THE #1 REASON WHY YOU'RE STILL NOT HAPPY
Are you wondering why you're still not happy?
Maybe you already “think positive” or “engage in mindfulness”. Well, even if you practice these skills, you can still be unhappy if you don’t actually enjoy practicing these skills. If you don’t have a good reason for continuing to practice these skills, you’ll abandon it before it does you much good. Think of it this way. Let’s say you want to be a musician, but you really hate playing the violin. I keep telling you that the only way that you can be a musician is by playing the violin. So you listen to me, because I’m the expert. You learn to play, but your bored and unsatisfied. You’re not motivated to play because you hate the violin and you eventually give up, because, well… just ugh. This makes perfect sense, right? Why would you continue doing something you hate? The same goes for happiness. What if I told you that there are a bunch of ways that you boost your happiness and you can choose to do what you enjoy? 
Wouldn’t you feel more empowered and motivated to keep at it? I think the answer to this question is obvious.
The exercise industry, which is a bit ahead of the happiness industry, knows the answer to this question. They’ll often tell you to do exercises that you enjoy. Sure, doing weight training might be better for your health than Zumba, but ultimately, doing anything is better than doing nothing. So do Zumba if you love it. If you want to stick with something long enough for it to change your life, then you’re better off doing something you enjoy. Here in lies another problem with most happiness products. They rarely tell you that you have a choice in how you go about increasing your happiness. Inevitably, you will enjoy building some happiness skills and hate building others. I know I do. In all my programs, I teach my peeps lots of different happiness skills. They learn a little bit about all of them. Then they do what they want! If you find happiness practices that you really enjoy, you’ll feel more empowered, motivated, and you’ll make rock-star progress. If you're tired of the same old ways if increasing happiness, Join our FREE 5 Steps System. You'll make better progress because you’ll do what you want to do, not what you are supposed to do. Related Articles:
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Gratitude note
In this activity, you learn to practice gratitude for others by writing gratitude notes.
Mental Time Travel
In this activity, you practice using your imagination to generate happiness.
Happiness values
In this activity, you clarify what aspects of happiness you value most.
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