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My New Book “Find Happiness Now”

Jonathan Robinson, Finding Happiness Posted on June 24, 2014 by Jonathan RobinsonJanuary 16, 2023

find_happiness_now (1)What do you want in life?  You may think it’s money, or a hot relationship or a better job, but why do you want those things?  Because you think if you had them, you’d be even happier.   I call this belief the “as soon as” method for finding happiness.  You think “As soon as I have more money, or as soon as I lose 10 pounds, or as soon as I find my soul mate, THEN I will be happy.”  I have good news and bad news for you. First, the bad news:  if you are a member of the “as soon as” approach to finding happiness, you’ll never be happy for long.

But there’s good news.  Recent research shows that happiness can be learned, and it doesn’t require that you change anything in your life.   In my new book, “Find Happiness Now”  I reveal simple ways you can: Continue reading →

Posted in Books, How to Be Happy, How to Find Happiness, Jonathan Robinson | Tagged book, finding, Jonathan Robinson, life, love, manage, positive psychology

The Vacation Commitment Experiment

Jonathan Robinson, Finding Happiness Posted on June 4, 2014 by Jonathan RobinsonJanuary 16, 2023

OceanIslander02One day I called up my friend, Susan, and asked her how she was.  She said, “Things are great.  Joe and I just got back from another week long vacation.”  I realized that, just about every time I talked to Susan, she had recently gone on vacation.  I was a bit annoyed and jealous.  “How do you take so many vacations?” I asked.   Her reply made me even more annoyed, “We simply make it a priority.”  I felt a certain amount of self-pity as I shot back, “Boy, I wish my life was set up so I could take so much time off.”   In a compassionate, yet direct manner, Susan replied, “You can if it’s important enough to you.  Joe and I just decided we’d take eight weeks off each year.  There’s a lot of resistance to doing that, but we’re committed to living the life that we want to live.” Continue reading →

Posted in Being Present, Goals, How to Find Happiness, Inspire Me Today, Positive Psychology, Well being | Tagged experience, fullest, how to be happy, Jonathan Robinson, joy, life, manage, positive psychology

The Three Minute Body Miracle

Jonathan Robinson, Finding Happiness Posted on May 24, 2014 by Jonathan RobinsonJanuary 16, 2023

03-nodding-off-TS-78429850It’s a rainy, sleepy afternoon, and you’re stuck in front of your computer.  Your bones are weary, your eyes blurred, and your mind feels burned out.  You can grab another cup of coffee, but you know your body really doesn’t need any more caffeine.   What to do?  If you knew that in three minutes of effort you could go from burned out to blissed out, would it be worth your while?  If the answer is yes, then the “Three Minute Body Miracle” (or T.M.B.M for short) is for you.  This simple, but amazingly effective four-step technique does several things in a short period of time.  First, it gets your body naturally energized.  Second, it stimulates blood flow to the brain for better focus and concentration.  And finally, it allows you to quickly let go of stress and tension in both your body and mind.  If you try it just a couple of times, I think you’ll be hooked. Continue reading →

Posted in Relaxing, Well being | Tagged enjoy, experience, fullest, how to be happy, Jonathan Robinson, positive psychology

The Five Questions of Success

Jonathan Robinson, Finding Happiness Posted on May 10, 2014 by Jonathan RobinsonJanuary 16, 2023

The-Five-Questions1If someone asked me to describe in four simple words how they could achieve wealth, health, and happiness, my answer would be easy: ask the right questions for success.  When we ask ourselves good questions, it leads us to make better decisions as to where and how to spend our time.  When we fail to ask the right questions, we can easily fall prey to mechanical routines, other people’s goals, and a life of unhappiness.  When it comes to taking charge of your time and your life, asking the right questions can be the answer you’ve been looking for.

I created a list of five questions that seemed the most valuable in gently guiding people back to the life they truly desired.  I have found that answering these questions once a month can be an amazingly efficient way to create the life you really want. When answering these questions, it’s best to say your answers out loud to a mate, friend, or co-worker. Another option is to write down what you have to say in a journal.  Somehow, saying the answers out loud or writing things down has more impact than simply thinking them in your head.

For each of the five questions that follow, I give a brief description of why it can be useful to ask yourself—or those you love—this question once a month.

1) What can I do this week to bring more fun and/or meaning into my life?

