. Detachment reveals the great paradox of life: In order to acquire something, you have to relinquish your attachment to having it.

Tthe words we choose create the life we live. When you say that sad, angry, disappointed or frustrated are “fine”, eventually your physiology will be tricked into believing it’s true.

there are already approximately 40,000 books published on how to be happy—but as a species we are not getting happier. Another thing I’ve noticed is that despite many scientists studying happiness, there are few actually implementing the findings. Although many researchers know the statistics, the validity, the opposing research and the ongoing studies, these happiness experts don’t look or sound happier than average.

While purpose may or may not be static over time, when a life is purpose-driven, it is rarely static.

If happiness were a matter of genetics alone, I believe that I would have a genetic predisposition for unhappiness.

The true gift of becoming more self-aware is the ability to know who you are, and like yourself because of that and not in spite of it. That is a real happiness reset.

In the realm of happiness, you need to make a conscious effort to bring the inner source of who you are into alignment with the choices you make to define yourself.

Gratitude forges bonds between people. When you express your gratitude or when you receive gratefully, it increases the connection of a relationship.

You have both the right and the obligation to disrupt beliefs that don’t serve a greater good.

arrives last. Once you hit the top, it doesn’t matter how you got there.The concrete steps to changing a belief require identifying the belief, examining it, deciding that it is no longer useful and then replacing the old belief with a new one.