Articles, tagged with "david leonhardt", page 1
08th March 2010
The Labor Department is expected to announce a loss in jobs for last month, with unemployment claims rising as inclement weather and a poor economy wreak havoc on our hopes that the economy is recovering.
Unfortunately, this news comes on the heels of ...
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ALMS
17th January 2009
Now it can be said - the US is officially in a recession, and other countries around the globe are very quickly following suit. Predominating the country's financial headaches is the real estate meltdown, or subprime crash, as experts call it. The questio...
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Kelli
08th September 2008
Whether you might be in the job market three years from now or you are running a consultancy or small business, your name is gold. Or it's mud. That all depends on you.
A potential employer need only pop into Google or Yahoo to find your name or your...
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David Leonhardt
03rd July 2008
As the old saying goes, if you are happy - you are healthy. I've compiled some of my favourite happiness tips that might help you to get happy. The following six happiness habits and comments were taken from David Leonhardt's popular 'A Daily Dose of Hap...
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David Leonhardt
01st May 2008
By David Leonhardt and Corey Rozon
A rating system, known as the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), is a voluntary system for defining what elements make a building green.
"LEED certification will provide challenges to the industr...
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Corey Rozon
12th January 2007
Hippo Rage(text of a mini-keynote speech by David Leonhardt, a.k.a. The HappyGuy, which brought the house down in Gatineau, Quebec, April 21, 2002)Has anybody here ever been stuck in traffic for a frustratingly longtime? Put up your hand if you have.Oooh!...
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12th January 2007
Grassophobiaby David Leonhardt, a.k.a. The Happy GuyEach day my daughter, pushing one year old now, amazes me with thelessons she teaches me. Yes, here I go again learning lessons fromsomeone too young to speak. (Hmm a maybe that's a lesson, too.)In my co...
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12th January 2007
Investing as a sport?by David Leonhardt, a.k.a. The Happy GuyI said last week that money doesn't generally buy happiness, butthe lack of it can buy absolute misery. This, by the way, is notjust my personal observation. It is the conclusion of some ofthe m...
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12th January 2007
The Importance of ThanksgivingBy David LeonhardtThanksgiving is the most important holiday of the year.Oh, sure, Christmas is grand, and I know it has many, many fans. I'm notknocking Christmas, but Thanksgiving is more important. And Easter has itsfans, ...
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11th January 2007
5 Tips To Keep Happy ... Even In Wartimeby David Leonhardt601 wordsThe world is going downhill faster than an Olympic skier.Terrorists lurk around every corner. Climate change will soonmelt the tundra and turn Iowa into a desert. Frankenstein foodsare flo...
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David Leonhardt
11th January 2007
The happiest person in America: what's sex got to do with it?by David Leonhardt604 wordsWho is the happiest person in America? USA Today featuredHappiest Person in a cover story in its USA Weekend magazine.Bad news: it's not you. Nor is it me.Just how did...
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David Leonhardt
11th January 2007
How to keep your spirits up in wartime: seven helpful tipsBy David Leonhardt573 wordsWar and happiness are incompatible. War means killing, and thatis horrible for everyone being killed, everyone killing, everyonelosing somebody close to them and everybod...
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David Leonhardt
11th January 2007
Finding adventure in little things:An Adventure in saskatoon berriesby David Leonhardt619 wordsWe recently planted our saskatoon berry trees. I am sure thoseof you who live in Saskatchewan know exactly what I am talkingabout. For the 99.99999% of Internet...
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David Leonhardt
10th January 2007
DeterminationBy David LeonhardtThe Little Lady offers so many lessons. Almost two now (just acouple days), she went for a ride with her 14-month old cousin ina wagon. We adults took turns pulling . . . until Little Ladydecided that SHE wanted to pull. And...
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David Leonhardt
01st July 2006
In Praise of BoredomBy David LeonhardtBoooooring. Nothing ever seems to happen around here. Unless youconsider two-year-old Little Lady screaming "I want to do itmyself" for an hour this morning "something".A quick look at the news tells me how much is ha...
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David Leonhardt
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