by Peter and Beth Bostwick | Dec 18, 2017 | Happier, Peter's Voice
Most people think things make them happy. Getting a new car or a new job or a new friend certainly gives you a feeling of joy. You enjoy the working towards it and the receiving of it. But many times, the attainment of the thing you’ve sought after also brings a...
by Peter and Beth Bostwick | Dec 11, 2017 | Happier, Peter's Voice
Can you be happier? It sounds a little rhetorical. You say, of course, I can be happier. Who couldn’t be happier? Especially since we know happiness is not based on a random scale, but on how often you feel happy. Is it worth any extra effort to be happier? For sure....
by Peter and Beth Bostwick | Dec 4, 2017 | Happier, Peter's Voice
Are you happy now? Most people are happy at least some of the time. It seems to come and go without giving it much thought as to how it gets there or where it goes. With happiness, you don’t notice it’s gone until later when you realize you’re no longer happy. You’re...
by Peter and Beth Bostwick | Nov 27, 2017 | Experiences, Happier, Peter's Voice
What does it mean to fake being happy? I went through many years of my life faking being happy. An employee of mine used to say I was the happiest guy he knew. I always seemed to have a smile on my face. Whenever he asked me how I was doing, I would beam back...
by Peter and Beth Bostwick | Nov 22, 2017 | Happier, Peter's Voice
If the measure of your happiness is whether you are happy now and your Happiness Ratio is how much of your day you spend being happy, let’s get to the big question: How happy are you? Or better, how often are you happy? To get a sense of how happy you are,...
by Peter and Beth Bostwick | Nov 15, 2017 | Happier, Peter's Voice
Are there different levels of happiness? Does it start with sort of happy and go all the way to very happy? Or is happiness binary – either you’re happy or not happy? Can you even measure happiness? There are all kinds of studies and tests – some of...
