Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Life optimization weekly tip # 1

To begin your adventure in life optimization, try one of my weekly tips.

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Life Optimization Tip #1:

Strengthen your relationships, even with those whom you feel no connection.

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Call up an old friend, loved one, or send an email (or even a facebook message--you know you have lots of friends you don't really talk to) to someone whom you've fallen out of touch.

If the conversation goes well, invite them to a social event, or coffee; to catch up.

Remember to be nice during that encounter.

And then consider this: Scientists have found that happiness in social networks appears to be contagious, and each additional happy friend in your network improves your chance of being happy by 9%.

So, if during your planned encounter with your long lost friend you happen to make them feel a little happier, you may have inadvertently increased the happiness of all of their friends by about 9%.

Sound optimal?

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