As adults, most of us get lost in daily routines, problems, and plans.  Yet, as children, life was very different.  We’re not born into this world as planners and problems solvers, but rather as bundles of playful energy.  This question can help remind you to schedule something each week to bring fun and/or meaning into your life.  It will help provoke your thinking as to what you currently find fun or meaningful, and help you keep these things as priorities in your life

2) What could I feel grateful for in my life?

This may seem like a strange question to get your life in order, but it’s important to remember what is going great in your life.  If you focus only on what’s wrong with your life, you’ll always be thinking about problems.  Part of living a successful life means focusing on what’s going well, and feeling grateful for how blessed you are.

3) How can I use the gifts I’ve been given to better serve people?

If you want to make a lot of money, get good at giving people what they want.  If you want love, become skillful at caring for people.   Whatever you want in life, you can receive it by becoming good at serving people.  This question will help you to consistently ponder how you can do this more effectively.

4) Is there anything I’m doing that is hurting myself, other people, or steering me off course?

When planes fly to a destination, they are of course over 90% of the time.  However, they almost constantly correct their course, so they end up where they’re supposed to be.  We need to do likewise.  When people make mistakes, they often spend a lot of time in blame, self-pity, or distraction.  That just makes matters worse. Instead, what we need to do is quickly realized when we’re off course, and immediately take the actions necessary to get back on track

5) What would be good to do to create more balance, harmony or growth in my life?

To answer this question, it helps to access your intuition, or still, small voice inside.  Perhaps there has been something you’ve been avoiding, and this question will help you realize it’s time to move forward.  Whenever possible, try to be specific with your answer and the new action(s) you plan to take.  Insights are helpful, but only changes in actual behavior are likely to lead to the results you desire.

QAimagesThese five questions are an easy, quick, and powerful way to gain important insights that will help you to plan your time wisely.  Rather than waiting until a problem is big, these questions will help you to handle things when they’re small and easily handled.  By writing your answers in a journal, or taking turns answering these questions with a friend, you can help each other create the life you truly desire.

Posted in Being Present, Goals, Key to Happiness | Tagged experience, fullest, happiness, how to be happy, Jonathan Robinson, life, manage

Creating Balanced Goals

Jonathan Robinson, Finding Happiness Posted on April 24, 2014 by Jonathan RobinsonJanuary 16, 2023

Pebble stackSetting and achieving goals is perhaps the most documented technique for manifesting what you want—efficiently and effectively. Since writing your goals is so powerful, it’s important to know precisely what you want to create so you will be pleased when you get it. If you don’t specify your dreams clearly enough, you can end up creating a nightmare. Sometimes people who write down their goals do create a life that is out of harmony. Why?  Because their goals are all outward goals—such as making more money.   Yet, manifesting more money is of little good if it’s created at the cost of your time, relationships, and peace of mind.  Therefore, I think it’s best to create what I call “balanced goals.”  Balanced goals are goals that have both an internal and an external element to them. For example, if you want more money, it can be helpful to know why you want it. If you realize it’s to have more peace of mind, then why not make a goal to create more peace of mind in your life while you make more money?

To downloadcreate a balanced goal, you need to know two things. First, you need to know exactly what you’d like to manifest in the material world. Second, you want to identify what you hope to experience as a result of achieving your external goal. The easiest way to know what inner goal is appropriate for you, is to ask yourself the following question: “What feeling do I hope to experience as a result of achieving my external goal (such as more money, a house, etc.)?”   Once you know what feeling or experience you ultimately want to have, make having more of that experience the focus of your inner goal. Below is an example of how you might go through the four-step process for achieving an inner goal. To better illustrate this process, I’ll use my interaction with a client named Sarah as an example:

1:  Write down your inner goal. To know your inner goal, ask yourself: “What feeling do I hope to experience as a result of achieving my external goal?”  When I asked Sarah this question, she eventually realized she wanted more comfort and security.

2: Write down the criterion that the goal has been adequately achieved. In the case of inner goals, I suggest people create an “intuitive scale” to measure how they’re doing. Ask yourself, “On a 1 to 10 scale (10 representing the best possible), how much of my inner goal (in Sarah’s case, how much comfort and security) do I currently have in my life?”  When I asked Sarah this question, she said she was “about a 4.”  Then I asked her, “Where do you want to be on a 1 to 10 scale, and by when?”  She responded, “I’d like to be at a level 7 five months from today.”

3: Brainstorm steps you could take to help you move towards achieving what you  ultimately want. Ask other people how they might go about achieving a similar goal. The more ideas you come up with, the better.

