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1688: How What You’ve Got Can Become What You Want by Benjamin Hardy on How To Be Happier & Connecting with Others

2020-07-25 | 🔗

Benjamin Hardy shares how what you've got can become what you want.

Episode 1688: How What You’ve Got Can Become What You Want by Benjamin Hardy on How To Be Happier & Connecting with Others

Benjamin Hardy has been the top writer on Medium.com since late 2015. He focuses on self-improvement, motivation, and entrepreneurship. His writing is fueled by his personal experiences, self-directed education, and formal education. His research focuses on the psychological differences of "wantrepreneurs" and actual entrepreneurs. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina with his wife and they are the foster parents of 3 children.

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This is optimal. Living daily episodes. Sixteen eighty eight, how what you ve got can become what you want. Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin hardy dot com and I'm just a moloch of I agree we give you listening in real time, while the battle optimal living daily or the O l DE podcast, where read to you from some of the best, All I can find Inga permission from mostly covering personally, element in minimalism on this show recover a bunch of other topic. And the optimal living daily podcast network, which includes, for other, shows doubly subscribed to those of you like this one, but for now get right to today's post. Hence our optimizing. Your life how what you ve got, can become way You want my Benjamin hardy of Benjamin Hardy, Dotcom airlines,
Zack it. If, in religious leader, Dieter Duff tells a story of a group of people asked to move a grand piano from a chapel into a cultural hall, a music event was tat, surely take place. This proved no easy task. None of these people were professional movers Ghana was awkward and hulking. The doorway narrow the people, duffel than marry positions continuously switching places and attempting different angles of carrying the piano. Nothing worked dumbfounded. The group stood around the piano, then a woman wash from the side said, stand close together and lift where you stand. The seemed far too simple: yet without many other ideas me was worth a shot. The group stood close together, man lifted where they stood The piano rose from the ground and moved into Cultural Hall, as if by its own power like this group, most people over complicate things over complicate their lives goals, and happiness, happiness becomes the
cord, piano and people are scrambling to figure out how to carry it. Accordion Brennan Bouchard, author of the charge life most people's lives resemble a vast field of Doug holes. They begin digging in one spot and hoped for gold, but after a period of time, become disillusioned, convinced a spy does Baron. They look for another spot and start digging. The result most people are busy exhausted and always left disappointed ever learning and never able to find the truth quote. This is a phenomenon the irony of most people's lives. Didn't quite but what they want to do with her lives? Yet they are very active Ryan. All they lived where you stand quote, dont want for the next opportunity, the one you have in hand miss the opportunity Paul Arden the science of happiness, shatters this putrid misconception and approach to life, gratitude appreciation. This is happiness. Most people see,
like what they believe will make them happy volume. You'll. Be happy is the common advice people remain unhappy or the left asking how I know what I'm passionate about. The endless for what will make them happy in his books. So they can ignore you, Cal Newport, to debunks the myth of chasing passion and steady, recommends, refining a useful skill. You come to love what you do well you love what you invest yourself and you love who you invest yourself in, relationships become meaningful as they benefit others, your skills become meaningful. They serve and benefit others. No investment, no attachment. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder dizzy beauty in your prayers circumstances whatever it is. You see that is more reflect. In our view than it is her circumstances, gratitude and appreciation, hands, beauty and possibility. I found this to be true as a foster father of three beautiful kids for the first six months.
I didn't want to come home from work there monstrous behaviour. Repelled me. I know empathy and no patience. How do I get myself into this mess where my honest and dark thoughts then something changed? I started trying to quote Mahatma Gandhi, I decided to be the change I wish to see in my world, knowing my kids weren't going to change, I knew I had to so I did a ba more thoughtful and creative more. Patient and carry it took a lot longer reach gold than our bargain for only recently, as my relationship with one of the children become healthy, but the connection between us is becoming exquisite Most importantly, I'm seeing the child grow and blossom. I can as they say I love my children with all my heart is love was not passive or natural was chosen and earned. The same is true of all things in life. If you want to love your work, Invest yourself in it, become amazing. Add it does nothing more.
Satisfying than doing your best. If you, enjoy your relationships? Invest yourself in them. If you want a strong healthy body invest yourself in it. The only way happiness is to stop seeking it. Sir. Viktor Frankl and man search for meaning quote for success. Might happiness cannot be pursued, it must ensue, and only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause, greater them oneself or as the by product of one surrender to a person other than oneself, and quote you wanna, be happy, invest yourself in your car, after those people who matter most stop worrying your own happiness, stop looking at other pastures for greener grass vast in the grass you're standing on that which you appreciate appreciates Jim Road has said
Don't wish it was easier wish. You were better, don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom and well when you love what as you can improve what is rather than seeking more appreciate. Will you have invest in what you have, in his book. The leader who had no title Robin Sharm, explains that it doesn't matter what your current position is. You can be the bottom of your company, but if you act like a leader now, you'll eventually become the leader. Sadly, most people just complain about the current position. They dont invest their ungrateful. They don't appreciate, be where you are, quote when someone says so what's next, as in how we gonna top that you don't have to have an answer, the answer can be this your life, doesn't have to be about impressing other people or successive series of achievements rain all day Dan Sullivan, founder of strategic coaches,
said quote wherever you are make sure you're their end quote. This is where you are crush this enjoy this the better? You are in your current position. The better will be your next one. Don't wait for your circumstances to change improve the circumstances. Your currently, in boundless opportune and he comes to those who are thriving in their current situation, not for those resent Billy wishing things were, different you just listen to the post hurtled. How were you ve got can become where you want by Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin Hardy D com and how's, your wife, fi struggling to keep up with your streaming work gaming, Are you calling and more what about I once we are connected to your world by wifi be sure, is the best bring your wifi up to speed with or be Wi Fi six from next year or be WI. Fi six is the best
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That hope here weekend is off to a great start. If policy in real time. Thank you for being here listening to me and subscribing to the show I'll be back tomorrow. Reading to wear optimal life awaits,
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