Over these many months, I have been offering various ideas, thoughts and suggestions on how to create an improved experience of life. (See my free archive for an array of articles.)

The dialogue has been rich, sometimes contentious, and generally forward moving. If you're just joining, we have been...

It probably doesn't take a genius to recognize that despite various assurances that the recession is over, there are plenty of us out here who are still challenged in many ways.

I have worked with a number of people over the past year, each of whom has taken a...

If you have been following this series of articles on creating a more positive experience of life, you will have noticed the penchant for some to keep finding fault.

Sometimes the criticism is the rather simplistic complaint that "positive thinking" doesn't work. No matter how many ways we agree...

Over the past few months, we have been exploring various approaches to living a more fulfilling and uplifting life, beginning with a series of posts about inspiration, aspiration and the role of a positive focus.

If you have been following these, you know that some readers have missed the point...

What is it about those Huff Post readers who seem to get all negative about the suggestion that having a positive focus just might help? I mean, really.

The demographics tell us that our readers are highly educated, and presumably intelligent, and yet I keep getting the most cynical...

Over the past few weeks, hundreds of you have commented on this series of articles, some with thanks, some with criticism, and some just plain missing the point.

So let's try being more blunt: if you want a better experience of life, live it!

Notice I did not say, "if...

What if I'm the one to blame for my own difficult circumstances?

That could be pretty hard to accept if you are one who was hit by the drunken driver, harder still if you look at the circumstances of someone who was abused at the hands of a stronger...

So, are you unhappy? Frankly, who cares? Who cares whether you're happy or not? You do? Then why don't you just get over it and do something? This may seem insensitive or uncaring to some. Actually, I do care and I'm quite sensitive. I've just found over the past couple...

Last week, we opened another Pandora's happiness box, this time addressing the research gathered by Marcus Buckingham that shows the declining state of happiness amongst women.

Many of you responded, some with complaints about men, some with complaints about societal values, some with people to blame, and some suggesting...

Marcus Buckingham tells us that women are accomplishing more and more and becoming increasingly less happy in the process. As surprising as this might seem to some, my response is more along the lines of, "of course!"

A couple of months ago, as I began this series about aspiration...

Several weeks ago, at the urging of a good friend, I embarked on this series about aspiring to an inspired life. My piece two weeks ago, "Are You Doomed By Your Circumstances?" struck a chord, and many people responded, some complaining that many really are trapped by circumstances....

Six weeks ago, I started a series on aspiring to an inspired life with an article suggesting there may be more to life than your 'to do' list. Last week, I posed the question, "Are You Doomed By Your Circumstances?"

This one article seems to have pinched...

Last week, I wrote about ways to find your source of inspiration and asked you to write with questions and comments. Many of you did, often referring to my hypothetical question, "Am I doomed by my circumstances?"

As I said last week, that's a really important question. So many...

Two weeks ago, we started exploring the notion of living an inspired life. The overarching question focused on what you want out of life. Not just what you want, but what you really want. We also introduced the notion of leading an aspirational life, one where your goals and...

How fulfilled do you find yourself these days? Do you even think about living life in a way that is fulfilling, or is it enough to just get by? Does it even matter?

Some people live a life of aspiration, some settle for goals, and still others are doing what...

Amidst all the fuss and turmoil over Michael Jackson's untimely death, we have seen his life picked apart by many, covering everything from unhappy childhood to rock star status to problems with drugs. Now we learn that just trying to sleep may be what killed him.

We have learned that...

Last week, one of my readers got a bit exercised because I used the word "God."

So, here's a different approach: did you ever have a thought you wished you weren't thinking? No matter what you did, the though just kept rummaging around in your mind. Here's two interesting questions...

Changing gears ever so slightly (that's code in my family for completely and utterly), let's turn our attention to something that matters a bit more than your to-do list. Of course, your to-do list might matter quite a bit in any of several different contexts.

One form of value associated...

In recent weeks, we talked about why to do lists don't work, and then showed the opposite view by offering some ideas about how to use a to do list effectively. Last week, we addressed the source of burnout and promised to address satisfaction and accomplishment this...

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about why to do lists don't work. Last week, we pulled an apparent about face, and gave some ideas about how to use a to do list effectively.

As we keep alluding to, it's quite easy to spend an entire day...