BBC NEWS :
An Australian psychology expert who has been studying emotions has found being grumpy makes us think more clearly. In contrast to those annoying happy types, miserable people are better at decision-making and less gullible, his experiments showed.
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extremism to extremism. rose colored glasses or grumpy?, those are the two options to be in when trying to make a choice? bull puuuu. maybe if your running around throwing cookies singing give peace a chance in a war zone fine with drones flying overhead. or socked into your own misery and self pity, thats what grumpy is. expectations failed, anger etc. where most things take on a bleakness...., no one makes the best or perhaps even decent choices when they are filtering thru illusion and depression. even temperment and clear understanding of the situation leads to the best choices. imo
Pema spot on
Our of compassion I say that when you do a survey first know what happiness is
what it is is unconditional happiness where it is not dependent on anything else but is our core nature. what it is not is .. if I have this or that I will be happy. cause if you lose it you are unhappy
grumpy is a sad state and affects others around you. I have a friend who is often grummy and his wife suffers
This is inaccurate info
and I say all this because I don't want people to accept this as true.
He did a survey .. I have written over 15 books and they are in over 17 languages and di many magazine articles on this subject
so if you want to be grumpy be it
I beleiev when you are happy from inside you make much better choices
grumpy people make grumpy choices... and it can be a bad habit that can spread and hurt others.
BE THE CHANGE
Ed
yeeehaw ed. there was no information of the criteria of the study, nothing, sounds like mr grumpy pants needed an on paper scientific excuse to be grumpy. you know the saying happiness is a choice. well i think theres some truth to that. the world can serve cht sammies all day but at the end of it all your alive, and while your alive theres still a chance to make things better. today, its easy for me to say, the birds are chirping, i can hear the crashing of the waves and its 72 and sunny. yesterday...cht sammies all day, people were lining up to toss cht sammies at me. i was getting kinda blue then i broke out laughing, the thrower du jour said why are you laughing? you know, your cht. its not real, its in your head. they thought i crazy. i hope it makes sense to them one day.
happiness,
pema
i think ill go take a walk down the street just to pass people by to say hi.
I guess that I am in good shape then.
Is John McCain an exception?
Clearly.
I hope grouchy is as good as grumpy.
I hate jolly.
I've been in a bad mood all day and now I see that perhaps it was good for me...
...except, after reading this, I am ROTFLMAO and less grumpy now...
I'm way ahead of you on this one. I've been grumpy for years and I feel just great!
Professor Joe Forgas - is mad and probably it's an excuse for being a down dude
sounds like he hasn't been happy enough.
When you ar egloomy you are self absorbed, self involved and can't really see outside yourself.
A clear mind cannot be a cloudy mind or grumpy mind.
I never heard such nonsense. His view on happiness may be just a kind of wacky self involvement
True happiness implies a sense of awareness and clarity.
Never make a decision when you are gloomy simply because you will make a gloomy decision
it really is simple. I think this guy needs a good psychologist
BE THE CHANGE,
Ed
Read the article closely, again. Besides, the Wall Street fiasco last year had EVERYTHING to do with phony upbeat cheerleading: that worked out well.
petef59: the Wall Street fiasco last year had EVERYTHING to do with phony upbeat cheerleading: that worked out well.
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Exactly so.
Also, I recommend reading Barbara Ehrenreich's latest book, BRIGHT SIDED.
the cheer leading was a bright shiney ball for the double digit iq crowd. maybe the dumbing down of america is nearly complete.
Can't wait to share this with my wife and friends!
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First Posted: 11- 5-09 02:31 PM | Updated: 11- 5-09 05:24 PM