The Secret to the Pursuit of Happiness
Darrell and I recently joined the millions who have watched The Secret and The Pursuit of Happyness. I would highly recommend both movies if you’re seeking motivation to take your life to the next level. However, although The Secret was intriguing, we both felt it was missing or glossing over the details. Parts were a little too good to believe (at the moment).
The Pursuit of Happyness showed the dirt and grit along the journey that The Secret lacked. Here are some of life’s rules when pursuing your happiness:
- Surround yourself with positive people and influences. Not surprisingly, Chris Gardner (played by Will Smith) sold the remaining portable bone density scanners once his negative, unsupportive wife left.
- Do whatever it takes to reach your dream. How Chris juggled his parental duties with his studying, while never quite sure where he and his young son would sleep that night, was inspiring.
- Don’t dwell on you’re the negative of your situation. Never once did Chris openly bemoan being homeless or broke. Instead, he focused on what needed to be done to get ahead. (Although, a supportive network may have eased his load.)
- Don’t listen to others when they tell you that you can’t do something. Of gosh, don’t I know this one! The countless times I proven people wrong when they said I couldn’t accomplish a task. Had my parents taken a professional’s advice and institutionalized me because I wouldn’t amount to any thing, I would have ended up at this dreadful place. What a waste of human potential that would have been.
- Work smarter, not harder. During his broker internship, Chris found that by not hanging up the phone between calls, he saved eight minutes per day. He also found other ways to work most efficiently and productively, which, eventually, landed him the job.
What lessons have you learned along the road while pursuing your happiness?
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