HAPPY
Fundementally we are here because we are NOT HAPPY
Why are we unhappy?
- PIED
- not getting what we want
- not feeling successful
- down or depressed
- lacking interest in life
Remember that our answers often already lie within our words
- PIED - too much stimulent
- not getting what we want - needy or overly demanding
- not feeling successful - not improving or not recognizing achievements
- down or depressed - not going out to explore, create, curious
- lacking interest in life - same things over and over
SAMPLE
I got to know a bright and happy lady in a course I took recently and would like to share her story
- started working at 16 as a tour guide. Got to travel to many countries before 20
- after school opened a business and successfully sold it 13 years later to retire at 40
- got depressed within 6 months due to lack of activity
- picked herself up and took up many courses, sometime 3 different courses a day
Her life practices :
- she would look back every day on what she has accomplished
- she is a very goal oriented person. Everything she set out to do she will achieve it
- she is a quiet and non attention seeking person
- she studies hard and finishes a book every 2 days
- she is attentive and focused during our team meetings
- she continues to explore new things to learn and do.
- she is fully occupied every day and cannot stand lounging around
- she likes to read nonfiction books and is not interested in tv series or fiction
- as a successful business owner, she is also very successful with sales. More importantly she is very patient when it comes to making her sale.
- she was from marketing but took 2 years of planning and learning before embarking on her business in beauty.
- she is obviously very hard working, diligent, focused and self driven.
What are our key takeaways from her practices?
- Be patient and work towards our goal
- make sure we work hard and acknowledge our achievements daily
- do not seek external attention. Be our own chief and audience
- be focused and present at the moment
- constantly enrich and improve self with new interests, experiance and learnings
- minimize down time and keep oneself busy
- dont spend too much time entertaining our emotions. Let our actions dictate our quality of life
Coming back to our points about being unhappy, i summerize :
- If some things are not working, go fix it
- If some things are not happening, go at it
- if some things are not worth our time, leave it
- focus on self intention, self improvement and self achievement
To myself:
the lazy entitled person is an unhappy person
dont do too much for others until there is nothing left for myself