4: Do the activities on your brainstorm list in a logical order until you’ve achieved the goal–or need to create a new plan.

Notice measuring-tape-sidewalkthat in the above example with Sarah, I had her create an internal way to measure her progress towards more security and comfort. You can always improve what you can measure. Although creating an “intuitive 1 to 10 scale” is not absolutely precise, I’ve found that people say it works surprisingly well in measuring their progress. All you need to do is rate, on an internal 1 to 10 scale, how you’re currently doing in the area you want to work on. Then, about once a week ask yourself, “How am I now doing (on a 1 to 10 scale)?”  Hopefully, you’ll see gradual improvement. If not, it may mean you need to do different tasks in order to be more successful.

For the best results, keep your goals on a sheet of paper that you can see every day. About once a week or so, read over your plan and see how you’re doing. See if you can schedule any more steps from your plan into the upcoming week.

By taking small actions each week on her internal and external goals, Sarah was able to achieve both her goals. In fact, she achieved her internal goal (creating more comfort and security) much faster than she expected. Sarah reported to me that her newfound comfort with herself assisted her on her job, which eventually led to the increase in pay she desired. When people create balanced goals, they often work in a synergistic manner that leads to extraordinary results.   As you set balanced goals, you’ll soon notice that your life feels more centered, balanced, and harmonious.  With the right method, it is possible to experience both wealth and peace.

Posted in Being Present, Goals, Gratitude, Inspire Me Today | Tagged experience, finding, goals, inspire, Jonathan Robinson, life, positive psychology

The Power of Deliberate Kindness

Jonathan Robinson, Finding Happiness Posted on April 10, 2014 by Jonathan RobinsonJanuary 16, 2023

Non-effective_listeningArmed with the secret information I am about to reveal to you, you will soon have incredible power in making friends and business contacts.  Since these human technologies are so powerful, I must first give you some warnings as to how to use them.  Please don’t use the ideas I’m about to divulge as a way to manipulate people.  If you do, people will eventually see through your charade.  Instead, consider these tools for connecting with people as a way to extend your good, caring intentions.  If you use these methods with good intentions, you and the people you connect with will be amply rewarded. Continue reading →

Posted in Gratitude, Inspire Me Today, Positive Psychology | Tagged charming, experience, finding, inspire, Jonathan Robinson, manage, positive psychology

How to Quickly Find Peace Using “The Sedona Method”

Jonathan Robinson, Finding Happiness Posted on March 7, 2014 by Jonathan RobinsonJanuary 16, 2023

sedonaPerhaps the most important thing a human being can learn is how to quickly let go of negative thought patterns and emotions and quickly return to the peace and love that’s hidden behind our turbulent minds.  Once you can do this well, everything in your life changes. In my exploration of how doing this effectively, I’ve tried a lot of things.  One of my absolute favorite ways to quickly return to a place of peace (after being upset) is to use something called “The Sedona Method.” What follows is a  mini-course on the Sedona Method.  If you try this out and like it, I recommend that you get the book “The Sedona Method,” so you can get a better understanding of this truly effective and simple technique. Continue reading →

Posted in Being Present, Mood, Positive Psychology Exercises, Relaxing | Tagged finding, happiness, inspire, Jonathan Robinson, positive psychology, relaxing

“Find Happiness Now” My New Book

Jonathan Robinson, Finding Happiness Posted on February 25, 2014 by Jonathan RobinsonJanuary 16, 2023

find_happiness_now (1)While in school, John Lennon of the Beatles was asked by his teacher what he wanted to be when he grew up.  He said he wanted to be happy.  His teacher told John that he did not really understand the question. John Lennon told his teacher that he did not really understand Life!   In fact, what we all really want is to be happy, but we’re taught that happiness comes from being successful—such as having a lot of money. Yet, recent research shows it’s the other way around:  success comes from being truly happy.  In fact, happy people make over $750,000 more dollars in their lifetime than unhappy people.  In addition, they raise happier kids, live 9 years longer, and have half the rate of divorce of the “normal” population.

Fortunately, extreme happiness (or joy or fulfillment if you prefer) can be learned—if you know the right secrets.  Best of all, it need not take a long time to learn.  In my new book, “Find Happiness Now,” I reveal the most powerful and practical methods for creating more happiness in your life.  In fact, most of the methods in the book can be done in under 2 minutes a day—yet their effect can change your life.

