How to be happy? It is not as far off as you may think.
I want to tell you a fast story before I get going.
When I was in my ending season of baseball at university, I took a few trips down to USC to gain experience from a renowned pitching coach to help me with my pitching style. It was a hot summer day and we were on the mound throwing a practice bullpen. Not a word was spoken for about 50 pitches when he eventually asserted to me the following.
"10% of the time you will truly be extraordinary. 10% of the time you are absolutely going to suck worse than imaginable. 80% of the time you will truly be just average. The champions are made in that 80%. "
This story has a substantial amount to do with happiness accept it or not. In reality it has everything to do with almost every single day you wake up.
80% of those days you are going to feel just average.
That's right. Average. Nothing great about the day. It's just another "nothing special" average day. For many that could be a horrible realisation about life. Nonetheless for those in the loop, it's pretty exciting.
The direction of your day is your decision. You can waste it by going in the negative direction or create something great by thinking positive. It's all down to you.
Keeping that story in mind, I created these 7 advice on the best way to be happy.
1. Decide each morning that you are in a good mood: Seriously though. Affirm yourself. Play music. Do things that you like. Focus deeply upon your goals and set the tone for the remainder of the day. Every single morning I do something that makes me extraordinarily satisfied and revved up for the day.
2. Write out your goals: The first 30 minutes of your day are understood to be "The Golden 30." Use that time wisely. Hear positive messages. Evoke yourself. Write out those goals and visualise yourself achieving them. You are essentially giving your body the go ahead nod by getting your consciousness in the right state.
3. Solve your complaints: Take a piece of paper and do the following. On the left hand side of the sheet write out everything that you have beefs about in life. Trust me, if you are actually listening you will have a ton. Then, draw arrows from the left hand side of the paper to the right and then write your answers to the list of complaints. If you don't want to unravel them then you have got to allow them to go. Holding onto problems is pretty much the kryptonite for a person who is seeking to cultivate happiness in their life.
4. Get into action: You know all those things you've always needed to do but haven't as you were either too scared or lazy? Get into action. Begin to do them. Take the 1st step. This will give you some momentum and then you can take that and tackle the bigger obstacles. There's no feeling like achieving goals. So go for it.
5. Appreciate the people in your life: Tell the people around you that you care or love them and then tell them why. Tell them why they're vital to you and why it is you're lucky to have them in your life.
6. 2 blessed 2 be stressed: The majority of the stuff you fret about doesn't ever occur anyhow. Theres a very well-known old phrase that claims worrying is like trying to decipher a large math equation by chewing bubble gum. That generally doesn't work out so well. Decide that you will truly be happy and also make the choice that the obstacles in front of you are a chance for you to show just how badly you desire something.
7. Make no your vitamin: This is proving to be one of my favorite lines from motivational speaker Les Brown. You have to be willing to go through a whole lot of "no's" to finally get to a yes. Yes, lives in the land of no. Don't give up!
We all have a chance to build happiness into our lives, but we have to do the work to get there first. Take these 7 tips on happiness into account when looking at your day.
I want to tell you a fast story before I get going.
When I was in my ending season of baseball at university, I took a few trips down to USC to gain experience from a renowned pitching coach to help me with my pitching style. It was a hot summer day and we were on the mound throwing a practice bullpen. Not a word was spoken for about 50 pitches when he eventually asserted to me the following.
"10% of the time you will truly be extraordinary. 10% of the time you are absolutely going to suck worse than imaginable. 80% of the time you will truly be just average. The champions are made in that 80%. "
This story has a substantial amount to do with happiness accept it or not. In reality it has everything to do with almost every single day you wake up.
80% of those days you are going to feel just average.
That's right. Average. Nothing great about the day. It's just another "nothing special" average day. For many that could be a horrible realisation about life. Nonetheless for those in the loop, it's pretty exciting.
The direction of your day is your decision. You can waste it by going in the negative direction or create something great by thinking positive. It's all down to you.
Keeping that story in mind, I created these 7 advice on the best way to be happy.
1. Decide each morning that you are in a good mood: Seriously though. Affirm yourself. Play music. Do things that you like. Focus deeply upon your goals and set the tone for the remainder of the day. Every single morning I do something that makes me extraordinarily satisfied and revved up for the day.
2. Write out your goals: The first 30 minutes of your day are understood to be "The Golden 30." Use that time wisely. Hear positive messages. Evoke yourself. Write out those goals and visualise yourself achieving them. You are essentially giving your body the go ahead nod by getting your consciousness in the right state.
3. Solve your complaints: Take a piece of paper and do the following. On the left hand side of the sheet write out everything that you have beefs about in life. Trust me, if you are actually listening you will have a ton. Then, draw arrows from the left hand side of the paper to the right and then write your answers to the list of complaints. If you don't want to unravel them then you have got to allow them to go. Holding onto problems is pretty much the kryptonite for a person who is seeking to cultivate happiness in their life.
4. Get into action: You know all those things you've always needed to do but haven't as you were either too scared or lazy? Get into action. Begin to do them. Take the 1st step. This will give you some momentum and then you can take that and tackle the bigger obstacles. There's no feeling like achieving goals. So go for it.
5. Appreciate the people in your life: Tell the people around you that you care or love them and then tell them why. Tell them why they're vital to you and why it is you're lucky to have them in your life.
6. 2 blessed 2 be stressed: The majority of the stuff you fret about doesn't ever occur anyhow. Theres a very well-known old phrase that claims worrying is like trying to decipher a large math equation by chewing bubble gum. That generally doesn't work out so well. Decide that you will truly be happy and also make the choice that the obstacles in front of you are a chance for you to show just how badly you desire something.
7. Make no your vitamin: This is proving to be one of my favorite lines from motivational speaker Les Brown. You have to be willing to go through a whole lot of "no's" to finally get to a yes. Yes, lives in the land of no. Don't give up!
We all have a chance to build happiness into our lives, but we have to do the work to get there first. Take these 7 tips on happiness into account when looking at your day.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Feeling ready to take the journey of your life? Dive into these life is too short quotes to explore the meaning of living in the present!
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