Be true to yourself
There’s a tendency for people dreaming about the future to think of opulent surroundings – enormous houses on beautiful islands in the sun, a fleet of flashy cars, a yacht, expensive watches or jewellery and the most sophisticated parties attended by the powerful and the famous.
We’ve been kind of conditioned to believe that this is what success and happiness look like. In reality though, all that stuff doesn’t make people happy.
The things that make people truly happy are simpler. People tend to be happy when:
- They and their family are safe and comfortable.
- They feel in control of their daily life and their destiny.
- They feel that what they do is valuable to others in some way.
- They are able to do things they are passionate ...
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