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September 13 - November 2, 2018
But I now believe in my heart and soul that the art of fulfillment is an even more important skill to master. Why? Because if you master the external world without mastering the internal world, how can you be truly and sustainably happy? That’s why my greatest obsession today is the art of fulfillment.
While it’s true that we’re all different, there are still common patterns when it comes to achieving fulfillment. If that’s your goal, what principles or patterns of behavior can you model?
The First Principle: You Must Keep Growing. Everything in life either grows or dies.
can tell you the secret to happiness in one word: progress.
The Second Principle: You Have to Give. If you don’t give, there’s only so much you can feel inside, and you’ll never feel fully alive.
We’re driven by our desire to contribute. If we stop feeling that deep sense of contribution, we can never feel truly fulfilled.
Remember: money doesn’t change people. It just magnifies who they already are:
In fact, I truly believe that success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure.
When I think about this terrible tragedy, I’m struck by one simple lesson: if you’re not fulfilled, you have nothing.
man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. —MAHATMA GANDHI
The trouble is, the human brain isn’t designed to make us happy and fulfilled. It’s designed to make us survive. This two-million-year-old organ is always looking for what’s wrong, for whatever can hurt us, so that we can either fight it or take flight from
But in reality, the mental and emotional state in which you live is ultimately the result of where you choose to focus your thoughts.
Suffering trigger is “Loss.”
Suffering trigger is “Less.”
Suffering trigger is “Never.”
Remember: the mind is always trying to trick us into a survival mindset! So never say never!
And you know what’s crazy? It doesn’t even matter if the problem is real or not! Whatever we focus on, we feel—regardless of what actually happened.
Either you master your mind or it masters you. The secret of living an extraordinary life is to take control of the mind, since this alone will determine whether you live in a suffering state or a beautiful state.
IN THE END, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE POWER OF DECISIONS
So what’s the biggest decision you can make in your life right now?
What I’ve come to realize is that the single most important decision in life is this: Are you committed to being happy, no matter what happens to you?
If you want to take the island, you have to burn the boats. You have to decide that you’re 100% responsible for your state of mind and for your experience of this life.
“I’m done with suffering. I’m going to live every day to the fullest and find juice in every moment, including the ones I don’t like, BECAUSE LIFE IS JUST TOO SHORT TO SUFFER.”
The first tool is what I call “the 90-second rule.”
Living in a beautiful state no matter what is the ultimate freedom and the ultimate gift that you can give to those you love. It’s the experience of absolute abundance—and abundance of joy!—that is true wealth.
The second tool I’d like to share with you is a simple two-minute gratitude meditation that I’ve taught to tens of thousands of people in my seminars over the last year or so.
Take a moment to give thanks to whatever you believe has given you these gifts. Fill yourself up with gratitude to the universe or God or whatever you believe in.
THE SECRET TO LIVING IS GIVING
And remember: It’s not just money that you can donate. You can also give your time, your talent, your love, your compassion, your heart.
Invincibility lies in the defense.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. —MARK TWAIN
