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Living in the past is like driving forward while staring in the rear view mirror.     Believing is seeing.     Be an over-fright success story.     One's actions convince louder than one's words.     Make progress. Make new mistakes.     All work and no play makes Jill want to reach for the Prozac.     The purpose of your life is to find the purpose of your life. It doesn't matter how fast you get there if you're heading in the wrong direction.     If at first you don't succeed, you're doing something stupid.     You're nobody until somebody hates you.     Behind every successful woman is someone who pissed her off.     To get where you need to go you must first see who you really are.     Be a warrior, not a worrier.     Be a winner, not a whiner.     If the coyote had stopped to catch his breath, he might have caught the roadrunner.     A pack of puppies led by a pitbull will always be feared more than a pack of pitbulls led by a puppy.     Brainpower is as important as horsepower. Read, read, read!     You should always pick a job for its passion value not cash-in value.     Don't let a blame preoccupation ruin your occupation.     It's always better to go for longterm greed over short term greed.     A shortcut is often the longest distance between two points.     Time is money...and time wasters are money wasters.     Don't wait to make heaps and heaps of cash to have heaps and heaps of fun.     Every member of the Fortune 500 Club could also be a member of the Misfortune 500 Club.     Money doesn't bring you true happiness...but happiness can bring you true money. If you love what you do, the money will come.     Whatever business you're in you're in the people business.     Fail Faster. Succeed faster.     Behind every successful woman is someone who pissed her off.     Follow the fuscia brick road.   Failure is in many ways like "fullure" - it is always full of lessons to be learned.     Believe in a laughter life.     Don't let your convictions become your restrictions.     Invest in "Fresh Air Fun." Take a walk outside once a day.     If you want your body to be smoking, you've got to stop smoking.     Sometimes, all you gotta do is ask. Duh.     Taking no action is an action. Duh.     Happiness is not about what happens to you -- but about how you choose to respond to what happens.     Comedy = tragedy + 3 months and/or 3 margaritas!     Practice that tongue twister "NO" today.     Take the fat out of your fate. Slim down your schedule to what matters.     It's not just what you know...but what you do with what you know.     The grass is greener on the other side - until you get there and see it's astroturf.     When you grow - you often outgrow.     The only constant is change.     You are a human being, not a human was or a human will be.     Self honesty is the only path to happiness.     Sometimes we're "mad at" someone whom we should merely be "sad at."     Be so proactive you're preactive.     Fast doesn't always last.     Love is a boomerang. What have you and give away is what you get back.     Fear of commitment: it could happen to you...or someone you can't love.     Saying difficult things now is better than fixing even more difficult problems later.     It is better to have loved and lost - than to live with a psycho for the rest of your life.     It is better to have loved and lost - and had some really amazing hot sex - than never to have lived and loved at all.     A man is not a project. A man is a man. And a project is a project.     It's better to have a short bad relationship than a long bad relationship.     It's worth it to hold out for a soul mate and not settle for a cellmate.     Assess breeds success.     Turn all bad experiences into good inperiences - take them in fully, and change in a positive way.    
 

Monday, December 20, 2004

HAPPINESS TIP: How to trick a genie.


Once there was this guy (Ralph) who was walking along the beach...when he saw what appeared to be a genie bottle in the sand. He bent down, and on a what-the-hell whim, rubbed the bottle. Sure enough a genie came floating out. "Geez, it's claustrophobic in there," she said. "Thanks for getting me out. In appreciation, I will grant you one wish." "Hey! Isn't it three wishes?" Ralph asked. "No, no, it's just one," said the genie. "Hmm," said Ralph. "How about if I make my one wish that I get three wishes?" "Sorry, honey," said the genie. "I'm onto that trick. It's just one wish. And while you're deciding, can I borrow your sunblock. It's so bright and hot out here." Begrudgingly Ralph handed the genie his sunblock, while he pondered what one wish he wanted most. He could ask for a red Lambourghini. That would be fun. Or a mansion in Malibu wouldn't suck. Or a sexy babe to share the house and car with. No wait, he reminded himself, he could only pick one wish. Damn this genie. And that's when it hit him. HE FOUND A GENIE LOOPHOLE! "You ready yet, honey?"the genie prodded him. "Yes, I'm ready," said Ralph, "I now know what to ask for to get every wish I could ask for. My wish is to be happy. Because happiness is REALLYwhat I'm looking for in every wish I can think up. So when you grant me happiness I'll actually be getting everythign I want in one wish." "Not bad," said the genie. "You're a smart guy!" Thanks," said Ralph, "Oh, and I love your outfit!" Then the genie tapped Ralph on his head with his sunblock, and Ralph got his wish. Voila. Happiness.

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2 Comments:

Blogger bigapplebruce said...

Please pass the sunblock...one wish super bonus package for me,

5:04 PM  
Blogger bigapplebruce said...

when you post here, are you a 'bloggert'?

8:42 AM  

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