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2017: Is the world a better place?

On New Year’s Eve I passed through the beautiful city of Dresden along the Elbe river in Germany. I remember well when I first visited the city during the communist East German era in the early 1980s . It was a drab, grey, colourless place with the ruins of the...

Gratitude – the antidote to fear

Its the time of year when Thanksgiving is celebrated. In the U.S. Thanksgiving is a national holiday going back to the first English settlers in the new world in 1621 who would not have survived without the help of the native Americans. In the mainly agricultural...

Kick-starting from the down cycle

By Reino Gevers What makes some people happier, more successful and healthier than others? Although research pinpoints some heriditary factors the real clue that makes those rare individuals stand out from the rest of the crowd, is how they deal with the natural...

Happiness is …

By Reino Gevers The “How-To” happiness culture seems to be flourishing all over the glossy magazines and the bestseller lists, suggesting countless ways of living a happy life. This comes amid an almost epidemic rise in the number of people suffering from...