Whenyoulovewhatyoudo， ， you’llriseaboveproblems， andmoveeasierthroughlife.
-productofdoingthingsnotforwhatyougetinreturn， notbecauseyou “should”or“have-to”， butbecauseyouwantto， becausetheyareapartofyourhighestgoals， andwhatyourvalue.
Value-basedhappinesscomesfromlookingatthingswithyourheart， notjustyoureyes.
Youcreatevalue-basedhappinessbyfocusingonthejoyoflife， insteadofconstantlylookingforthenextnewthingthatmightmakeyoufeelbetteraboutyourself， aboutyourlife.
SohowdoyoufocusontheJoy？
Throwoutyourideasaboutcontrol， effectiveness， andgoals.(Yes， theyareimportant， butlet’sjusttrysomethingdifferent， OK？)
FocusonLearning.
Insteadofmakingagoaltoachievemoreinyourjob， decideinsteadtoreadandlearnhowtodoonenewthingeachweek.
FocusonTime.
Scheduleyourtimetoincludewhat’simportanttoyou， likereadingtime， orexercisetime， orfamilytime， orlearningtime.
FocusontheWhy.
Insteadofjustforcingyourselftomopthekitchenfloor， tapintothehighergoalthatmoppingthekitchenfloorsupports (havingacleanandhealthyhome).
Howdoesthatfeel？ Notbad， Huh！ Ifyoufocusonthepleasurethatadesiregivesyou， you’llfinditeasiertoputintheworkthatittakes.(Oneauthorgivestheexampleofgivingblood—whiletheexperienceitselfmaybelessthanpleasant， thejoycomesinknowing “why” you’redoingit).
AndIabsolutelyguaranteethatyouwillachievemore， mainrainyourefforts， andhaveamuchbetterjourneyalongtheway.
Overthenext12months， insteadoffocusingontheeffort， ， notwhatresultsyouexpect.
， butthosearoundyouwillbenefitmorethanyoueverbelieved.
