The Oatmeal:

Amen. This comic was based on this essay from Augusten Burroughs: How to live unhappily ever after, which is also a great read.

Blaire Palmer, writing for HRZone:

Yes, change is a constant. But you don’t need a change programme to bring about change…

This struck a chord with me. It’s one of the most coherent arguments I’ve read about what’s wrong with the way organisations approach change programs. It also offers some useful suggestions to ensure you’ll never need a change program again.

Jessica Alexander, writing for The Atlantic:

But in Denmark, a nation that has consistently been voted the happiest place in the world since Richard Nixon was president, children are taught about empathy from a young age both inside and outside of school.

We should teach empathy in Australian schools, as they do in Denmark.

Kevin Bishop:

How simple can life be? Want to give up smoking – just stop it. Want to reduce your weight – just stop eating. Want to change (enter behaviour of your choice) – just do it.

If ONLY change was that easy!

… a good way to keep feeling young is to keep feeling humble, to keep learning. The people who think they know everything get old before their time.

As he so often does, Hugh nails it with this cartoon.