Happiness… It’s all about attitude.

"For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so"   
Shakespeare

Question is:  why can't we think ourselves into a good mood whenever we want?

We all know it's no easy; people freak out, sweat and think something might go wrong - it's people's nature. We all have negative self-talk. There is no such thing as an eternal optimist.

Why do our brains focus on negative things, how can we learn to control it and make a conscious effort to be happy?

Our species have existed on this planet over two hundred thousand years, during most of that existence; life was mostly short, vulnerable to predators, brutal and highly competitive. Survival was key and being alert instead of complacent is what made people survive. 

The instinctive need for what we don't have yet creates in us a persistent state of dissatisfaction.  Unhappiness is nature's way of keeping people on their toes.

It begs the question: is that fear still programmed into our heads today?     

Yes

As Steve Jobs once put it "Only the paranoid survive"

Our brains still follow this paranoid model every day, and it's a recipe for unhappiness. We scan the world for problems because that led to our survival.

In today's world survival for food and safety does not apply as in the past, however rather than find good results and make them better, our brains still look for a problem and find a problem and that's usually all we see: problems.

So what do we do about it?

As Aristotle said:  “Happiness depends upon us"

In many cases, there is one main thing we can control in our life about ourselves and that is attitude.   

It's about choosing one's attitude in any given set of circumstances our own way.

Life is 10% what happens and 90% how we react to it.

90% of our happiness isn't based on what's happening but based on how we see things - our intentional thinking and activities.  Happiness is about seeing the half glass full rather than empty.

in our next blog, we will discuss the 7 ways to be happy right now.

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The Happiness Model

There is a happiness model which most people follow in life - the thinking goes like this:

Great Work = Big Success = Be Happy

In real life the model does not work like that since most people tend to set new goals once they reach a previous one - why stop at a college degree if you can get a master's, why stop at being a Manager if you can become a Director; people tend to focus on the next job, next degree, next promotion.

We never get to happiness since it gets pushed further and further away.

What happens if we snap "Be Happy" off the end and stick it at the beginning? 
Be Happy = Great Work = Big Success

Everything changes!

So what is the first thing you must do in order to be happy? 

Be Happy FIRST.

Secret No. 1:  The first thing you must do before you can be happy is to Be Happy

In our next blog, we will discuss the single biggest reason it's so hard to be happy.

One of the core values we have as a company is to inspire and empower people in all aspects of their lives. Additionally, if you want to read about our Custom Software Solutions and Consulting Services, please visit www.isucorp.ca

Build Your Own Online Empire

By David Mansilla

When in Rome, don’t do as Romans have already done!

In a world where things have been copied and re-copied to infinity and beyond, it’s hard to find originality and authenticity. 

There are loads of content available to anyone online, but some – in fact, a good chunk of it – isn’t high-quality content. The web is flooded with ridiculous things, such as memes and other questionable content hidden in the dustiest corners of the Internet. Keep in mind that even those things have plenty of followers.

This, however, can be seen as an opportunity. If you are producing valuable content, whilst being your true authentic self, then people will seek it out. Gary Vaynerchuck, author of Crush it! backs this up: “Quality is a tremendous filter. Cream always rises […] no matter how many cups of coffee you pour” (pg. 32).  By building your own personal brand –something the online public eye can see and recognize as ‘you’– you can begin building your empire of followers. The key is authenticity.

No one wants to follow another Ray William Johnson because there is already one putting out the valuable content people want to see.

You’ve got to create your own brand, using what is different to anyone else: your personality! Every crook and fissure of your brain is different to someone else's. Use your personal brand to voice your thoughts and opinions. You can use this to make connections with people faster and easier than ever before, so use it to your advantage and begin creating content that people are thirsty to see.

Inspire and empower people in all aspects of their life is one of our core values as a company.
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