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How to be Happy? January 28, 2008

What makes us happy? money? fame? Why is it despite all the wealth USA is # 23 on the happiness list? Why so many famous people kill them selves? Why it is that a poor villager in the 3rd world can be more happy than say a silicon valley millionaire who spends every moment worrying about making the next million?

Happiness comes from inside, but we are schooled to look and compare to others. Very few individuals are lucky enough not to have the spirit of individualism beaten out of them, those are the ones who attain happiness.

A part of the reason we get sad is because we try to rush through life. The reason we rush is either we think we need to accomplish a lot of things, or we got ourselves involved in far too many things. A step in the right direction in the journey of happiness is to exterminate rush in life, by doing less things and doing them slowly.

On the lines of doing less, my list is simply short :-)

1) Know exactly what you want to do/be in life. Do not worry about what others think/want/do, be brave and creative.
2) At every moment of your life do the most important task (to reach your goals in life.)
3) Never take attention away from the task at hand (i.e. do one thing at-a-time.)
4) Exterminate rush, keep things simple, under-promise and over-deliver.




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