Happiness is the key to Success

Unleash the secret to true happiness

Hi Friends, let me start with a superb quote by Albert Schweitzer: "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful".

That is absolutely correct. If you do what you love, you will be truly happy. Happiness comes from the inner heart. It is a wonderful feeling of existence and comes from inside. True happiness spreads all over your body, all part of your body are in sync and enjoy the moment to the greatest extend. If it comes from buying a new car, winning a challenging game, becoming an American Idol, perfect but we are not going to talk about any of these. We dont discuss on any materialistic goals. Its comes from acheiving, takes in lot of effort to acheive a goal. I am yet to see a man who can afford a car and happy to have brought it. He who can buy a car get happiness from buying an aeroplane. Materalistic goals always push you forward, needs lot of effort and time and the happiness they bring is really true, but lasts for a short time.

How many hours were you happy when you brought your new car, a new home ... I could say not more than a week. But how many years did you struggle, did a lot of savings, put your patience to test. In one sentence, how many years were you sad you haven't acheived it yet. I dont want to talk about something that takes all your years and brings you a short breeze in your life.

Bringing you back to the ideal world of lasting happiness, everyone gives more than they consume. Everyone welcomes everyone. Ideal world is not practical. But we can find a way to be completely happy from head to toe, with very less effort and acheive happiness instantly.

The secret to help people. It could be your co-worker, neighbour, a stranger. It doesn't matter. I have come across as a really happy smiling face to my office, whenever I got a chance to do a simple help. It could be guilding a stranger to my city to find an address, telling him the nearest hotel to check in, guiding my co-worker to enhance his skills, cooking for my family in a weekend. A few effortless help and I feel tremendrously happy for the rest of the day.

Even when we talk about Bill Gates who made it well financially, its his contribution that "software has become feasible for normal men" that made him powerful man. His contributes lot of these successful money to charity work.


Quote on happiness
(1) There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else. - Peyton Conway March:

(2)When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. - The Dalai Lama

(3)Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer:

Two ways to bring in happiness

Materialistic - Bringing happiness from outside. Stays for a few moments, but you need to put in enourmous amount of effort, time and patience. A true example is excessive shopping - shopping malls are considered as happy malls by most youth.
From the inside - Instant happiness and effortless. works for everyone irrespective of who you are ... could be richer than i can imagine, could be working for your next meal.

what is the condition - do it voluntarily, make sure you dont put lot of effort or time, reach out to people well below your level - could be economical, educational. Happiness is a feeling - Feeling come from how we respond/ react the outside. But they really come from inside. I want to share with you an actual incident quoted in "The success principles" by Jack Canfield. Thanks to Jack Canfield for his amazing book. An amazing incident in a freeway - see that situations (outside) is the same and inside is different.

Simple ways to help -
Write an article on something you know, that people would like to know - "like best shopping malls, hotels, movies" in your city - there are lots of websites where you can share your reviews. Sharing your review on a product is the best free help you can do. explain with kind words and patience on what you want to your son or wife. help people understand, not to defend spread kind words, because they inspire the listener to use the same. Use harsh words and the listener will have to use the same to unwind the feeling you caused him help by answering to yahoo answers or so in website on your field ... help those below you gain the information you can provide in seconds. Do a monitor check on whether you bring happiness or sadness to the environment you are in ... Always try to improve the environment, make your actions align to bringing harmony to the environment.

With luv,
Ashok.