- “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of a heaven
- “If we study only what is average, we will remain average”
- “Youi can eliminate depression without making someone happy. You can cure anxiety without teaching someone optimism . You can return someone to work without improving their performance. If we strive for a diminished bad, you’ll attain the average and you’ll miss out entirely on the opportunity to exceed average
- Brilliant p[people sometimes do the most unintelligent things – ie overwork or work on the wrong things.
- Negative stress is like second hand smoke. It’s unspoken. The second you enter a room with it, you know.
- Neuroplasticity – It’s been shown that our brains aren’t static. We change.
- Just through thinking, you can literally rewire the brain – ie cause physical change. This says a lot.
- Pleasure, engagement, meaning. All very core to happiness. Very akin to autonomy, mastery, purpose
- Happiness = joy we get for striving for our potential
- Negative emotions narrow our thoughts.
- Meditate. Spend money – but not on stuff
- Fitness is key to happiness
- Happiness isn’t about lying to ourselves and being ignorant. But changing our brains to think that we can rise up over circumstances
- World is inherently subjective. You can shape so much
- Your experience literally changes the result. Same experience with 2 people can = a2 different results
- “Creation” of happiness. Not “pursuit.” We need to create it. It’s not something we hunt down. Its already in us.
- Tetris effect. Once you get a negative mindset, that is all you see. You’re locked in.
- Need gratitude. Add 3 positives to a daily log
- Rose colored glasses are good … within limits
- It’s not just about getting up off the mat. It’s about understanding why you were on the mat in the first place and then bouncing back up.
- Things don’t always happen for the best. But you can make the best out of things that happen
- Pessimism = giving up. Seeing a dead end and no way out. It happens
- Sometimes people not only think they could do better (which is often a good growth mindset) but they don’t acknowledge the good they’ve done
- A person gets too emotional their logic is hacked and they literally can’t reason
- Fight until it is a habit. Until it’s done without thinking about it. It takes 21 days
- Will power alone will not get you there. Willpower is finite
- Follow the path of least resistance. Make it easy. Put the guitar in the middle of the room. Not stored in a case in the closet
- Friends. The number one indicator of happiness. To get them to really like you, it’s all the Dale Carnegy stuff. Show genuine interest. Be present
- Happiness is contagious. Just as the opposite is true
