Posts Tagged ‘Happiness’
The art of staying focused and saying NO
One of the toughest things in my entrepreneurial journey is to stay focused. I see so many opportunities in the world where one can make money, but each one of these opportunities will take its due course of effort (sweat and tears). My career started in international software product development of packaged software solutions in…
Read MoreThe Pursuit of Perfect
Today I have been proof-reading and working on the second chapter of my upcoming book Rohkeasti maailmalle. This chapter is about our careers, setting the goals of our careers and how to pursue happiness in anything we do in our lives. When researching in the topic, I run into one of my books (in my…
Read More9 Secrets of Truly Happy People: How many of these do you break or think of when living your life?
I run into this blog entry and felt that it has a bunch of very good advice for people wondering what they should be focusing on their lives. This is what the 9 secrets are based on the blog entry: They know what really matters in life Choose just 2-3 important projects for each year They put time…
Read MoreExpat or immigrant: Is your employer bullying you in the recession?
Living in Dallas with lots of Finns has been a good thing, as some of the traditions that we carry in our lives can still be practiced with your native friends. We have a Finnish motorcycle club; we have a golf club, Finnish language school, Finnish American Business Guild and many other things. Business cycles…
Read MoreLiving as a parent in international business: identifying balance between travel, family and hobbies
My son Sebastian started his high school this fall in a brand new high school Byron Nelson in Trophy Club, Texas. Yesterday, I had to drive to the school to get him registered for driving lessons as he is turning 15 in October. I arrived early to the school and had 30 minutes to reflect…
Read MoreDo you know when to give up even if you do not know if it is the right time?
I am sure that many of you work on things that you believe in, and at some point in time you have to decide that the right thing is to “let it go”. A good friend of mine gave me advice and told me that “Petri, a friend of mine told me that sometimes you need…
Read MoreBook review of Sonja Lyubomirsky’s “The How of Happiness”
I run into this book when doing research for my own upcoming book. I wanted to know what happiness was based on and this book had lots of recommendations in Amazon.com so I decided to go with the flow. I was not dissapointed. It explained to me perfectly how happiness is constructed, based on empirical…
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