The New York Times recently published a story in their Science section on a tip for help you be happy. Here’s the title:

Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study Suggests

As you know, science has already proven that a clean home makes you healthier and happier. But now, with this story, you’ll realize that on top of that, hiring a professional cleaning staff comes with additional benefits.

The researchers found that those that open their wallets to save time by hiring others to do less desirable chores actually improve happiness by reducing stress.

Ashley Whillans, an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School and lead author of the study, says “People who spent money to buy themselves time, such as by outsourcing disliked tasks, reported greater overall life satisfaction.”

If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. By putting these tasks in the hands of professionals, you’re gaining much more time and energy to dedicate to your personal growth and mental wellbeing.

Depending on how you run your household, you could easily spend 10 hours a week or more cleaning your home.

So science confirms. Dallas Maids makes you happy!

Click here for a link to the study. And click here to be happier.

~ Dallas Maids Happiness Team

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy

A song never imparted so much business wisdom!

Having the family in to one of my company’s 10th year anniversary this Saturday; it’s a big milestone and we are celebrating with a fancy banquette.

Dallas Maids was the first company I started and grew to become the, BEST maid service in Dallas. Maybe I’m biased… but Dallas Maids is the most award-winning company and these awards are genuine, based on merit, not paid for like some awards are. tsk. tsk. on those companies that buy awards or claim awards they have not won.

Anyway, I’m also remodeling an old house in a neighborhood my wife and I are excited to be moving into. It’s crunch time and lots of things to do. I so should not be wasting time on writing this post but I felt this is something you fellas should know…

DON’T WORRY

Worrying is paralyzing. It will stop you before you even start. Being afraid to make the jump in and do a business or about the “obstacles” that may pop up… is not conducive to getting things done. When my parents arrived, they barraged me with tons of questions about how will I move in if this or that isn’t done.

Be it finishing up the house in time for the move this Sunday or worrying about how much the movers will charge me or about not ordering the appliances yet… Too much worry. I got it under control because I’m spending time worrying.

Love my parents. They still live in the house I grew up in and after 44 years of marriage still have great chemistry between them. I’m lucky to have them and being parents they naturally want the best for me. So of course they are worried about this crunch time I’m going through.

And worrying is something I do less after running businesses. It’s best to use that time to figure out a solution.

I’m grateful that I don’t worry as much as I once did. It is not only unproductive, it’s emotionally draining.

So, don’t worry and you’ll find happiness through your hard, smart work. Focus on the solutions because there are always solutions, usually more than one so it’s just placing your efforts to find the best solution. As you find yourself worrying less and becoming more successful, you’ll find issues that may have bothered you in the past will fade away.

For example, when starting out I totaled the first car I ever bought. It was a new mustang convertible which I had paid off. That meant that I didn’t have the insurance to replace it. Even with the lost car and lost money, I realized something then: It didn’t bother me. I was happy with that realization that everything was going to be ok and just get better. It’s nice to be worry-free. Your life will be much better for it! So…

BE HAPPY!

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