Within ourself, a Happiness Mindset is a high-octane turbo to keep us going in whatever we do. Happiness also triggers better mental and physical health.
Positive psychology researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky elaborates, describing happiness as “the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.” However today we live in a world where most of the people are unhappy. Happiness therapists have sprung up from nowhere. Workplaces and even education institutions have put in place engines and systems to create happiness as a priority in their environment.
Internet research reveals- “The fact that happiness is increasingly lacking in the world is supported by data indicating a global rise in stress, anger, and sadness over the past decade, placing unhappiness at record highs. While material comforts and technology have increased, they have often failed to produce lasting satisfaction, leaving many in a cycle of desire and fleeting pleasure rather than true happiness”. Like an incoming tidal wave, there is now a resurgence of happiness. People with a Happiness Mindset are getting ahead of others free of the various limitations that unhappiness brings to the mind, body and soul.
“The 2024 World Happiness Report highlights that young people worldwide now report lower happiness levels than their elders, a reversal of historical trends”. So here are some triggers you may want to adopt to cultivate happiness.
Reposition Happiness Mindset as the prime driver of life
As mentioned above, there are many reasons today to create unhappiness in your life.
Even social media today sometimes creates a sense of inadequacy with an unhealthy comparison and a nonstop pursuit of perfection, projecting yourself constantly rather than seek internal happiness. Real world interaction has drastically reduced today although one feels more connected digitally. Families or friends go out for dinner but are more on their smartphones projecting their moment through social media than actually interacting with the ones physically present. Fear and negative emotions have taken centre stage in life. Build yourself to celebrate. Appreciate what you have in life and become happy from the heart!
Set an autopilot for active gratitude
Turn the perception of your life being a glass empty around to half full, when you practice active gratitude.
Active gratitude is a mental attitude to acknowledge the good in your life. This practice sets you up for a Happiness Mindset and actually is proven to release positive body hormones like dopamine and serotonin which boost positive mental health and therefore makes you more in control and productive. Select a gratitude buddy amongst your well wishers and make it a practice to journal at least three specific incidents per day that you are grateful for. Also find at least one person who plays a key role in your life to talk to everyday and express your positivity towards them. Just with these small steps your sense of happiness will increase in leaps and bounds.
Observe happiness in others
Most of us are self-centred and its human to feel that we know everything.
The reality is that we know very little because of two main reasons. One, change is faster in today’s day and age and what we know can become quickly outdated. Second, learning never ends and one of the most practical ways to learn more is by observing others. If you see a happy individual, you can learn happiness by watching that person behave, then adopt and adapt. Being happy attracts other people to you like a magnet. Your team functions better. They don’t come to work but come to fun. As mentioned in this article the world is getting fun and happiness deficient. Plan your own fun and happy moments, share it with others.
Afterall we all have limited time on planet earth!
“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”
Dale Carnegie
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