Things Are Good

It turns out that if you speak highly about those you know then you yourself are a good person. New research shows that the way you think about others reflects on how happy you are.
The researchers found a person’s tendency to describe others in positive terms is an important indicator of the positivity of the [...]

Here’s a chance for some people to help rebuild Haiti from afar. Good Magazine has launched a competition for idea on how to sustainably rebuild Haiti.
In the wake of the Port-au-Prince earthquake, Haitians have sustained an immense loss of life, with numbers still climbing, and the collapse of physical structures signifying the collapse of the [...]

Your mother was right, you should sit up straight. A new study has been done that examined how your posture when sitting affects your self-image.
Read about the posture study here.
Brinol et al. (2009) divided 71 students into four groups, then fed them a cover story about why they had to adopt two different poses: half [...]

This is a very simple way to make sure that you are happy and positive in life: just think about a good thing that happened to you yesterday.
It showed a 7 per cent increase in overall cheerfulness after the experiment.
”The figure is statistically significant,” said Prof Wiseman. ”I thought with a representative sample you [...]

Not much to add to this: study proves that people are universally optimistic.
“These results provide compelling evidence that optimism is a universal phenomenon,” said Matthew Gallagher, a psychology doctoral candidate at the University of Kansas and lead researcher of the study.
At the country level, optimism is highest in Ireland, Brazil, Denmark, and New Zealand and [...]

We all want a comfortable life and why not? Many people see the good life as a consumerist dream, but there’s no need for that. Here’s a nice article exploring ways to make the most of the world.
On waking
With less time spent working, the choice is yours — sleep in, go for a run, read [...]