INDEX

Absolute truth, consideration
Activities, prioritization
Adams, John
Adaptive unconscious, usage
Adolescent depression (reduction), giving (impact)
Adults, depression (suffering)
Adversity
strengthening
Advertisements, impact
Advertisers, sophistication
Affluenza
curing
definition
Affluenza (De Graaf )
Agent Orange, exposure
Airplane!, renting
Alexander the Great
Allen, James
American Revolution, launch
Americans
charitable giving
location, happiness
movement, frequency (U.S. Census Bureau)
Anger
counting
heart disease, relationship
letting go
An Ideal Husband (Wilde)
Annual goals, conversion
Anthony, Susan B.
Antisthenes
Anxiety, heart disease (relationship)
Aquinas, Saint Thomas
Aristotle
bravery
disappointment
Armstrong, Karen
career
healing
self-description
Armstrong, Louis
Armstrong, Neil
Arthur, renting
Art of Living, The (Epictetus)
Art of Living Consciously, The (Branden)
As a Man Thinketh (Allen)
Asimov, Isaac
Aspirations
Assembly, freedom
Atheism
Darwin claim
Atlas Shrugged (Rand)
Attitude, determination
Auerbach, Berthold
Aurelius, Marcus
Authentic Happiness (Seligman)
Authentic life, living (difficulty)

Balance
principle
secret
sense
Beecher, Henry Ward
Beethoven, Ludwig von (talents)
Bell, Joshua
Bell Curve, The (Murray)
Belonging, requirement
Benevolence
Bernstein, Leonard
Berry, Wendell
Beside Still Waters: Searching for Meaning in an Age of Doubt (Easterbrook)
Bible, verse (quotation)
Bierce, Ambrose
Big Bang
bin Laden, Osama
Biographical analysis
Biological clock, harmony
Blessings, counting
Blink (Gladwell)
Bliss, following
Bloom, Harold
Boaz, David
Body, treatment
Bogle, John
Boldt, Laurence G.
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
execution
Bonhoeffer, Karl-Friedrich
Bono, dreaming/activism
Bowen, Will
Bowles, Paul
Bradley, Preston
Branden, Nathaniel
Breaking the Spell (Dennett)
Briton, Henry G.
Brodsky, Joseph Alexandrovitch
Brokaw, Tom
Bryson, Bill
Bucket list
planning
reasons
recommendations
requirements
writing/review
Buddha
contentment
eight-fold path
Buddhism
beliefs
change
Four Noble Truths
Middle Way
Buffett, Warren
Buffone, Gary
Burke, Edmund
Business goals, reaching
Butler, Samuel
Byerly, Don

Caesar, Julius
Cage, John
Cahn, Steven M.
Calmness
attainment
Camaraderie
Campbell, Joseph
Camp Sunshine
Cancer
camp, founding
care, economics (understanding)
patients, treatment
Candide (Voltaire)
Capitalism, problems
Cardinal virtue
Career, meaningfulness
Caregivers, values/goals/expectations (projection)
Carr, Peter
Carry On, Jeeves (Wodehouse)
Carter, Jimmy
Catch-22 (Heller)
Cato Institute
Certainty, opposition
Chaisson, Eric
Character
building
revelation
Charitable Aid Foundation (study)
Charitable disposition, gauge
Charitable giving
benefits
Charity
contribution, financial planner perspective
grades
Chasing Daylight (O’Kelly)
Chautauqua Institution
lifelong learning, celebration
Children
courage
health/happiness
Choices, importance
Chronic melancholy
Churchill, Winston
Cicero
City
identification
life, excitement (selection)
location, selection
Civil War, religious controversy
Classical music, sales (RIAA data)
Classical world, wisdom
Clinical depression, control
Clock
compass, battle
slave life, avoidance
Cognitive happiness
Collingwood, R.G.
Collins, Billy
Collins, Francis
Collins, Frederick L.
Commitment, avoidance
Common man, wisdom (skepticism)
Community, strength
Compassion
exercise
religious essence
Complaining, occurrence
Complaint Free bracelets, usage
Complaint Free World, A (Bowen)
Concentration, learning
Concentration camps, survival
Confederacy of Dunces, A (Toole)
Confessions of a Philosopher (Magee)
Confidence, placement
Confirmation bias
Conflict
experience, reduction
open mind
Confucius
Consciousness
awareness
definition
Conscription, freedom
Consumerist mentality
Consumption, survival (relationship)
Contentment
Aristotle perspective
Buddha perspective
purchase
Coolidge, Calvin
Copernicus, Nicholas
Cory, Richard
Cosmic Dawn (Chaisson)
Courage
meaning
test
Cousins, Norman
Covey, Stephen
Cox, Harvey
Creativity
importance
usage
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
Culture
lesson
understanding
value
Culve, Tom

