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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Make Yourself Happy (Nov 2012)

People who are happy often are adaptable, affirmative, amiable, good at anger mgmt, apologetic, appreciative, attentive, benevolent, calm, charitable, have good communication skills, compassionate, composed, confident, considerate, contented, courteous, diplomatic, empathetic, encouraging, enthusiastic, far-sighted, flexible, friendly, focus on what can be done, forgiving, generous, gentle, good-natured, gracious, healthy, helpful, honest, humble, "I can" attitude, independent, interesting, kind, have good listening skills, merciful, open-minded, optimistic, patient, peaceful, persevering, pleasant, pleasing, polite, giving praises, proactive, realistic, refreshing, repentant, respectful, responsible, responsive, provide good role model, satisfied, secure, have good self-esteem, self-aware, self-disciplined, sincere, sociable, tactful, thankful, tolerant, truthful, trusting, trustworthy, understanding and warm.

People who are unhappy are often abusive, aggressive, ambiguous, angry, annoying, antagonistic, anxious, apathetic, bad-tempered, bearing grudges, blaming, belittling, bitter, bullying, callous, caustic, closed-minded, cold, complaining, controlling, corrosive, uses covert intimidation, covetous, create excuses, critical, cruel, dishonest, deceptive, deceitful, in denial, demoralising, desire for power over others, discouraging, discontented, discourteous, distracting / diverting, distrustful, doubting, domineering, egoistic, engages in guilt tripping, evasive, exploitative, fault-finding, fearful, feign innocence or confusion, fierce, gloomy, grumbling, harsh, harassing, hostile, hypocritical, ill-tempered, impatient, inconsiderate, indifferent, inflexible, insecure, insincere, intimidating, intolerant, intrusive, irritating, jealous, lacking in empathy, lacking in kindness, malicious, mean, misleading, obnoxious, offensive, rude, ruthless, , lacking in self-acceptance, have poor self-esteem, slanderous, lacking in warmth, lying by omission, manipulative, narrow-minded, obsessive-compulsive, pessimistic, petty, play the victim role, resentful, self-centered, selfish, use shaming, sneaky, spiteful, stubborn, suspicious, threatening, toxic, traumatised, tyrannical, unconcerned, unfeeling, unforgiving, unfriendly, unresponsive, untrusting, venomous, vicious, whining.

Which of the above characteristics do you have more of?