How to Coach Yourself and Others Happiness Is No Accident | Page 51

We can also see this approach used in business. When a business, or an individual, is successful,
they are analyzed and observed for clues to their success. Then hundreds of writers spew out
articles, reports and books advocating some new fad.
However what works for one business, worked because it fitted in with;
- their strategy,
- their employees,
- their marketplace
and all the other elements.
Along come thousands of other businesses in entirely different situations copying someone else's
tactics and then getting frustrated when they do not get the same results.
There are no ways to happiness... And yet every route can be a path to happiness. Happiness is a
choice in every instant.
If you follow any of anyone else's ways to happiness, you will always be settling for less happiness
than you could experience.
Happiness is a unique experience that must be reached in a unique way. This doesn't mean that you
can't learn from the experience of others. However when a choice has to be made between your
path, your choice and that of another, always choose your way.

To Be Or Not To Be Happy Is A Choice
Being happy is really a choice we make, but it doesn't always seem to be that straightforward.
In each of our lives there are two worlds. One leads to a happy life... and the other to a life of
frustration, despair and misery.
These two worlds are the inner world and the outer world. The inner world is made up of our
thoughts, and feelings.
The outer world is made of all the things that we can see, hear, touch, smell and taste. The outer
world is the manifestation of your inner world. Everything in the outer world is only a symbol
representing something in your inner world.
So when we say that we want more money. What we really mean is that we want to create the
feeling of being free to buy whatever we like, or to get rid of the feeling of worry connected to
money?

Ceci N’est Pas Une Pipe
Think of your life as a film. The drama, excitement and stories unfurl before your eyes on the
screen.
Just as the drama, excitement and events in your life unfold in the outer world.
The screen however is only where the projection from the projector or video or DVD is displayed.
Just as everything in your life is created from your thoughts, feelings and beliefs.

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