Comments on: Test yourself to find what you need to be happier http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:26:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: How To Be Extraordinarily Happy – In Work and Life http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-246931 How To Be Extraordinarily Happy – In Work and Life Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:13:32 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/#comment-246931 [...] a review of the positive psychology literature Penelope Trunk said The thing that increases our happiness is our relationships. A job cannot make those better. [...] [...] a review of the positive psychology literature Penelope Trunk said The thing that increases our happiness is our relationships. A job cannot make those better. [...]

]]> By: NCK http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-241865 NCK Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:07:53 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/#comment-241865 Theres a problem here. There are people, like me, who ARE sanely happy. I just don't show it. I don't walk around with a smile on my face. I don't rush over to meet everyone. I don't want to be the center of attention. I admit, I don't LIKE people very much, I think most of them are fair weather at best.....but I AM NOT UNHAPPY ABOUT IT. But its killing my marriage. ANd I don't know what to do. Are there any classes to SHOW you how to APPEAR HAPPY?? I know SEVERAL people who are Joe Smiley and are great at the little things, but disappear when things get tough....I guess thats what is more important to my wife........Its tough. Theres a problem here. There are people, like me, who ARE sanely happy. I just don't show it. I don't walk around with a smile on my face. I don't rush over to meet everyone. I don't want to be the center of attention.

I admit, I don't LIKE people very much, I think most of them are fair weather at best…..but I AM NOT UNHAPPY ABOUT IT.

But its killing my marriage. ANd I don't know what to do. Are there any classes to SHOW you how to APPEAR HAPPY??

I know SEVERAL people who are Joe Smiley and are great at the little things, but disappear when things get tough….I guess thats what is more important to my wife……..Its tough.

]]> By: stephen http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-236691 stephen Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:01:10 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/#comment-236691 Over the last ten years, i have experienced the death of a sibling, a forced career change and numerous failed relationships. Financial problems and losing best friends to drugs and alcohol. I think i have been mad and sad for so long, i may have forgotten how to be happy. Also, the constant betrayal of lifelong frinds has added to my unhappiness. Where did it go, and how, will i ever get it back....I honestly try, and want so bad to be that happy person i used to be..any thoughts? Over the last ten years, i have experienced the death of a sibling, a forced career change and numerous failed relationships. Financial problems and losing best friends to drugs and alcohol. I think i have been mad and sad for so long, i may have forgotten how to be happy. Also, the constant betrayal of lifelong frinds has added to my unhappiness. Where did it go, and how, will i ever get it back….I honestly try, and want so bad to be that happy person i used to be..any thoughts?

]]> By: The Happiness Logic « She Started It http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-221670 The Happiness Logic « She Started It Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:42:19 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/#comment-221670 [...] more interesting life than a happier one. (I scored a “1″ on Trunk’s test.) Trunk occasionally blogs about whether she’s happy — and has gone further to discuss happiness and jobs, and [...] [...] more interesting life than a happier one. (I scored a "1" on Trunk's test.) Trunk occasionally blogs about whether she's happy — and has gone further to discuss happiness and jobs, and [...]

]]> By: Entrepreneur of the Week: Coffee, tattoos, fashion, and why I don’t want a job. | mizChartreuse! http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-219493 Entrepreneur of the Week: Coffee, tattoos, fashion, and why I don’t want a job. | mizChartreuse! Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:31:56 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/#comment-219493 [...] Penelope Trunk (founder of Brazen Careerist, who makes six figures through blogging) writes: [...] [...] Penelope Trunk (founder of Brazen Careerist, who makes six figures through blogging) writes: [...]

]]> By: What Makes Us Happy? « Lisa Marie Jones http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-217233 What Makes Us Happy? « Lisa Marie Jones Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:21:40 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/#comment-217233 [...] Trunk has spent a lot of time looking into the research on happiness and that’s what led me to What Makes us Happy, by Joshua Wolf Shenk. It’s a long [...] [...] Trunk has spent a lot of time looking into the research on happiness and that's what led me to What Makes us Happy, by Joshua Wolf Shenk. It's a long [...]

]]> By: Tools For Your Mind, Soul and Spirit » Blog Archive » “How to Be Happy” by wikihow http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-214300 Tools For Your Mind, Soul and Spirit » Blog Archive » “How to Be Happy” by wikihow Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:31:46 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/#comment-214300 [...] http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/ [...] [...] http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/ [...]

]]> By: How to Be Happy | Your Empowered Workplace http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-198230 How to Be Happy | Your Empowered Workplace Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:08:20 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/#comment-198230 [...] ↑ http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/ [...] [...] ↑ http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/ [...]

]]> By: Test yourself to find what you need to be happier « Future Scholar Blogger http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-182469 Test yourself to find what you need to be happier « Future Scholar Blogger Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:27:35 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/#comment-182469 [...] Test yourself to find what you need to be happier Jump to Comments Penelope Trunk’s [...] [...] Test yourself to find what you need to be happier Jump to Comments Penelope Trunk's [...]

]]> By: Don http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-179384 Don Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:56:17 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/01/23/test-yourself-to-find-what-you-need-to-be-happier/#comment-179384 Good stuff, which I'll reference on my blog, Working for Fools Good stuff, which I'll reference on my blog, Working for Fools

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