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Build Happiness

Live a better life. A no BS guide backed by research and experience.

I am no happiness guru but I am a student and a learner. I firmly believe that happiness is a practice. It is not a result but an endeavor and the path is lifelong. This foundation for happiness has helped me on the path as have the topics below

Mindfulness and Brain Training

–The happiness secret I didn’t know…habit and neuroplasticity

–Feelings vs. Reality

The Desire for Achievement vs. Contentment

–Claiming Your Unclaimed Financial Independence

–Why Is What We Want Always Just Out Of Reach

The Intersection of Happiness and Money

–How Much Money Do You Need To Be Rich

–The Best Happiness Return On Investment

–What If All Of Your Money Was Stolen: the power of rational optimism

–The Risk Of Building Too Much Wealth

The Importance of Discipline

–My Daily Plan

–Daily Plan Update

The Importance of Relationships

–A Surprise Benefit of Financial Independence

Browse The Ever Growing Library of Material on Happiness Below…

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  • The Founding Fathers on Financial Independence and Happiness

    by Life Outside The Maze July 3, 2019

    Recently, after spending a couple of weeks in Spain and lauding all of its positives, I had a friend ask me an interesting question.  He asked if I thought differently …

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  • Why You Need To Work Forever and Never Retire

    by Life Outside The Maze June 14, 2019

    I’m getting too old for this! The truth about retirement and how I stopped working for others to get financial independence and started…

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  • The Risk of Building Too Much Wealth

    by Life Outside The Maze June 7, 2019

    I hear it often repeated that you can always make more money but time is the currency that you can never get back.  It only flows one way and that …

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  • Moab and Expensive Toys

    by Life Outside The Maze May 31, 2019

    This last weekend was memorial day weekend (shout out to those no longer with us and also to my father and all other vets who have served). It was also …

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  • Design Your Life with Design Thinking

    by Life Outside The Maze May 24, 2019

    “Just follow your passion” is bad advice for designing a life. Get help with the things that many get stuck on, unlock life design through design thinking

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  • How I Lost $2500 Because of One Phone Call

    by Life Outside The Maze April 12, 2019

    After much work and learning, I was about to sell my first rental property at a hefty gain. As a courtesy to my buyer I thought I would water the …

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  • Best Happiness Return on Investment

    by Life Outside The Maze April 7, 2019

    I like to read a lot of research about happiness and meaningfulness in life.  It certainly leapfrogs experience alone and I see the pursuit of happiness and a meaningful life …

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  • What If All of Your Money Was Stolen?

    by Life Outside The Maze March 29, 2019

    What emotions come to mind with this headline? As a kid, Aesop’s story about the miser really registered with me.  If you are unfamiliar, it is a fable about an …

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  • Daily Plan Update

    by Life Outside The Maze February 25, 2019

    A few months ago I posted on the importance of a daily plan and shared my initial one.  I also mentioned iterating as I learned and maybe posting an update.  …

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  • Feelings vs. Reality

    by Life Outside The Maze December 19, 2018

    Something I wrote a few months back: Yesterday I felt like my life had gone off track, I was no longer the man I used to be, I was taken …

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Over the arc of my life and career a shift started to happen where I realized that I was at the point where I could stop working for other people to get financial independence and start working for myself to achieve happiness. I couldn't find a good...

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