Dalai Lama
science/belief, perspective
Darwin, Charles
faith, scientific theory (impact)
Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life (Eldredge)
da Vinci, Leonardo (talents)
Dawkins, Richard
Death, enlightenment (relationship)
de Balzac, Honore
Debt-Proof Living (Hunt)
de Bury, Richard
Debussy, Claude
Decision-making
Decisions, importance
Declaration of Independence
Deep love, importance
De Graaf, John
Delay, avoidance
Democratic character, importance
Denby, David
Dennett, Daniel
Depression
heart disease, relationship
suffering
symptoms
Descarte, Rene
Destitution, World Bank estimates
Detachment, importance
“Dharma” (Collins)
Diaphragm, working
Dickens, Charles
Difference Maker, The (Maxwell)
Diogenes
Discovering the Laws of Life (Templeton)
Dissatisfaction, expression
Distraction, impact
Distressing emotions, heart disease (relationship)
Divine, sense
Doctor, trust/confidence
Doctors Without Borders
Doubt
humility component
Dowd, Maureen
Dowd, Michael
Dreams
D’Souza, Dinesh
religious argument
Dyer, Wayne
Dying, likelihood (reduction)
Dylan, Bob
Dyson, Freeman

Easterbrook, Gregg
Eating
disconnection
occasions
Ebbers, Bernie
Economic freedoms, U.S. enjoyment
Economic opportunities, limitation
Economic prosperity, rise
Economic statistics, limitations
Economy
impact
problems
EconoPower (Skousen)
Eddington, Sir Arthur
Egotist, definition
Eight-fold path
Einstein, Albert
experience
human efforts, perspective
IRC founding
learning
religious nonbeliever, self-description
Eldredge, Niles
Eliot, T.S.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Emotional medicine
Empathy
importance
principle
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Enculturation, resistance
Ends/means, discrimination
Engvall, Bill
Enlightenment, voice
Envy
dissatisfaction
impact
Epictetus
motivation argument
personal freedom
Stoic exponent
Ertz, Susan
Eternities, point
Ethical lapses
Ethics for the New Millennium (Dalai Lama)
Euripides
Everyday Greatness (Covey)
Evidence, inconsistency (perception problem)
Experience. See Peak experiences openness
Extrasolar planets

Faith
absence
content, absence
opposition
postmodern abdication, discomfort
Faith, controversy
Families
closeness
commitment, importance
grieving
role
strength
upsizing/downsizing
Fate, Logic and Time (Cahn)
Federal deficit, increase
Federal government, intrusiveness
Feelings
awareness
surprise
Feldman, Christina
Feyerabend, Paul
Financial ambitions, pursuit
Financial limitations, recognition
Financial markets, fear/uncertainty
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life (Hollis)
First Things First (Covey)
Five Pillars of Islam
Fix, Rob
Florida, Richard
Flow:The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Csikszentmihalyi)
Food, enjoyment
Forbes, B.C.
Forbes, Steve
Foreclosures, record
Foreign companies, announcements
Foreign stock, market (making)
Forster, E.M.
Fortunes, concentration
Foster, John
Founding Fathers
Fountainhead, The (Rand)
Four Noble Truths
Frankl, Viktor
liberation
Franklin Group
Freedom. See Human freedom; Perfect freedom
absence
foundation, self-discipline (impact)
money, relationship
FreedomFest
Friends
blessings
grieving
making/breaking
Fromm, Erich
Frost, Robert
Frumkin, Howard
Fuji, stocks (purchase)
Future, living (absence)

