Secret to Happiness
This is not a clickbait title. I don’t do that stuff.
If you are one of those people, who doesn’t have time to read a 500-word article, here is the answer.
Gratitude.
Gratitude is not easy to practice for many, but it is the ultimate key to happiness. You cannot be grateful and fearful at the same time. You cannot be grateful and complaining at the same time.
One of the few feelings that go along with gratitude is happiness. And that is why gratitude is so powerful. It acts as a shield that protects you from negativity. It also acts as a magnet that attracts positivity.
Surround yourself with grateful people.
I was buying some food from the grocery store last week. I usually ask people in customer service how’s their day going. She said “Living the dream,” sarcastically.
Let me tell you what’s wrong with this approach by giving an example.
One of my childhood friends was not able to land a job she wants after school. She started working at Starbucks. She was one of those people that always smile, and she had great relationships with the customers. Never heard her complaining.
One day, one of her customers offered her an internship all of a sudden.
The customer did not even know she studied marketing. He just wanted to give her a chance because he knows that she is a great person.
After the internship, she got hired in that new place. She is working in a job she had always dreamed of now.
What’s the moral of this story?
Surround yourself with people who say “Life’s good,” when you ask how they are doing. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.
Sometimes we think it’s all about us. No, it’s not.
You might be doing everything right and you might have the right mindset. But at the end of the day, you are the average of 5 people around you. Your happiness is the average of 5 people’s happiness around you.
Surround yourself with great people, and you’ll see the difference.
Oh and… Start taking action!
If you don’t like where you are, move. You are not a tree.
— Jim Rohn
