The Happy and Prosperous Blog

A few days ago I published a post about paying attention to what you are thinking about. Today let’s get a bit more specific.

Ask people what they want in life and most people will say ‘I just want to be happy’. That’s fair enough - everyone wants to be happy. The question then is What makes you happy ?

Money

Lots of people would say that having a lot of money would make them happy. If that’s what you believe then tell me, what are you going to spend that money on ? Are you going to buy things ? Which things ? Why and how will they make you happy ? These are important questions if we want to go a bit deeper into happiness. Incidentally, most lottery winners are not happy !

Perhaps, rather than buying things, you would buy experiences (holidays, courses etc). Which experiences ? Why and how will they make you happy ?

Maybe you would like to have money to give away to charity or to family and friends. It what way will that make you happy ?

I’m not trying to suggest that any of this is wrong or misguided. I’d just like you to be clear about what you would do with money and why doing that would make you happy.

Other Sources of Happiness

Maybe it’s not money, or not just money, that would make you happy. What else would make you happy ? Are there things you want for your children ? Maybe you want a partner, maybe you want to run your own business.

Your Challenge

My challenge for you today is to think about all this and to write down 5 things, 5 clear and specific things, that would make you happy. For each one, say why it would have that effect on you.

If you can be clear, specific and definite about this then you have a much greater chance of making it happen. Vague ideas lead to vague outcomes. Clear ideas can lead to definite outcomes. That’s the Law of Attraction again !

Let me know how you get on. Thanks for reading.

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