Weallknowthatmoneycan’tbuyhappiness，butmanytimesweactasifwe’dbehappierwithabitmoremoney.Weareconditionedtowanttoberich(whenweknowthericharen’thappyeither);wearetrainedtowantthelatestgadg

　　Weallknowthatmoneycan’tbuyhappiness，butmanytimesweactasifwe’dbehappierwithabitmoremoney.Weareconditionedtowanttoberich(whenweknowthericharen’thappyeither);wearetrainedtowantthelatestgadget（小玩意儿）orstylethattelevisiontellsustowant;wewanttoearnmoremoneybecausethenwe’llhavethegoodlife.

　　　Butnoneofthatwillbringushappiness.Nomatterhowmuchweearnhowmuchwehaveinthebankhowniceourclothingorcarsortoysnoneofitwillmakeushappier.

　　　Sowhatwillbringushappiness?Luckilyit’sthreethingsthatdon’tcostathing.Thesethreethingshavebeenprovenbysurveysofthousandsofpeopleaboutwhattheyhavewhattheirlivesarelikeandhowhappytheyare.

　　　HeretheyaretheThreeSecretstoHappiness:

　　　1.Goodrelationships.Wehaveahumanneedtobeclosetobeintimatewithotherhumanbeings.Havinggoodsupportivefriendshipsastrongmarriageorcloseandlovingrelationshipswithourfamilymemberswillmakeusmuchmorelikelytobehappy.

　　Actionsteps:Taketimetodaytospendtimewithyourlovedones.

　　　2.Positivethinking.I’mobviouslyabigproponentofpositivethinkingasthebestwaytoachieveyourgoalsbutitturnsoutthatitcanleadtohappinesstoo.Optimismandself-esteemaresomeofthebestindicatorsofpeoplewholeadhappylives.

　　Actionsteps:Makepositivethinkingahabit.Getintothehabitofsquashingallnegativethoughtsandreplacingthemwithpositiveones.Insteadof“Ican’t”think“Ican”.

　　　3.Flow.ThisisapopularconceptontheInternetthesedays—thestateweenterwhenwearecompletelyfocusedontheworkortaskbeforeus.Wearesoburiedinourtaskthatwelosetrackoftime.Havingworkandleisurethatgetyouinthisstateofflowwillalmostundoubtedlyleadtohappiness.

　　Peoplefindgreatestenjoymentnotwhenthey’repassivelymindlessbutwhenthey’reabsorbedinamindfulchallenge.

　　Actionsteps:Findworkthatyouhaveapassionfor.Seriously—thisisanextremelyimportantstep.Findhobbiesthatyouhaveapassionfor.TurnofftheTV—thisistheoppositeofflow—andgetoutsideanddosomethingthattrulyengagesyou.

　　　You’vebeengiventheThreeSecretstoHappiness.Don’twastethem!

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