Gandhi, Mahatma
Gautama, Siddhartha
Gellert, Christian Furchtegott
Gentlemen, definition
Getty, J. Paul
passion
richness, perspective
Gilbert, Daniel
Giving
benefits
grades
life, relationship
network, creation
science
Giving USA Foundation
Gladwell, Malcolm
Goals
accomplishment
accomplishment, list
achievability
conversion. See Annual goals
empowerment
inspiration
list, narrowing
realism
setting, regimen
“Godly Work” (Karlgaard)
Goebbels, Josef
Golden mean, target
Golden Rule
Gone Fishin’ Portfolio (Green)
Good day, usage
Good life
creation
defining/experiencing
Gopher, Louise
Gould, Stephen Jay
Graham, Benjamin
Grand Caverns (Shenandoah Valley)
Gratification, goal
Gratitude
exercise
generation
impact
Greed, antidote

Hahn, Thich Nhat
Haidt, Jonathan
Happiness
achievement
Aristotle perspective
determination
doing/having, by-product
elements
giving
levels
loss
material goods, relationship
means
problem
pursuit
result
riches, relationship
seeking
sense
thoughts, impact
Happiness:The Science Behind Your Smile (Nettle)
Happiness Hypothesis, The (Haidt)
Harmonies, impact
Harmony, sense
Hawking, Stephen
Hayroudinoff, Rustem
Health
achievement
enjoyment
Healthcare costs, increase
complaints
Heart disease
Heller, Erich
Heller, Joseph
Hemenway, David
Hemingway, Ernest
Hemmings, Sally
Heraclitus
Herford, Oliver
History, tragedy
Hitachi, stocks (purchase)
Hitchens, Christopher
Hitler, Adolph
Hollis, James
Holtz, Lou
Honor, reward
Horgan, John
Horowitz, Vladimir
“How to Accomplish All Your Most Important Goals” (Masterson)
How to Get Rich (Trump)
Hugo, Victor
Human behavior, laws (predictability)
Human beings
lives, alteration
value
Human brain, sensitivity
Human efforts, Einstein perspective
Human freedom
remainder
Human Genome Project
Human limitations, understanding
Humility
financing
importance
principle
usefulness
Humor
emotional medicine
philosophical sense
sense, absence
Hunt, Mary
Huxley, Aldous

Identity, sense
“I Hate War” (Roosevelt)
Imagination, usage
Imperfections, awareness
Income
increase
loss, intolerance
Incorrectness, idea
In Defense of Food (Pollan)
Inge, William R.
Ingersoll, Robert G.
Inner achievements, motivation
Inner peace, achievement
Innovation, principle
Inspirational leadership
Intelligence, value
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Internet bubble
Interpersonal relations, importance
Interpretive thinking, requirement
Investment
opinions
strategy, problem
success, understanding
Investors
Internet-related mania
study
Irwin, James
It’s All In Your Head (Pollan/Levine)
Izzo, John

James, William
Jefferson, Thomas
description
religious tolerance
slavery, conflict
Ten Canons for Practical Life
Unitarian perspective
Jesus, perfect life
Joan of Arc
Job market, approach (perspective)
Job opportunities, impact
Jobs, Steve
John Templeton Foundation
Jones, Alan
Jordan, Hamilton
attitude
“Top Ten Tips for Cancer Patients,”
Jung, Carl

Kaplan, Abraham
Karlgaard, Rich
Keller, Helen
Kelly, Matthew
Kennedy, John F.
Kerouac, Jack
Keynes, John Maynard
Kindle (Amazon)
Kingsley, Charles
King Solomon
Klein, Stefan
Knowledge, possession
Kornfield, Jack
Krauss, Lawrence
Kte, Ota (observation) Kuhn, Deanna
Kurtz, Paul
Kushel, Gerald

