Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 149
Mindfulness meditation, 23
Missions, corporate, 121–22
Mr. Holland’s Opus (movie), 98
Modes, brain, 198–99
Momand, Pop, 76–77
Monroe, Marilyn, 242
Monty Python, 198
More, Culture of, 76–80, 83–86, 262
Motivation, 40–41, 223, 224
confidence and, 220, 229
Multitasking, 195–96
Museum of Natural History, 248
N
NASA, 156–58
Nash, John, 170
National Geographic, 101
National Instruments, 196
National Space and Aeronautics Administration (NASA), 156–58
NBA, 66
NCAA Final Four, 66
Negative thoughts, 7, 74, 90
Never being too busy, see Create Space
Never Retire, 95–125
“Never Retire” (Safire), 110–12
Newton, Isaac, 155, 158
First Law of Physics, 227
New Yorker, The, 80–81
New York Times, The, 46, 110, 203, 251–52, 263
New York Times Book Review, The, 240
bestsellers listed in, 14, 36, 45, 114, 147, 168, 176, 222, 225
NFL, 239–40
Nike Corporation, 228
Nixon, Richard M., 110
Nobel Prize, 50, 110
in Literature, 64
Nun Study, 25–26
O
Obama, Barack, 115, 162
O’Brien, Conan, 54
Office, The (television series), 36
Okinawa, 101–2, 108
168 Hours diagram scribble, 116
Sleep bucket, 117
Third bucket, 118
Work bucket, 117
1000 Awesome Things website, 33–35, 42–43, 119
1 Year of Work scribble, 136
Open mode, 198–99
Overvalue You, 129–41
Oxford, Kelly, 14
P
Pacemaker, story of development of, 120–21
Paradox of Choice, The (Schwartz), 174
Parallelism, 196–97, 201
Parkinson’s Law, 182–83, 186–88
Pennebaker, James, 21
Pennsylvania State University, 20
Physics, Newton’s First Law of, 227
Pitt, Brad, 115
Plato, 155
Playboy magazine, 67
Poetry (Millay), 149
“Positive Emotions in Early Life and Longevity: Findings from the Nun Study,” 26
Positive experiences, writing about, 21
Positive psychology, 19
“Power of Five, The” (Altucher), 252
Power of Full Engagement, The (Loehr and Schwartz), 22
Prefrontal cortex, 73–75
Princeton University, 170, 248–49
Prioritizing, 174–79, 185, 187, 199, 201
Problem-scanning machine, 73–75, 80, 84
Procter & Gamble, 162, 175
Productivity, 185–87, 200, 201
Psychiatry Research, 23
Psycho (movie), 157
Pulitzer Prize, 110, 149
Purpose, 154, 246
See also Ikigai
Purpose and Power in Retirement (Koenig), 106–8
Q
Queen’s University, 41, 248
R
Raina, Sam, 186
“Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity” (Lee, Gino, and Staats), 200
Random Acts of Kindness, 21
Ranger, Stephen, 158
Raptitude: Getting Better at Being Human website, 9
Red Cross, 122
Regrets of the dying, 93, 254–56
Regulate, 174, 178
Remember the Lottery, 71–90
Response selection bottleneck, 200
Restaurant Makeover (television series), 174
Retail store assistant managers, hourly pay of, 139, 140
Retirement, xiv, 10
See also Never Retire
Rewards, external, 40–44, 67, 149–50
Rochester, University of, 43
Rock, Chris, 257
Rolling Stones, 82
Roosevelt, Teddy, 40, 99
Rosey Grier’s Needlepoint for Men (Grier), 239–41
Amazon review of, 241
cover of, 240
Rothenberg, Joseph, 156
Ruby WatchCo., 174
S
Safire, William, 110–12
Sagan, Carl, 89
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 258
Sales success, 46–48, 67
Saturday Morning Test, 245–47
scribble, 247
Saturday Night Live (television program), 42
Sawyer, Keith, 155
Scenery, changing, ix
Scribbles
Amygdala, 73
Be Happy flowchart, 5
Big 7 list, 20
Can Do/Want to Do circle, 219, 224, 231
Can Do/Want to Do flowchart, 217, 219
Challenge vs. Skill chart, 23
Circumstances pie chart, 17
Confidence chart, 51
Arrogant, 52
Confident, 55
Cynical, 54
Insecure, 53
Conflicting Advice chart, 266–67
5 Greatest Regrets of the Dying, 254–55
Great Work flowchart, 5
Harvard Salary fraction
average American income, 131
1 Year of Work, 136
Hours vs. Pay chart, 139
Just Do It Scribble
blank, 177
filled, 177
168 Hours diagram, 116
Sleep bucket, 117
