On Sunday 20th November I read a great piece in The Sunday Times newspaper titled ‘Always look on the bright side if you want to win’ by Adrian Furnham who is a professor of psychology at University College in London. It starts ‘The advent of positive psychology and the realisation that money is only weakly related to well being has led to a flurry of books on happiness.’

We all know if we go to the ‘self help’ section of a book shop/library we see many books about this including my book ‘Love Life, Live Life’. http://www.suestone.com/sue-stone-book.html They are all unique but all want the same, to help people.

The article talks about EI (Emotional Intelligence). ‘People with more EI are happier. They are more perceptive and sensitive to others; more rewarding and more fun; more adaptable and flexible. They find it easier to make friends and keep them, a crucial ingredient for happiness.’

‘Compared with unhappy people, but matched on other criteria such as education, experience, skills, we find that: Happier people get better jobs-with more autonomy, variety and meaning. Happier chief executives have happier people working for them. Happier people show better job performance. Happier people make more money. These findings occur across different jobs and in different countries-everyone from German businessmen to Malaysian farmers.’

I am a firm believer that if you get your attitude and happiness right, everything else falls into place. This article is very interesting and if you would like to have a look at it you can click here -> Bright Side of Winning.