1. You can not feel happy unless you believe that you are happy. Being aware about your happiness and treasuring your happiness is the only way to maximize your feeling happy and take the most of this life!

2. Making others happy is the most effective way to be happy. It is a very common stress and depression management technique, which works perfectly well and always helps people feel good and happier. Making someone happier, making someone’s dream come true, making someone be more successful or self-confident can make a serious difference in your life as well, and you’ll feel happier!

3. Do not be afraid of looking too stupid or annoying because of being too happy. Some would suppose that happy people look too foolish and annoying, when sad and pessimistic people look more serious and smart. However, in real, happy people look much warmer and more friendly, more open and self-confident, less boring and selfish.

4. Happy people can share their happiness and make others happy as well. Think of that: if you can not make other people happy, are you really a happy person? I guess the answer is “rather not”.

5. You can start living a happy life on the foundation of your own nature. Listening to yourself, trying changing yourself for better, feeling happy with own individual growth, progress and success, feeling like being at the right place in this life and in this world – those are very important factors for feeling happy.

6. All you need to feel happier is to think of feeling good and right. Giving up thinking about endless problems, ailments, troubles, stressful conditions and pessimistic ideas, and learning to think of feeling good, safe, not troubled and healthy, will substantially improve your mood and make you feel heppy!

7. Being happy does not mean that everything is perfect. Being happy means having reasons to be happy, seeing beyond imperfections and problems in your life, enjoying being who you are, appreciating and taking pleasure from every moment of your life,

8. Trying to be happy is not selfish or self-absorbed. Some may believe that in the world full of diseases, poorness, suffering and tears, it is too selfish or callous, trying to be happy. There is also a public perception that happy people are not interested in the outer world and get focused on only their happy life. The truth is, happy people are much more open for helping others and sharing their positive emotions with those around them.

9. Start being happier right now!

Below, check out the list of 5 most common ways we usually spend our time in not too very effective way, that leads to stresses, inability to succeed and achieve, lower self-esteem, and…being always late.

1. You avoid asking for help. Most of us do not like asking for help of other people in order to feel being in total control of what we are doing. If you feel that you can do everything yourself, it may have an impression that you can avoid stresses and be more powerful. However, asking for help of other people can help you not only complete your job faster, but also receive better quality results, because other people can be more experts in something. For example, asking a stranger about a place you are looking for in an unknown area can help you save hours from searching the place you need.

2. You look for ways to do a job with less efforts. Sometimes we do not feel like giving out 100 per cent  of efforts for doing some task or a job, so we start spending our time for looking for ways to procrastinate, to avoid doing the job, or doing it half-heartedly and without any enthusiasm. At the same time, it is usually possible to mobilize all the efforts and do the job in no time, but we do not see that and spend days to procrastinate. Keep this idea in mind when planning your daily tasks and thinking over your time management abilities.

3. You are convinced that this is not your job. The above mentioned idea can be applied to this situation as well. Sometimes we think that this is not our job to do what we are supposed to do, and we’re spending days for thinking over who to delegate it to, or how to avoid doing it. Do not waste your time and be sure that sometimes even unrelated jobs can be yours to handle.

4. You spend so much time for useless emotions and talks. Getting involved in useless dramatizations or explanations always takes a lot of time, and an ability to organize your work with minimum talks, emotions, delays, or preparations, will help you save a lot of priceless time.

5. You do not take time to rest. It is a common notion that a good office worker must always be busy. That is why most of office workers quickly master the technoque of “looking busy”. That is why social networking or surfing the Internet are the most common activities in the offices which are not overloaded with work. However, remember that we all need breaks in order to maximize our efficiency and productivity. That is why taking 5-10 minutes of break every 2-3 hours is absolutely useful and normal, and such kind of short breaks will help you in improving your time management skills, will assist you in avoiding wasting your time and become a good tool to achieve more success.

Understand it is not your fault you are always late. You probably grew up in a household where being late for appointments, dates, holiday functions or even work was standard behavior. Even bills were not paid on time, such as important car loans or the mortgage. The environment you inhabited as a child greatly influences your perception of the world and, as a result, you did not realize that not everybody waited until the last minute to get dressed. Nor did they spend fifteen minutes searching for a matching sock and another fifteen minutes bewailing the fact that someone put the toilet paper roll on backwards before finally racing out the door, only to be late–again.

Take this scenario for example: a friend is throwing another friend a baby shower and you are supposed to be there one hour ahead of time to decorate. Instead of taking a shower and preparing to leave at least 30 minutes before you need to be there, you suddenly find yourself with less than 15 minutes to get ready. Why? Well, according to the excuses you give our friend for being late, it was because you had to run to the store to buy shampoo, the cats needed fed, you were reading led TV reviews online because you were thinking about buying one and your car’s gas tank was on empty.

As you are telling your tale of woe you notice your friend rolling her eyes and looking irritated.

Sounds familiar?

10 Ways to Avoid Being Late

1. Researchers investigating chronically late people have found that many have difficulty estimating how long it takes them to perform an activity. To discover how long it takes you to do things, start writing down everything you do in one 24 hour period and exactly how long it takes you to do them.

2. The next time you need to be somewhere at a specific time, move back that time by one hour.

3. Learn to say no. Many people are often late because of others taking advantage of them.

4. Don’t let little things distract you. If you are out of shampoo, improvise with dishwashing liquid instead. Your hair won’t fall out!

5. Start planning your days instead of just letting them happen. Write down where you need to be, what time you need to be there and if anything needs to be done before these appointments.

6. Review and change routines that may be taking chunks of time away during the day. Change when you check your email (which can turn a quick five minute check into a sixty minute chat session).

7. Don’t be afraid to ask your punctual friends for help.

8. Attend a few counseling sessions with a professional, if you sincerely try and cannot alter your chronically late behavior. Underlying psychological issues may need addressed before this problem can be solved.

9. Ask your punctual friends with help getting organized.

10. Seriously think about how you would feel if your best friend was late for your birthday party, your wedding or other important occasion. Realize how being late affects everyone and not just you. Remember that being late is viewed as inconsiderate and sometimes obnoxious behavior.

With a lot of prioritizing, organizing and understanding why you are late, you too can master the art of being on time.

Kathleen Hubert is a blogger who writes on a variety of different sites. Check out more of her work at LED TV reviews