, Practice, Goal

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.97, Penguin

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• No one in our society needs to be told that exercise is good for us. Whether you are overweight or have a chronic illness or are a slim couch potato, you've probably heard or read this dictum countless times throughout your life. But has anyone told you-indeed, guaranteed you-that regular physical activity will make you happier? I swear by it.

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  Exercise, Our Society, Slim

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• La combinación de rumiación y estado de ánimo negativo es tóxica. Las investigaciones demuestran que las personas que rumian mientras están tristes o angustiadas son propensas a sentirse asediadas, impotentes, autocríticas, pesimistas y, en general, negativamente predispuestas.

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  Self, People, Pessimistic

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.99, Penguin

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• Last but not least, the happiest people do have their share of stresses, crises, and even tragedies. They may become just as distressed and emotional in such circumstances as you or I, but their secret weapon is the poise and strength they show in coping in the face of challenge.

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  Happiness, Stress, Emotional

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.30, Penguin

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• I prefer to think of the creation or construction of happiness, because research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves.

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  Happiness, Fashion, Thinking

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.24, Penguin

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• Write down your barrier thoughts, and then consider ways to reinterpret the situation. In the process, ask yourself questions like... What else could this situation or experience mean? Can anything good come from it? Does it present any opportunities for me? What lessons can I learn and apply to the future? Did I develop any strengths as a result?

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  Mean, Writing, Opportunity

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.96, Penguin

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• Every day you have to renew your commitment. Some of the strategies should become habitual over time and not a huge effort.

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  Commitment, Effort, Strategy

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• Cuando somos plenamente conscientes de la fugacidad de las cosas -el inminente regreso a casa tras una aventura en el extranjero, una graduación, nuestro hijo subiendo al autobús escolar el primer día de guardería, un colega cercano que cambia de trabajo, un traslado a una nueva ciudad- es más probable que apreciemos [agradezcamos] y saboreemos el tiempo que nos queda. Aunque las experiencias agridulces también nos entristecen, es esta tristeza la que nos impulsa, en lugar de darlas por sentadas, a apreciar los aspectos positivos de nuestras vacaciones, colega o ciudad natal; es "ahora o nunca".

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  Gratitude, Jobs, Children

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• It is equally important to investigate wellness as it is to study misery.

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  Important, Wellness, Misery

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• Women’s magazines will often ask me things like, 'All right, I need six five-minute happiness strategies.' And I say, well, there aren’t any five-minute happiness strategies. This is something you have to do kind of every day for the rest of your life. Just like if you want to raise moral children or if you want to advance in your career. It’s a goal you pursue your whole life.

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  Children, Careers, Goal

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• Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic.

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  People, Forgiving, Hateful

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.145, Penguin

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• Las personas propensas a la anticipación alegre, expertas en obtener placer mirando hacia delante e imaginando futuros acontecimientos felices, son especialmente propensas a ser optimistas y a experimentar emociones intensas.

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  Optimistic, People, Events

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.161, Penguin

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