Are you included in the 90%

Are you a part of the ever growing

not-so-much-of-a-minority

any longer

group

of the

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Continent

9 0 %

90%  of the people say they have a major

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about something in their lives.          .          .

You?

Regret is the second most frequently mentioned emotion after

l        o        v        e.       .       .

Researchers from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management

found that our biggest regrets tend to revolve around

Romance:  18.1%

Family: 15.9%

Education: 13.1%

Career 12.2%

Finance 9.9%

and that we feel the most regret about missed chances:

In the long run, we’re more likely to regret things we didn’t do

than things we

d  i  d     d  o.        .        .   

The   W  H  Y    of   it  all:

“Our ‘psychological immune system’ helps us recover from bad experiences quicker than we assume, thanks to our ability to rationalize and reframe how we see things.   .  .But it’s harder to use these tricks to get over never having tried something in the first place.    .    .    .” 

So.        .        .

what’s a Ninety-percenter to do?

According to Bronnie Ware’s book,

THE  TOP  FIVE  REGRETS  OF  THE  DYING

you’ll be much more satisfied at the end of your life

if   you:

L I V E     A     L I F E     T H A T ‘ S     M O R E     M E A N I N G F U L     T O     Y O U

H A V E     T H E     C O U R A G E     T O     E X P R E S S     Y O U R     F E E L I N G S

S I M P L Y     A L L O W     Y O U R S E L F     T O     B E     H A P P I E R

P R I O R I T I Z E     F A M I L Y     T I M E     O V E R     L O N G     H O U R S     A T     W O R K

S T A Y     I N     T O U C H     W I T H     O L D     F R I E N D S

Maybe Ted Hughes, the British Poet Laureate was right:

“The only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough.  Nothing else really counts at all.”

Maybe the Chinese Proverb is correct:

If you want to be happy for an hour–take a nap

If you want to be happy for a day–go fishing

If you want to be happy for a month–get married

If you want to be happy for a year–inherit a fortune

If you want to be happy for a lifetime–

H  E  L  P      O T H E R S

Being a Caring Catalyst

not only means giving up a life of regrets

but picking up  o p p o r t u n i t i e s  to

make others happier.     .     .

Hey,

if you want to build skills for a happier life with fun,

science-based  activities and games

then you can click in:

www.happify.com

If you want to begin

at this very moment

become a

Certified  Caring  Catalyst

Uhhhhhhhhh.         .           .

need I say it.           .           .

 need you read it.       .       .

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