Harry Hoover
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Creativity, Positive Thinking & Happiness Expert
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- self improvement, creativity, positive thinking, happiness
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- Get Glad, Moving to Charlotte, and Born Creative
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker, Writer-for-hire
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- You, Improved
Harry Hoover has been a jou alist, a PR and advertising executive, a business owner and now is is an author, writer-for-hire, creativity facilitator, publisher, and speaker. His books include, Get Glad: Your Practical Guide To A Happier Life, Moving to Charlotte: The Un-Tourist Guide and Born Creative: Free Your Mind, Free Yourself. Learn more at you-improved.com
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Being Happier – An Achievable Goal
Are you striving for complete happiness when just being happier is good enough? I don’t know anyone who is happy all the time. Well, maybe the Dalai Lama, but aside from him, happiness eludes even the most cheerful of us from time-to-time. So, I don’t think your initial aim should be to achieve utter happiness. I would recommend that you aim at a target that’s easier to hit.
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Get Glad – Make The Happiness Decision
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design into the present.” – Jim Rohn I worked my way through UNC-Chapel Hill as the night manager of a gas station. A 78-year-old man named Butch worked with me most nights. He was a character, gruff and often short-tempered, particularly with rude people. But it was Butch who taught me a great lesson about happiness.
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What's Your Why?
What’s your why? Do you know? Your why is your reason for being, your purpose. Much has been written about “your business’ why”, but not as much on your “personal why”. I believe everyone – not just business leaders – should know their personal why. As Viktor Frankl wrote,”When you know your why, you can endure any how.” Frankl was dead-on. Knowing your purpose – your why – is essential to living a full, happy and mindful life. Yes, you can live a happy, shallow existence, blissfully ignorant of your purpose. But I think man was built for a higher level of living.
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Regrets: How To Kick Their Asses
Regrets. We all have them. Our biggest regrets are about the chances we didn't take. I regret not opening my first business until I was 49. I’m not sure I was ready until then, but still, I regret the delay. What do you regret? A Forbes article once listed the top 25 regrets. Is your regret among these pulled from that list? - Not spending more time with family and friends - Not standing up to bullies - Not staying in touch with childhood friends - Not turning off your phone more - Not hanging on to your true love - Worrying about what others think about your
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Time Speaks Louder Than Words
Time speaks louder than words. My friend, Max, got me thinking about this the other day. He was discussing someone in his life who chooses work or going out with other friends over him. Time is our most precious currency. It is the currency of life. So, how you spend it shows what is important to you. Max is figuring this out. How about you? Got people in your life like this?
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Answer 9 Quick Questions & Live Longer By Living Purposefully
Living purposefully adds years – as well as higher quality – to your life. But how do we go about living purposefully? First, let’s look at a couple of recent studies and what they say about purpose and longer life. In one study done in the UK, researchers found that people who believe their life has meaning and purpose die later than people who have a lower sense of wellbeing. According to Time Magazine,
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Motivation Is An Inside Job: 11 Ways To Motivate Yourself
Motivation is an inside job. Truth be told, business leaders, coaches and teachers often believe they can motivate someone. They are wrong. A person must motivate herself, or at least agree that motivation from a boss is necessary before it can happen. So, today, let’s talk about self-motivation techniques to get us up and at ’em when we need a little kick in the pants. The 11 Ways To Motivate Yourself
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Making Someone Happy Can Make Your Day
Making someone happy isn’t really hard to do, and the payoff is that you boost your own mood by spreading happiness all around. You cause a ripple effect that affects the happiness of people you don’t even know and you may even become healthier through your random acts of kindness. So, what is the key to true happiness? It’s simple chemistry, according to an article in the Huffington Post,
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The Power Of Words - Choose Them Carefully To Heal Not Harm
Do you understand the power of words? Words can be terribly effective weapons when used with malice. I have a friend who was verbally abused while growing up. Today – at 47 – he still suffers the wounds from the words used on him by his mother. “You’re no good,” she told him. “You’ll never amount to anything,” she predicted. He has dealt with low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence, relying on false bravado and arrogance because his mother’s words continue to weight him down.
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How Questions Power Up Your Life
Leonardo Da Vinci kept a notebook with him at all times so he could record his thoughts and questions that occurred to him. I think you’d agree that he was pretty successful, right? Most of us just float through our days and don’t exercise our curiosity enough, nor do we do enough self-reflection. Asking yourself free-flowing questions is a way to unleash your curiosity in a way that expands your perspective about any number of topics. This can be a great way to help you improve your life.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Harry Hoover
"Gratitude is the shortest path to happiness." - Harry Hoover
"Creativity is a human trait that helped us conquer our world & move to the top of the food chain." - Harry Hoover
"No one but you can control your attitude unless you cede that responsibility. Don't give anyone else that much control over your personal remote control." - Harry Hoover
Just like happiness, motivation is an inside job." - Harry Hoover
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