I was kicking back today reading “Make a name for yourself” by Scott Ginsberg (aka That guy who wears a nametag 24/7). Great book – lots of neat, easy to implement ideas.
But then I just read this one part where Scott encourages you to complete the sentence… “To me happiness is…”
Hrrm… I was stumped! Now I fully believe that you attract what you focus on, but here I was unable to answer that question easily! I thought to myself, "How can I be attracting happiness if I can’t even define it!".
It was a great lesson for me to sit down and run through the possibilities…
Here are some earlier drafts:
To me happiness is…
being in the company of amazing people
achieving my goals
anything that makes me smile
not answering this stupid question because I can’t answer it!!!!
cupcakes, daffodils and a good night’s sleep
feeling a sense of accomplishment
I wasn’t happy with any of these responses and it took me about a day before I came up with one I was happy with.
So let me leave you with some wise words from Scott Ginsberg…
1. Figure out how you would complete to following sentence: “To me, happiness is ______________.”
2. Make sure the answer doesn’t hurt anybody, including yourself.
3. Guard it with your life.
4. Commence happiness.
And if you want to know what my eventual answer was – email me: http://www.kirstydunphey.com/contact.html and tell me your answer!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Hrm... this got me thinking...
Added Jan 6, 2010, Under: happiness , scott ginsberg
2 comments:
Hi Kirsty,
Found your blog through a newsletter from a speaker up here is Brisbane.
So I get the honour of posting the first comment...?
I must say that I am always a little suspicious at attempts to nail down definitions of happiness. After all - if we nailed it down and then clung to it we would all still be eating McDonalds for every meal, staying up till midnight, and watching ninja turtles, right? (Okay, maybe just I would).
But here's my definition: happiness is flow.
When you flow, you get about as close to happiness as a human can get.
And your definition?
Hi James
My definition of Happiness is as follows: the moment in time when you make a new memory that looking back on it later makes you smile.
I agree with your point about nailing it down!
Also - we posted a whole heap of our weekly email reader's "Happiness is" on our newsletter - email us: www.kirstydunphey.com/contact.html if you'd like a list
Kirsty
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