Lama, Dalai
science/belief, perspective
L’Amour, Louis
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Language, value
Language of God (Collins)
Lao-Tzu
Lasker Foundation
“Last Lecture, The” (Pausch)
Laughter, usefulness
Lay, Kenneth
Leadership. See Inspirational leadership initiation
LeBell, Sharon
Lederman, Leon
Leisure time, cultivation
Levenson, Sam
Levine, Mark
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lhasa, Chinese government crackdown
“Libertarian Millionaires” (panel discussion)
Life
beauty
calendar/clock, impact
choice
creation, words (usage)
distraction
enjoyment
examination, challenge
goals
harmony
interest, development
laws, discovery
meaning goals, impact
music, impact
negatives, minimization
obligations
payoff
perspective
responsibility
sadness
satisfaction
secrets
shrinkage/expansion
steps. See Relaxed life
success, dependence
tragedy
transformation process
Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, The (Bryson)
Lifelong learning, praise
Lifestyle, selection
Limits, recognition
Lincoln, Abraham
King Solomon tale
talents
Living standards, level
Location, selection
Long-term investment goals
Lou Gehrig’s disease, symptoms (development)
Louisiana Purchase
Love, requirement
Lynch, Peter

Magee, Bryan
Magnanimity, principle
Maimonides, Moses
Man, happiness
Management quality, importance
Mañana syndrome
avoidance
development
Mandela, Nelson
Manifest Doctrine, doctrine
Man’s Search for Meaning (Frankl)
Martyrs
Maslow, Abraham
Masterson, Michael
Material comfort
irony
Material goods, happiness (relationship)
Material limitations, recognition
Material prosperity, level
Material rewards
Material success, pursuit
Maxwell, John
Maxwell, John C.
Mays, Benjamin
McCarthy, Cormac
McCullough, David
Meaning
finding
search
Medical decisions
active partnership
second opinion
Medical technology, advances
Medicine, impact
Meditation practice, discipline
Melodies, impact
Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Jung)
Mencken, H.L.
Mental health, promotion
Mentor, becoming
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Sedaris)
Meta-need (Maslow)
Michelandelo
Midas touch
Middle Way (Buddhism)
Midlarsky, Eva
Milky Way
Miller, Henry
Millionaire mentality
Mind, treatment
Mind of the Market, The (Shermer)
Minor inconveniences
Momentary feelings, happiness
Moments, experience. See Present moment
Monetary windfall, impact
Money
freedom, relationship
gift
magnification ability
spending avoidance
Monticello
Moore, R. Laurence
Moorhead, Hugh
Moral progress, emphasis
Moral society, test
Morley, Christopher
Mortality
awareness increase
reduction, giving (impact)
Moses, Jeffrey
Mother Nature, ignorance
Motivation, Epictetus argument
Motives, studies
Mozart, compositional ability
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Murray, Charles
Music
comprehension
enjoyment
Music and the Mind (Storr)
Mutual respect, fostering
Mysterium tremendum
Myth of Tomorrow, The (Buffone)

Nabokov, Vladimir
Naturalness, importance
Natural world, factual character (science documentation)
Nature, uncovering
Needs
awareness
hierarchy (Maslow)
Negative emotions (reduction), giving (impact)
Nehru, Jawaharlal
Nelson, Richard
Nettle, Daniel
New Earth, A (Tolle)
New Testament
Newton, Isaac
Nicaragua, problems
Nichomachean Ethics
Niebuhr, Reinhold
Nietzsche, Friedrich
Nihoff, John
Nin, Anais
“Non-Overlapping Magsiteria” (Gould)
Non-work-related activities
Noonan, Peggy
No Such Thing as a Bad Day ( Jordan)
“Notes on the State of Virginia” ( Jefferson)
Nursing home patients, regret
Nutrition, advances

Objectives, awareness
O’Kelly, Eugene
Oliver, Mary
Oman, Doug
“One Day University,”
Oneness: Great Principles Shared By All Religions (Moses)
One Up On Wall Street (Lynch)
“On the Foundations of Morality” (Schopenhauer)
On the Origin of Species (Darwin)
Optimal experience
psychology
O’Rourke, P.J.
Orwell, George
Otto, Rudolph
Outside problems, focus

