I recently bought this great little book, titled 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It by David Niven, Ph.D., and I've just got to share some of the ones that really struck a chord with me. So once a week or so, I'll offer up a morsel. Indulge.
How to Be Happy, Lesson #1:
Use a Strategy for Happiness.
Surveys show happy and unhappy people tend to have had very similar life experiences. The difference is that the average unhappy person spends more than twice as much time thinking about unpleasant events in their lives, while happy people tend to focus and depend on information that brightens their personal outlook on life. (Lyubomirsky, 1994)
Both happy and unhappy people do things that create and reinforce their moods: Happy people let themselves be happy; unhappy people continually do things that upset them.
The Strategic Management Center, a business consulting firm, says the best indicator of a healthy business is a healthy business plan. They believe every business must define its purpose and then develop a strategy to accomplish it.
The same approach can be used by people. Define what you want, then create a plan to get it. Think about what makes you happy and what makes you unhappy, and use it to help you get what you desire from life.
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