My Key to Happiness

Summary

• Remember that happiness can be found by stringing together as many good days as possible, focusing on what brings joy and satisfaction.
• Reflect on the nature of your past good and bad days to identify patterns that can help improve future experiences.
• Actively engineer your daily life to include more of the elements that contribute to your good days, while minimizing those that don't.

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How To Take Action

I would suggest starting with a simple reflection exercise. Look back at your past days and make a list of what made the good days good and what made the bad days bad. This doesn't cost you anything but a little time, and it can give you a lot of insight into what brings you joy and satisfaction.

Then, take that list and start actively planning your days around it. If you noticed that finishing a task at work makes your day better, start your day with a clear goal of what you want to accomplish. If spending time with family is what makes you happy, schedule it like a meeting that can't be missed.

Minimize the stuff from your bad days as much as you can. If you find that scrolling through social media tends to make you feel bad, limit your time on it or schedule it only during certain parts of the day.

Remember, it's not about making big changes all at once. It's about small, consistent actions that lead to more good days. Maybe you can't get rid of all the bad stuff in your life, but you can choose to focus more on the good stuff, so it outweighs the bad.

It's like a game where you score points for adding good things into your day and lose points for letting bad things take over. Play this game every day, and you'll see how many good days you can string together. It's a low-cost way to increase happiness and success in both your personal life and business.

Quotes by Alex Hormozi

"I'm pretty sure the key to happiness is stringing as many days in a row like that as you can"

– Alex Hormozi

"I looked back at the last few years of my life and was like okay what were the good days what were the bad days"

– Alex Hormozi

"What were the common things that happen on my bad days okay how do I not do that stuff"

– Alex Hormozi

"And then what were the common things that happen on my good days well how do I do more of that"

– Alex Hormozi

"Over the last few years I've just tried to engineer my days to just be as many many of the good things in a row as I can"

– Alex Hormozi

Full Transcript

I had a mentor 10 12 years ago and I had had a particularly good weekend and I went into work I said yeah I said this great weekend and she said something really insightful and she's like I'm pretty sure the key to happiness is stringing as many days in a row like that as you can and from a business life perspective that's very much the path that I followed I looked back at the last few years of my life and was like okay what were the good days what were the bad days what were the common things that happen on my bad days okay how do I not do that stuff and then what were the common things that happen on my good days well how do I do more of that and over the last few years I've just tried to engineer my days to just be as many many of the good things in a row as I can