Pain
cost
reduction
Pale Blue Dot (Sagan)
Pancreatic cancer, diagnosis
Pantanjali
Pastimes, challenge
Pausch, Randy
academic lecture
courage
Peace
guideposts
Peace of mind, achievement
Peak experiences
Pearl, The (Steinbeck)
Perception/priorities, experiment
Percy, Walker
Perfect freedom
Perfect life
Perot, Ross
Perseverance, principle
Personal ancestry, impact
Personal bankruptcies, increase
Personal commitments, making
Personal freedom, Epictetus recognition
Personal life, satisfaction
Personal questions
Personal tragedy, transformation
Physical assets, importance
Plagues, elimination
Plato
Pleasures of Eating, The (Berry)
Political freedoms
denial
U.S. enjoyment
Political involvement, importance
Politics, religion (role)
Pollan, Michael
Pollan, Stephen M.
Popper, Karl
Positive thinking
Post, Stephen
Potential, realization
Power of Now, The (Tolle)
Prayer, silence
Predicaments
coping
interpretive thinking, requirement
treatment
Prejudgments, problems
Present moment
experience
impact
living
Pride, cost
Principles, importance
Priorities
establishment
setting
Privacy, importance
Problems
facing
intractability
solving
Professional life, satisfaction
Prognosis, impact
Progress Paradox, The (Easterbrook)
Prothero, Stephen
Proxima Therapeutics
Prozac Nation
Psychotherapy, pharmacological problem
Pythagoras

Quality, principle

Rand, Ayn
Rational Mysticism (Horgan)
Reader, Charles
Reagan, Ronald
Real Education (Murray)
Reality, perception
“Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” (Pausch)
Reason, explanation (absence)
Recreational opportunities
Re-enchantment, formula
Relaxed life, steps
Reliability, exercise
Religion
arguments
behavior
common ground
essence
freedom
ignorance
path
purpose
role
science, conflict
specificity
understanding, absence
universal values, science contradiction
Religionless Christianity
Religious fundamentalism, discomfort
Religious literacy, necessity
Religious Literacy (Prothero)
Religious thinking, promotion
Religious tolerance (Jefferson)
Reputation
accuracy
self-impression
Resolutions
Responsibility, sense
Retirement
savings, level
shock
Retirement Confidence Survey (EBRI)
Reverence
exercise
experience, silence (usage)
faith, relationship
meaning
Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue (Woodruff )
Rhythm of Life, The (Kelly)
Riches, happiness (relationship)
Richness
perspective
philosophy
Richter, Jean Paul
Ringer, Robert
Risk avoidance
Rockefeller, Jr., John D.
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rudner, Rita
Rupp, George
Russell, Bertrand
Russert, Tim (heart attack)

Sagan, Carl
Satisfaction, material wants
Schlipp, Paul Arthur
Schopenhauer, Arthur life view
Schwalbe, Conrad
Schwartzkopf, Norman
Schweitzer, Albert
Science
common ground
faith, reconciliation
religion, conflict
value
Scientific literacy, inadequacy
Secret Pulse of Time, The (Klein)
Sectarian belief
Sectarian controversy, avoidance
Secular philosophies, principles
Sedaris, David
Seduction of the Spirit, The (Cox)
Self, sense/awareness
Self-absorption
Self-acceptance
Self-actualization
characteristics
life philosophy
Self-actualizers
Self-challenges
Self-definition, importance
Self-discipline
Self-enrichment, path
Self-esteem
increase
Self-forgiveness
Self-honesty
Self-improvement
Self-interest
Self-transcendence
Seligman, Martin
Seminole nation
concerns
creation
Seneca, mind training
Serenity Prayer (Niebuhr)
Setbacks, impact
Shakespeare:The Invention of the Human (Bloom)
Shakespeare:The World as Stage (Bryson)
Shakespeare, William
influence
understanding, satisfaction
Shandling, Garry
Shaw, George Bernard
Shermer, Michael
Shermers, Michael
Short History of Nearly Everything, A (Bryson)
Siegel, Jeremy
Silence
Sjuggerud, Steve
Skepticism
Skilling, Jeff
Skousen, Mark
Slave morality
Slavery, Jefferson conflict
Sleep, peace
Smith, Adam
Snacking, absence
Snap judgments
Social involvement, importance
Social problems, student earnestness
Society, skeptical attitude
Socrates
Solnick, Sara
Solomon, King
Sonata (Mozart), impact
Soul Food (Kornfield/Feldman)
Sound, sensitivity
Space exploration
Spark Notes, usage
Specificity, absence
Spinoza, Benedict
Spiritual advice
Spiritual development, opportunities
Spirituality
action
concern
discussion
importance
Spiritual needs
Spiritual principles
Spiritual rewards
Spiritual truths, sharing
Spiritual Wealth
Spontaneity, importance
Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P500), investment
Stand Still Like the Hummingbird (Miller)
Stanton, Frank L.
Status, loss (intolerance)
Stein, Gertrude
Steinbeck, John
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Stewart, Potter
Stock market, approaches
Stoic philosophy
Storr, Anthony
Strategic plans, importance
Stress
creation, time pressures (impact)
heart disease, relationship
impact
increase
Stress-induced psychological/physical ailments, contribution
Stumbling on Happiness (Gilbert)
Success
definition
image, problem
self-refocus
story (Templeton)
Suffering, existence
Suicide risk (reduction), giving (impact)
Surprise, impact
Suzuki, Shunryu