Many people struggle with stress, anxiety and depression—but they don’t need to.  I certainly know about depression.  In fact, depression not only runs in my family–it practically gallops!  Yet, by interviewing some of the happiest people on Earth (the Dalai Lama, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra and 35 others), I’ve learned simple ways to go from stressed-out to blissed-out in under a minute.  You can too by picking up a copy of “Find Happiness Now.”  Don’t put off the happiness you deserve any longer.  Instead, Find Happiness Now at Amazon.com or your local bookstore…

 

Posted in Books, How to Find Happiness | Tagged book, finding, happiness, inspire, Jonathan Robinson, joy, life, manage

How to Create a Deep Intimate Experience with a Loved One

Jonathan Robinson, Finding Happiness Posted on February 10, 2014 by Jonathan RobinsonJanuary 16, 2023

Love coupleIn my book The Little Book of Big Questions I have a chapter called “The Spiritual Intimacy Experience.”  It consists of fifteen questions partners can ask each other in order to develop a deeper connection. I received many letters from people stating that answering these questions with their mate led to the most profound experience of intimacy they had ever had.

Since Valentine’s Day is coming up, I thought it timely to give you this method for quickly deepening your level of intimacy with a mate or a friend. Continue reading →

Posted in Being Present, Inspire Me Today, Positive Psychology | Tagged happiness, how to be happy, Jonathan Robinson, joy, life, love, partner

Top 10 Tips for Great Sleep…

Jonathan Robinson, Finding Happiness Posted on January 28, 2014 by Jonathan RobinsonJanuary 16, 2023

insomniaI’ve been reading recently about how important a good night’s sleep is for feeling happy during the day and being productive in life.  Unfortunately, about 30% of Americans suffer from chronic insomnia and/or sleep deprivation.   In our fast paced world, many people try to do with as little sleep as possible, but then end up suffering emotional and health effects from getting too little sleep.

In order to get a good night’s sleep, I’ve created a simple guide called “Ten Tips for a Good Night’s Sleep.”   By following its guidelines, my hope is that you’ll experience a better quality of sleep each night, as well as more productive and happier days due to having rested well.   Feel free to forward this on to people you care about who might want to improve their quality of sleep.   By resting well each night, you’ll be in good shape to handle whatever life throws at you….

Ten Tips for a Good Night’s Sleep:

  1. Make your bedroom conducive to sleep:  people sleep best in cool, dark, and quiet environments.   Use a sleep mask or whatever is necessary to create as dark a room as possible.
  2. Create a sleep inducing routine: try taking a bath or shower before bed, or read a book, or some other non-stressful activity before going to bed.
  3.  Avoid alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and energy drinks:  caffeine can keep you awake even 6 to 8 hours after it’s ingested, so be especially careful about “hidden” caffeine in soda, chocolate, tea, and pain relievers.
  4. Know how to use the light at night:  if possible, avoid highly lit screens an hour before going to bed, such as looking at a computer screen.  If you read before going to bed, make the light a little dim.
  5. Keep a consistent sleep schedule:  people sleep better when they go to sleep and wake up at roughly the same time each night and day.  Try to sleep an amount of hours that truly works for you (8 is recommended).
  6. Nap before 5pm, or not at all: if you like naps, try taking a nap for less than 30 minutes, and make it before 5pm.  If you still have trouble falling or staying asleep, try not napping and see how that affects your sleep.
  7.  Don’t eat a big evening meal: finish dinner several hours before you go to sleep, don’t eat anything an hour before bedtime, and avoid foods that can cause indigestion.
  8. Exercise early in the day:  While exercise during the day helps people to have a good night’s sleep, don’t exercise at least 3 hours before going to bed.
  9. Explore ways to quiet your mind: you can’t quickly stop a fast moving car; nor can you quickly stop a fast moving mind.  Therefore, have a way of relaxing and dealing with stress during your day—before your mind builds up too much momentum.
  10.  Avoid stimulating movies or TV before bed:  Emotionally intense movies or shows can make it very hard to fall asleep for a couple of hours afterwards.   Therefore, avoid such stimulation at least an hour before going to bed..

..and a Bonus Tip: Use what seems to work for you through trial and error:  this can include supplements such as melatonin or “Midnite or Valerian, or things specific to you.

 

Posted in Being Present, Mood, Overcoming Anxiety, Relaxing | Tagged happiness, inspire, Jonathan Robinson, joy, life, love, manage, sleep

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