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Gretchen Craft Rubin (born December 14, 1965) is an American author, blogger and speaker.

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Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.

Dangerous, Form, Procrastination, Working

Nothing,' wrote Tolstoy, 'can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.

Beautiful, Happiness, Life, People, Perpetual, Wrote

Guard your children's free time - from you.

Children, Your Children, Free Time, Free, Time, Guard

Work harder to appreciate your ordinary day.

Appreciate, Day, Ordinary, Ordinary Days, Work, Work Harder

When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Churchill. At last, his unique qualities were brought to bear on a supreme challenge, and with his unshakable optimism, his heroic vision, and above all, his splendid speeches, Churchill roused the spirit of the British people.

Government, Heroic, Nation, People, Turned, Unique

Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability.

Ability, Enthusiasm, Important, Mastery

In 'Before and After,' I identify the sixteen strategies that we can use to make or break our habits. Some are quite familiar, such as 'Monitoring,' 'Scheduling,' and 'Convenience. ' Some took me a lot of effort to identify, such as 'Thinking,' 'Identity,' and 'Clarity. '

Thinking, Effort, Identity, Took, Scheduling

We’ve all heard of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In contrast, I realized, happiness has four stages. To eke out the most happiness from an experience we must: anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall a happy memory.

Acceptance, Contrast, Grief, Memories, Memory, Stages

It's so easy to wish that we'd made an effort in the past, so that we'd happily be enjoying the benefit now, but when now is the time when that effort must be made, as it always is, that prospect is much less inviting.

Effort, Enjoying, Monday, Past, Prospect

When I thought about why I was sometimes reluctant to push myself, I realized that it was because I was afraid of failure - but in order to have more success, I needed to be willing to accept more failure.

Accepting, Failure, Order, Sometimes, Success, Thought

I grasped two things: I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasnt going to change unless I made it change.

Change, Grasped, Made, Two, Two Things, Unless

The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

Discipline, Energy, Feelings, Happiness, High, Selfish

Happiness: "You Bring Your Own Weather To The Picnic. "

Marriage, Weather, Picnics, Happiness, Bring

In general, religious people seem to be happier than non-religious people - under various definitions of "religiosity," such as church attendance or professed spiritual beliefs.

Spiritual, Religious, People, Various, Attendance, General

Some kind of clutter is difficult - letting go of things with sentimental value, sifting through papers - but some clutter I find very refreshing to clear. I drive my daughters nuts because I'm always wandering into their rooms to clear clutter.

Clear, Daughter, Daughters, Letting, Letting Go, Nuts

I needed to change the lens through which I viewed everything familiar.

Everything, Familiar, Lens, Lenses, Needed, Viewed

Laughter is more than just a pleasurable activity. . . When people laugh together, they tend to talk and touch more and to make eye contact more frequently.

Eye, Laughter, Make, Relationship, Tend

Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.

Authentic Happiness, Control, Feels, Generally, Paperwork

Step by step, you make your way forward. That’s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can be so helpful. You see yourself do the work, which shows you that you can do the work. Progress is reassuring and inspiring; panic and then despair set in when you find yourself getting nothing done day after day. One of the painful ironies of work life is that the anxiety of procrastination often makes people even less likely to buckle down in the future.

Down, Motivational, Practices, Procrastination, Work, Writing

Focus not on doing less or doing more but on doing what you value.

Focus, Value, Values

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