1: let it go (LIG it): stop hanging on to stuff you can no longer do anything about. It just weighs you down
2: focus on the positives: seek and you will find….
3: surround yourself with positives: avoid miserable people, miserable friends, miserable work, miserable…you get it…
4: work at being happy: it isn’t a gift, or a birthright. It isn’t genetic or inherited. People who are happiest work at being happy – they focus on it as a key goal and ambition
5: work it out: work out what actually makes you happy…
6: do externals really matter? does a fast car, expensive clothes, eating out every night make you happy? if you’re not happy from within, then externals are unlikely to make the real difference
7: manage your state: happiness comes from within; it’s a state of mind, a state of being. Shift from being focused on external goals, to internal state
8: you get back what you give out: people are likely to be happier in your company if you are happy in theirs
9: count your blessings: where do you live? how do you access drinking water daily? Then consider how most of the world will answer these two questions….
10: don’t be conned: what makes YOU happy? It may not be what the media or others want you to have – a big car, big house, expensive clothes. You choose…..