HAPPINESS and LIFE LESSONS (from your 101 year old self!)

This is where some people switch off... this is a tough lesson which is why it’s so early in the course.  Too many people fail in their pursuit of happiness by misunderstanding this vital element.  Without it, you can not be happy... it's THAT important!

The very sound of these words often raises a smile at my live workshops – which is good, because the humour will help you remember these acronyms… because each stands for something very important.

Common advice is to eradicate or even ignore negative emotions.  However, these emotional 'messengers' have something to say.  Perhaps we should listen?

If you can explain positive things in your life as personally created and permanent – and negative occurrences as external and temporary – your happiness is virtually guaranteed.

Failure to a baby is simply a result it didn’t want or expect... and, however that baby feels emotionally about the setback, they learn quickly what doesn’t work and they try something else.

Your happiness is compromised if you have to live with disease, pain, restriction, and suffering. What can we do to ensure optimum body condition?

Mark Twain said that the two most important days of your life are the day we were born and the day we find out why.  Plus - how do we juggle all the roles we expect of ourselves - and that others expect of us?

Happiness actually has a price - but it's probably not what you think.  Can money REALLY buy us happiness?

Your 101 year old self says: "Don’t be so busy making a living that you forget to make a life!"

And, if you currently DON’T work by which I mean you are in paid employment, then either skip this lecture or consider the lesson in terms of other daily or unpaid activities.

Learn about 'Dunbar's Number' and understand why you only need to concern yourself with about 150 people!

Just because we’re related (whether by birth or adoption), doesn’t mean to say there are never challenges or problems with the familial relationships.  What advice is available to help us with these relationships?

We’ve looked at friends; we’ve looked at family – and now we look at your choice of a person you spend your life with (your whole life or a significant proportion of it).

Basically, sovereignty over our lives allows us to do what we want, when we want, with whom we want – for as long as we want. As such, sovereignty is a high-level component of a life well-lived.

Most of us have no real idea of when we will be longer here. It’s astounding, isn’t it? Very few of us remember the actual day that we learned we are going to die – and yet it’s probably the biggest news you’ll ever hear.

An important part of my own happiness is to understand myself at a deeper level. I’m still a work in progress but I invite you on the journey with me to explore how the study of behaviour, preferences and the way people tick can contribute to higher levels of happiness.