The Power of Happiness
A friend told me about a couple who for their entire adult lives wanted to move to the West Coast. The wife just wanted to watch the sunsets every day as they sank over the ocean. So the couple saved up, worked for many years, and once they retired, they finally moved to California. So every night they got to sit out on their deck and watch the sun go down over the Pacific Ocean, and it was just an unbelievable goal they had reached. Naturally you would assume their lives were com- plete, and they could live happily ever after, right? Wrong! Af- ter 18 months of living in that house, they were fuming, and decided, “We need to get blinds installed on these windows! Every night the sun is glaring right through and blinding us when we’re trying to cook.” You see, the outside world can only give you temporary hap- piness. We all want that next level of income, the ideal weight, perfect health, a great lifestyle, more money, true love, intimacy, and passion. Trust me, I get the desires that exist and the accom- panying perks. But all that goes away unless we learn how to be happy on the inside. And here’s the crazy part: If we find happi- ness on the inside—not an easy task—then suddenly all of those other things we want are more obtainable. When you learn to create happiness internally, those things become a by-product of the happiness you’re creating, which is the opposite of what most people think. Most people believe success, money, fast cars, and diamond rings come first and then happiness will material- ize. That is completely false, and the source of so many people walking around depressed. So let’s look at happiness and what I’ve learned about it through all my years of writing books, reading other great books on success, and being friends with billionaires and presidents and world-changers. From these experiences, I’ve created a list of 10 specific habits and thought processes that I think are the fastest and quickest way to happiness. As I always say, I just want to give you the recipes, ingredients, and instructions that get you to your definition of success the fastest.
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