Taoism, suggestion
Tao of Abundance, The (Boldt)
Tastes, maturation
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Teaching Company, The
Technology
rise
value
TED conference
Television viewing, amount (A.C. Nielsen)
Templeton, John
biography
knighthood
money management skills
reputation
Templeton Foundation, donations
Templeton Growth Fund
Templeton Plan, The (Templeton)
Ten Canons for Practical Life (Jefferson)
Terminal patients, observation
Thank God for Evolution (Dowd)
Thanksliving
Theory of Moral Sentiment, The (Smith)
Thinking. See Positive thinking alteration
Thoreau, Henry David
Thucydides
Tibet liberation, Zedong order
Time
control, steps
cultivation. See Leisure time
decision-making
donation, steps
pressures, impact
sovereignty
Today Matters (Maxwell)
Tokyo stock market, money (infusion)
Tolerance, exercise
Tolle, Eckhart
Tommie, Howard
Toole, John Kennedy
“Top Ten Tips for Cancer Patients” ( Jordan)
Torres, Angel Arce
Tracy, Brian
Tranquility, avoidance
Transcendency, importance
Transcendental Temptation, The (Kurtz)
Traster, Don (preternatural calmness)
Trinity, composition
Tropic of Cancer (Miller)
True happiness, result
True religion, purpose
Trump, Donald
Trust
absence
placement
Truth
contradiction
knowledge
Truthfulness, exercise
Twain, Mark
21-day challenge

Unhappiness, cause
United States, condition (perspective)
Universe
agitation
dimensions
Unweaving the Rainbow (Dawkins)
U.S. households, charity

Van Dyke, Henry
van Dyke, Henry
Vices, impact
Videophilia
Violin sonata (Mozart), impact
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (Jefferson)
Virtue. See also Cardinal virtue
difficulty
importance
renewal
Vision, principle
Voice of the Enlightenment (Voltaire)
Voltaire
skepticism
Volunteerism
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
Vonnegut, Kurt

Wallace, Alfred Russel
Wants, awareness
War, impact
“War, Terrorism, and Geo-Political Crisis,”
Ward, William Arthur
War of
Wayland, John Walter
Wealth
calculation absence
goal, consideration
Wealth of Nations, The (Smith)
Webster, Noah
Wells, David E.
What Is Man? (Twain)
What’s So Great About Christianity (D’Souza)
White House, gathering
Whitman, Walt
Whitney, John
Who’s Your City? (Florida)
Why Good Things Happen to Good People (Post)
Wiggin, Addison
Wilde, Oscar
Wilson, David Sloan
Wilson, E.O.
Winget, Larry
Wisdom
Epictetus reputation
library, importance
Wisdom of Life, The (Schopenhauer)
Wodehouse, P.G.
Woodruff, Paul
Words
coinage
usage
Wordsworth, William
Work
enjoyment
meaningfulness
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Wright, Steven

Yoga, source
Young Frankenstein, renting

Zedong, Mao (Tibet liberation)
Ziglar, Zig
Zweig, Jason