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6 Ways I Became Happier Without Reading Endless Self-Help
Another look at what it takes to be happy in today’s world
Happiness is the golden ticket.
I used to think happiness was incredibly complex. That must be true because everywhere I looked I saw people running. Running to get to the next promotion, the next paycheque, the next whatever the flavour of the month is. And most people I met weren’t happy. They were in a state of disarray.
We all know the standards for success. We admire the trinkets and material goods the rich folk have and we sit pondering how to get there. But if you really ask us, material goods aren’t actually what we want. Goods provide a purpose, the bells and whistles don’t really matter. What matters is that good performs the function you want it to. Function trumps everything in reality.
But we forget that. We forget that we probably have absolutely everything we need right now to live a good life. So what if you just designed your life now to replicate who you want to be later. What if you stopped waiting for life to hit you in the face and started doing the things that you wanted.
1. Think in the Immediate Term and Ask Why
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