Third bucket, 118
Work bucket, 117
1 Year of Work fraction, 136
Saturday Morning Test, 247
Set Goal/Achieve Goal, 37
7 Ways to be Happy Right Now, 20
Space Scribble, 148, 204
Burn, 149
Space, 151
Think, 152
Success Triangle, 46
3 B’s, 155
Time vs. Effort chart, 187
Schwartz, Barry, 174
Schwartz, Tony, 22
Seinfeld, Jerry, 222–23, 226
Self, sense of, see Authenticity
Self-acceptance, steps to, 56–59
Self-confidence, see Confidence
Self success, 46–48, 67
Seligman, Martin, 19, 21
Seneca, 1
Serenity-now mood tape, 74–75
Set Goal/Achieve Goal scribble, 23
Sethi, Ramit, 225, 226
Seven-day challenge, ix
7 Ways to be Happy Right Now scribble, 20
SHAD, 45, 248
Shakespeare, William, 6, 7, 258
Shallows, The (Carr), 176
Sherrill, Martha, 99
Siddhartha (Hesse), 258
Silicon Valley, 12
Simpsons, The, 42
Slatcher, Richard, 21
Slaughterhouse-Five (Vonnegut), 80
Social connectedness, work as source of, 113–15
Social Security, 108, 112
Social success, 46–48, 67
Sone, Toshimasa, 102
Space Scribble, 147–53, 203, 204
Burn, 149
Space, 151
Think, 152
Stanford University, 21, 175
Starr, Ringo, 67
Starry Night, The (Van Gogh), 193
Stimulation, ix, 111, 134
work as source of, 119–20
Story, work as source of, 120–22
Stress, xix–xx, 80, 102, 156, 164
of external goals, 38
purposeful, 198
relieving, 23, 112, 175, 189
See also Anxiety
Stress hormones, 73
Structure, work as source of, 115–19
Stumbling on Happiness (Gilbert), 114, 171
Success, 45–48, 67
attitudes toward, 5–6, 12
Culture of More vs. Culture of Enough and, 76–80, 83–87, 262
overcoming fear to achieve, see Just Do It
Success Triangle scribble, 46, 47
Sun City, 108
Superachievers, 150
Survival, struggle for, 9–14, 74
Swindoll, Charles, 16
T
Tannehill, Josh, 83
Teachers, hourly pay of, 139, 140
Technology, 77–78, 121, 154
communications, blocking access to, 189–94, 197–201, 203, 204
information, 121–22
medical, 120–21
time-sharing, 195–96
Technology and Culture (Jacobs), 77
TED Talks, 171–73
Teresa, Mother, 242
Texas, University of, 21
Texting, blocking access to, 201
Thate, Fred, 248
3 B’s of creating space, 154–155
3 B’s scribble, 155
Thinking, balance of doing and, 147–53
Thoughts, 22, 120, 151–52, 203, 238
of advisers, 267
alignment of words and actions with, 244
creative, 157–58
impact of decision making on, 176, 179
jumping between, 163
negative, 7, 74, 90
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome), 12
Three Walks, 20
Tierney, John, 168–69
Time magazine, 12, 108
Time-sharing, 195
Time vs. Effort scribble, 187
Today show, 36, 162
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 102
Tolle, Eckhart, 258
Tonight Show, The (television program), 54
Toronto Star, 34, 263
Trauma, childhood, 213–15
Triumph, facing disaster and, 62–65
20-Minute Replay, 21
Twitter, 14
Type A superachievers, 150
U
Ueshiba, Morihei, 49
Ulrich, Chris, 154
Unplug, 22
V
Vanderbilt University, 200
Vanity Fair magazine, 162
Varlet, Charles, 268
Video Arts (organization), 198
Voicemail, blocking access to, 200
Vonnegut, Kurt, 80–81
W
Waddington’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, 158
Walks, 20
Walmart, 115, 199
Home Office, 250–51
Walton, Sam, 16
Want Nothing, 1–92
Ware, Bronnie, 254–56
Watson, James, 110
WebMD, 14
Welch, Jack, 185
Whitman, Walt, 15
Wikipedia, 121
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength (Tierney), 168
Wilson, Mr. (guidance counselor), 97–98
Wimbledon, Centre Court at, 62–63
sign, 62
Winfrey, Oprah, 115
World War II, 121
Worrying, 230, 246
about choices, 174
See also Fear
Worst days, retaining positive outlook on, see Remember the Lottery
Wright, Steven, 1, 230
Writing
comedy, 222–23, 226
on gratitudes, 23–24
about positive experiences, 21
X
X-Files, The (television series), 180
Y
Yale University, 248–49
Z
Zuckerberg, Mark, 115, 162