The Hope For Happiness Is Your Strongest Personal Motivator

as i study successful people who are happy,

happyness is never really the goal it is a by product of acomplishing someting else or over coming a challenge

also do what you love is really bad advice because very few people love anything that is real productive ..but most successful people find something that itself they may not love.. but it brings out many many passions which allows them to do that many more hours than anything else .

is there something you can do that is a productive activity ..that can incorperate sever different activities that you are passionate about..

real meaningfull work that gives you a reason to get out of bed in the morning and you can build lifelong friendship around..is the secret to happiness

What stands between us and an answer to 'what is happiness' it is all about subjectivity. What makes one person happy doesn't necessarily do it for another and happiness is a cocktail of emotions we experience when we do something good or positive. What constitutes happiness should be left to the individual. After all, the philosopher Albert Camus puts it as, "But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? Happiness, love, hope!

I agree that if you do what you love then it all comes together. Oprah said that you should do the job that you would do even if you don't get paid.

Hmmm, this happiness business is actually achieved before you get anywhere. Happiness is our natural state that we start from. The present moment that we return to. Somehow we got distracted and left the present moment. We thought those butterflies or whatever was a better deal. Then, once back in the present moment, we get to do “stuff” to be even more fulfilled. The present moment is where happiness is found. Only then can a new car bring more fulfilling happiness that lasts. I love having my car start up every time I get into it, for example.

Remember, nothing happens UNTIL somebody sells something. You don’t get hired or fired, you don’t get a date for Friday night, you don’t even get out of bed in the morning until you’re sold on something. so happiness is not a byproduct of doing anything or getting anywhere. You get it before you do anything or you don’t do anything at all. Happiness (fulfillment, success, etc.) is also only half the motivation. The pain of not getting what you want is the other half of motivation. You are already motivated, now just leverage it to get exactly what you want. Develop your motivation.

Being happy and knowing you can get even more fulfilled (have less pain) is what keeps me going. Start with doing what you love because only then do you actually want to do more. Then you have to keep developing that and at some point turn it into doing what people will actually pay for. Simple desires like, “I just want to be happy” simply doesn’t cut it anymore.

For me Happiness is the Motivation, to do something for a better life.

I subscribe! If you are happy and do things that bring you joy is the most important

I agree.. and love it.. Happiness makes things and life better and growing..its jus LOVE

Perhaps, the only thing that matters is love.
Perhaps, all the chasing we do is just misdirected energy.
Perhaps, all the stress is unnecessary.
Perhaps, we are making life a lot more complicated than it needs to be.
Perhaps, it’s possible (and necessary) to forgive and to let go of our painful past.
Perhaps, there’s an easier route to happiness—by focusing on doing good work, contributing value to society, sharing joyful experiences with people we like, and remembering to slow down to savor the moments.

We all hope to get better future. It is natural. Whatever be the situation. Hope never ends. Actually hope makes the life. When we go through bad phases we hope it will go and better time will come. We know the reality but still we hope. This actually acts as motivation and helps us to work to achieve that better day. That hope does not allow us to be upset further , instead helps to get that better time.

Excellent idea that happiness is only half of the motivation and that the other half is the pain not getting it. I haven't really realized that but that's a very strong and true point.