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Can money buy happiness? Perhaps...

USA Today has an interesting article "Money can buy happiness--to a point".

Folks at the $150,000 income level reported being considerably more happy than those at the $40,000 level, but the million dollar question is--why?

Is it that money really makes you happier, or is it that happier people are prone to make more money? Or, does some other outside factor influence both money and happiness?

What does your email style say about you?

I've got a new post over at Coachamatic called "What does your inbox say about you?"

Don't worry, I'm not trying to say that the organizational state of our inboxes is a reflection of who we are as people.

Yikes! That would be scary for most all of us!

But there were a couple gems, I thought, of advice from Merlin Mann about the obstacles "people pleasers" face with dealing with email and what they can do to be more efficient.

HowTo Master Workflow: Stop storing info in your brain

A few weeks ago I decided to finally take the plunge and whole-heartedly embrace the "Getting Things Done"(GTD) productivity system.  So far, I've experienced a bunch of positive changes as far as workflow goes, but probably the biggest impact is in the priority determinating department.

I'm starting to see that having a lot to do doesn't necessarily mean that you need to feel frazzled or overwhelmed.

As long as you're able to determine what are your most important tasks and also handle as much incoming info on the front end as you can, then you don't really reach "emergency status" that often. Wow--what a revelation.