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Bright side up: 100 ways to be happier right now
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Publisher
Perigee Book
Publication Date
c2011
Language
English
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Introduction: What Does It Mean to See Bright Side Up?
When You're Not Feeling Like Your Fantastic SELF …
Look, your life is art
Ask your one-hundred-year-old self.
Flip-flop it.
Steer life like a motorcycle
Take pride in persistence.
Live ten minutes in the life of "the ideal you."
Always spring for your limo.
Take the microphone
Rephrase to reframe
Do the can-can
Keep your eyes on your own paper.
Yes, go for a walk!
Fill in the easiest answer first.
See plans as just blueprints
Grab the color wheel
Cover your blank canvas
It's more than it's not
Practice self-compassion
Don't take your "blah" personally.
When Life's Little Annoyances Happen …
Love the line.
Thank the lemons
Re-appreciate the redo.
At least you're not…
Recognize your new route is better.
Ask, where doesn't it hurt?
Create calm in your storm
See life like a seesaw.
High-five your failures.
Rally in the rain delay!
Put a bow on it for your future self.
Save the laugh for later
When Your CAREER Isnt Going Your Way…
Rest for a minute … maybe two
Find your sweet spot
Lower your standards. Sort of.
Don't aim for a winner every time
What's your why?
Park the car or drive away.
Use your underdog as an upper hand
Let it go like a Chinese lantern
Get the ball in the basket
Break the un-rules!
Elbow fear out of the way.
Keep going, keep gunning
Appreciate your abundance.
Walk a positive tightrope
Take back control
Focus on the horizon.
When Your Relationships Could Use a Reboot…
Enjoy the cusp!
Feel warmth within the quills.
Be your own gift-with-purchase
Just do you
Celebrate the life in loss
Follow in Joan's footsteps.
Don't waste worries on the "what-ifs."
Force the run of excitement.
Take the tourist's point of view.
Tune into your "real-ometer."
Don't salt it before you try it
Hope to it!
When Your Social Life Goes a Little Awry…
Dress with your attitude.
Seek out a "smiler."
Give a gratitude shout-out
Gaffe in all your glory!
Ask, WWMRMD?
Be friendly first
Listen for the gems.
Elevate the throwaways
Gift someone their own name
Climb into the boat of great company.
Set your own sound track
Make the worst the best
Why can't "someday" be now?
When Family and Friends Are Stressing Your Out …
See "help" is not a four-letter word
Give an unconditional gift
Make the most of your middle.
Out your oughts!
Zoom out
Write them a letter
Call it a credit in the school of life
Peek in your picnic basket
Remedy the rash of regret
Channel someone else's strength
When Technology is Breaking Down…
Reveal thyself to tech support
See the grass is digitally greener, too
Delightfully disengage.
Choose backward
Think about the postman
Take a mental photograph.
When You Hit a Bump in Your Travels…
Put yourself in another driver's moccasins
Ask, what didn't you lose?
Plan your party story.
Make a good scar out of it.
See it through a "look-up-to" lens
Float with the current… then kick to shore
There is beauty. Take it in
Let them pass
Find your piña colada
Enjoy the right-this-second now.
Leave the "should haves" at the door
The good news is
Epilogue: Look on the Bright Side
Acknowledgments
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9780399537271
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