A Shortcut To Feeling Rich and Happy
I’m sure you know that one of the most powerful positive emotions known to man is gratitude. The human brain is so poor at holding two contradictory thoughts that the moment you throw a sense of gratitude into the mix it’s really difficult to feel all of those nasty negative emotions that may have previously been loitering in the nether regions of your mind.
In the exceptional book Authentic Happiness, Martin Seligman talks about an exercise designed to move us into a sense of gratitude which in turn leads to feeling happier. Seligman suggests that every now and then we should say thanks to people we are grateful for, but may not know of our gratitude.
Ten Tips Of The Rich And Happy
John was due to write today's post, but when he sent it to me we had a chat and both decided it deserved a wider audience and so I published it on A Daring Adventure. If you'd like to read it, and it is powerful stuff, click the link It Should Never Come To This
So instead of Mr Strelecky you have a post from me with a quick down and dirty look at techniques that if you can incorporate into your life, will make you feel Rich and Happy!
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
I had another life coach tell me one time that I didn’t take life seriously enough, especially as I was supposed to be helping people make positive improvements in their life. She went on to say coaching was a serious business and it was unprofessional to be joking around with my clients and they could hire a clown if they wanted to laugh.
Her remarks caused me to slowly stroke my chin whilst gazing at my naval for some time. I then went and sat in a darkened room for 8 hours to conduct some serious soul searching as to whether I’d been a very naughty boy.
You Are Who You Think You Are
When Robert De Niro made ‘Raging Bull’ in 1980 he had to put on over 50lbs of weight to play the older Jake la Motta. That’s a lot of weight to gain and whereas I’m sure it’s great fun eating all that naughty food, it could be a bit tricky for the majority getting the weight it off again. De Niro didn’t have a problem though.
Why do you think that is?
The Fork Of Indecision
After 6 hours walking along a path through a dense forest, 5 of which have passed without seeing a single soul, you finally accept you’re hopelessly lost.
Your map appears to have been one that Columbus decided was out of date, your compass really didn’t like being left in your bag with your trusty magnet and the pesky birds appear to have eaten all your bread crumbs that would have guided you back from whence you came.
Would You Shoo Away a Duck?
So there I am at Disney’s Epcot Center. My daughter and I decided to take a little break and enjoy a snack at the Morocco pavilion. After dropping what used to be a full day’s wages on falafel and a kid’s snack, we were sitting outside at one of the little patio tables.
Music was playing, people were smiling and wandering around. It was very festive.
Criticism Is Never Personal
Everybody comes in for criticism at some time or other it’s part of being a human being. Having a life coaching blog that’s read by a few thousand people means I regularly receive it either in the comments or via e-mail and I can honestly say, it’s always welcomed.
I know for some people that seems like a strange thing to say, but the Rich and Happy approach it is very easy to grasp. It is either valid criticism and gives me an opportunity to learn, or it’s invalid and I can ignore it.
Who Is The Most Important Person In The World To You?
Things are really hotting up around here and the pre-launch of the 750 first edition signed copies of How To Be Rich and Happy is only a few days away. With John doing whatever he wants whenever he wants somewhere in Europe, this is my way of telling you I haven’t got time to write a brand new post this week!
So today I’m publishing a chapter from my first book, Don’t Ask Stupid Questions - There Are No Stupid Questions because it’s so relevant to the Rich and Happy formula. By the way, if you want a free copy of Don’t Ask Stupid Questions you can click the link and it will download automatically. Currently it sells on Amazon for $15 so free is way better than that!
Just Say No!
About two years ago I mentioned on my own website at A Daring Adventure I was looking to take on two new pro bono life coaching clients for people that couldn’t afford it. Little did I know that it would lead to over 50 requests for free coaching from people literally all over the world.
It was tough filtering the applicants and whittling it down to two (which ended up being six over time) as there were lots of great people I knew would really benefit and I wanted to work with.
Be Patiently Unrealistic
What do you think the single biggest criticism we have received regarding How To Be Rich and Happy is? Take a guess.
Cost maybe, because even though it started off life at $97 for a week or so before we dropped it to $47, it’s still not cheap. How about not providing the formula to being Rich and Happy? That would be a fairly damning indictment if people were telling us that, wouldn’t it? Or maybe it’s boring and doesn’t flow well? That would certainly concern me as I'm sure it would John.
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