A quick search on the internet reveals some confusion about what the secret of happiness actually is…
- Keep changing something if you’re not happy, until you are (what exactly to change is missing information).
- Make others believe they are the cause of it (!?)
- Count your blessings while others are adding to their troubles.
- Admire without desiring (!?)
- Not to chase it. It’s like a butterfly so you must pay attention to other things and it will land on your shoulder (a smidgen of truth, but largely useless information).
These web results leave me dumbfounded! These aren’t the way to happiness, they’ll just confuse someone in genuine need of advice that works…
Given that the only thing we really want is happiness, this muddle of confusion won’t do…
Where to look for the secret to happiness?
Well… you could ask a happy person, or you could ask a thousand happy people, and quiz them all about it. Unfortunately they won’t know.
They will probably get you closer than the above “wisdom” because what will happen is they will tend to describe what it is LIKE to be happy… “I feel blessed, spontaneous, energetic, free, loving and I love to help people.” So they might deduce that the secret is “gratitude, spontaneity, energy, freedom, loving and giving.”
These are certainly some of the qualities of happiness but they are not the secret. That would be putting the cart before the horse. Happy people don’t get happy by doing these things. They ARE happy FIRST, and so they do these things naturally.
So how can we find it?
The answer is to ask someone who has CREATED happiness from misery — someone who’s been through hell. They will know! Ask someone who has done all the seeking, researching and experimenting; someone who’s already taken the journey you want to take. I AM that person and after over 20 years of research and experimentation, the secret of happiness is now crystal clear to me.
There’s only ONE master key
There’s only ONE underlying root cause, just one, and I’ve explained it in the very first chapter of Happy Guide. This ONE cause holds, contains and makes effective, all the other causes…
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Scroll down to the Contents and click on “DISCOVER THE HAPPINESS SECRET” which will take you right to the beginning of the chapter.
Happy reading!
“Thanks for putting The Happiness Secret together. You have put it in a nutshell in a few short pages. Excellent!”
— Dr. Ed Dodge, USA
“Wow! What an incredible journey you have been on! Aren’t we all blessed that you decided to share your learnings with us and write your Happiness Secret. Thank you so much.”
— Rebecca, UK
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Michael Kinnaird is the author of Happy Guide, the result of a 20 year exploration into what works for health and happiness.
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never thought about my life style beening a habit gave me food for thought I just recently came through cancer and have been on the internet trying to a healthier way to eat live etc. breaking old habits may be the hardest job I have ever had
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I enjoyed it! Simple and straight forward, makes sense to me. Habits are very powerful, good or bad and this can help me focus on the good ones…
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Thanks for the timely reminder. I would like to add a piece of advice I find very useful: You are NOW in the right place, at the right time and with the right people for your next move forward in life.. (This gets you through every situation; it is very logical, as all your previous steps have led you to THIS point so how can you be in the wrong place even if it appears to be wrong? it MUST be right) AND something to make you laugh: All those guys who say “Urh..now about your money… just leave that with me you won’t be needing it where you’re going” Ha! I make it a habit to have a good laugh every day! Thanks again. Must get on with my Yoga exercises which I started when I was 17 – I’m now 75 -I recommend it as a helpful habit!
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tres belle reflexion sur la nature humaine. yes, is it very interesting book. we now about all this but never realise how important is it for as. c’est tellement vraie coment les choses se passe, nous sommes en lien direct avec la vie, avec la nature et on oublie que souvent dans les choses les plus on trouve le bonheur… camille
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I already knew that my habits were a big factor in my not changing my eating habits and some other habits that I know aren’t good for me. ( like smoking, quit 2005 still smoke free! ) One day at a time, for the past few years, I have been trying to correct my bad with the good as you have said.
Change doesn’t just happen over night, knowing that you have a problem with a bad habit and trying to correct it with exchanging it with a good habit helps put you just one step closer toward the real you, that you wish to be.
Its a matter of taking control of all of you, and the bad habits one can accumulate in their lifetime, and throw them aside to refresh yourself with the new. I’m working on it, and hope to be, bad habit free soon. Thanks for The Happiness Secret love it, Sherry
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