A helping hand from the enlightened Scots

The best UK resources for happiness, confidence and well-being can be found on the web site of the Centre for Confidence and Well-being.

Go visit.

Taming the elephant

My mind keeps going back to a metaphor Jon Haidt uses throughout his book, The Happiness Hypothesis. Today I found an archived interview in which he discusses it. It's about 10 minutes into Part One of the CBC interview.

But this time, paying closer attention, I felt a tad helpless about steering the elephant.

Why Not Go Public?

Going public with your goals is one way of ensuring that you are accountable to someone.

Here's a way. All you have to do, is publish your goals on the 43 Things web site. It's brilliant. It's free. It's motivating.

Here followeth a brief Party Pooper Warning: You do need to weigh up whether this might become another diversionary tactic. Will the time you spend editing your list, or reporting on progress, or surfing to inspect your "goal twins" among other users, fill up time that you might have taken some action? Be honest now!

It's possible to "go public" discreetly just as long as you don't make your user ID and your "circumstances" too recognisable to family, friends, colleagues, and all the rest. As it involves online, you can bask privately in the encouragement and suggestions of other 43ers, especially those who share some of your goals.