Happiness is...

For years, people have assumed their happiness was tied to things like personal success, good health, inner peace, or perhaps the ability to finally fit into a pair of size 4 jeans.

Now new research suggests a person’s happiness — or lack thereof — may actually depend on something else entirely: their spouse.

According to a study in the latest issue of the American Psychological Association’s journal Developmental Psychology, a person’s individual happiness is closely tied with that of their spouse — at least when it comes to long-term married couples.

How to Make a Career Choice When You Have No Idea What You Want to Do

There are hundreds of career options out there. How do you make a career choice when you don't really know what you want to do? Does it seem like an insurmountable task? It's not. Yes, you will have to put some time and energy into making your decision, but your effort will be well worth it in the end. Follow these steps to making a good career choice.

You Are What You Think

According to neuroscience

studies, the adage that you should "be careful what you ask for" has more teeth to it than you might imagine. Your brain is very good at attending to whatever you direct it to. It's kind of like when you go to buy a car and you think you're the only person in the world who will have that shiny, bright purple VW Bug; then you drive it off the lot, and it seems every other car is just like yours. The Bugs were always out there, but it took a focusing event to get them onto your radar screen and noticed by you.

Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs

Not everyone is cut out to strike out on their own as an entrepreneur and a business owner. If you don’t have the characteristics necessary to be a small business owner, chances are your small business will not succeed. You also need a good environment in which to start your business. Some countries are better places for entrepreneurial success than others.

Top 10 Internet Home Business Ideas You Can Start and Run in Your Underwear

Can Anyone Make Money Online Working From Home?

Of course. Many thousands of people do. You might have friends or family members who make a living with a home-based Internet business already. The problem is that not everyone WILL make money online, because making money on the internet takes a long time to learn, and most people give up because it can be extremely frustrating.
With over 300,000 “Internet Home Business” related searches on the internet every month, it’s safe to say that there is a lot of demand for information on how to make money on the internet. Sadly, this also means that there are a lot of shady characters preying on this group of people.

5 Tips: How to make money from your blog

Many people who write blogs today simply want to share their opinion on something. But then there are the business-minded folks, who have found a way to use blogs, or Web logs, to bring in a little extra cash too.
If you're interested in taking it further — blogging for bucks, if you will — here are five strategies that could turn your blog into a moneymaker.

1. Sell advertising. This is likely the most common means of leveraging a blog to generate income.

From Junkie to Software Success

 

Accidental entrepreneur Bob Williamson, 61, is projecting his company, Horizon Software International, will hit $32 million in revenue this year.

Bob Williamson fled a broken home in Mississippi at age 17 to hitchhike around the country. He landed in Atlanta in 1970 at 24, homeless, broke, and addicted to heroin and methamphetamine. When he got a job there cleaning bricks for $15 a week, no one would have guessed that he would start a $26 million software company someday.

What Is Success?

How do you define success? We cannot define something until we understand what it is. So what is success?
Success means different things to different people. Albert Schweitzer said this about success....
'Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing you will be successful'.

7 Signs You Have Financial Problems

Financial problems can happen to anyone, including you who carefully manage your finances. Worse, many people do not realize that they have financial problems. They realized they were spending greater than the revenues when facing a big problem already in sight. Savings do not exist, but the child must pay an entrance fee to the school, or lose their jobs.You are currently felt he had no problem with the finances, do not jump to ge-er. When you find two of the characteristics just below, it means you actually have a problem with money.
   1. You are putting money than health, love, family, and friendship. Just for the sake of chasing money, you cancel your vacation plans with your family, or accompany parents who are ill.

Discover the Career of Your Personality

At least, there are 6 types of human personality as mentioned in the theory of John Holland. Namely Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Enterprising and Conventional.
1. Realistic type is described as a person who has the skill to work with machinery, tools or animals. Generally avoids social activities like teaching, healing and counseling. People with this personality type usually see themselves as being practical, mechanical, and unrealistic. Examples of work in this sphere is the engineer, pilot or police officer.