9 takeaways from «The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything=Have» 🐣
What is happiness?
Each person will answer this question differently. If you think that you know absolutely everything about happiness, you are mistaken. But it doesn't matter; let's try to figure it out together. 9 useful conclusions from the book «The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything=Have» by Neil Pasricha will help us.
From the article, you will learn not only the reasons for unsuccessful events in life but also ways to get rid of them and become a little happier.
Enjoy reading!
1. To change your life, change your attitude towards it
Many people feel happy only closer to old age when thy sit in front of a warm fireplace and their grandchildren are running around. Yet, some have never experienced this feeling at all. You can be unhappy all you want, but what if you try to change your attitude toward life now?
I know it sounds simple, but it's actually quite the opposite. If you, like me, still do not feel happy, just go for your goals, enjoy the process, and rejoice. Then one day you will stop and quietly say, "So this is what it is, happiness ..."
2. Our brain is arranged like this: we search for a problem, we find it, and we solve it
Remember your school years when the class teacher told parents that, for example, grades in English were good but there were problems with physics? After that, usually all efforts are directed toward improving grades in physics, but they forget about strengths, and this is a serious mistake.
Since childhood, our brain has been used to seeing problems in something and solving them. Try to focus not on the problems, but on what you are doing well, and then you will become a little happier.
3. Seven thanks per week or one per day
A gratitude journal is a very useful practice. Its essence lies in the fact that you need to be grateful for something every day. It can be a "thank you" to a mug for its convenience or to a random passerby for an infectious laugh. Look around; you definitely have something to be grateful for.
Such a diary helps to set your life on a positive wave and gives you a boost of energy.
4. Determine which side of the triangle you are on
Imagine that a triangle is drawn on the floor of your room. Each of its peaks has its own name: