Over the past few days we have given you the tools for you to utilize to become successful in any area of your life. Remember, this is about YOU and the transformation of YOU getting the results you desire.
Lesson 4
Over the last 3 days we have discussed being grateful, the power of forgiveness and the ability to take action. We have determined in the previous lessons that your thoughts create your decisions which determine your actions and ultimately create the results you obtain in your life.
We are looking for the results that will ultimately make us happy. True happiness is a direct result of being grateful. You now understand that happiness is a choice!
Happiness is the end result of certain thoughts and activities, which actually bring out a chemical reaction in your body. This reaction results in euphoria, which, while elusive to some, is totally under your control. You will now make your smile your calling card. It is the strongest weapon you posses. Your smile will forge bonds, break ice, and calm storms. You must use your smile constantly!! You must always smile first that will tell everyone you come into contact with what you expect in return.
When you choose to smile, you become a master of your emotions and the true possessor of a grateful spirit.
MAKING THE CHOICE
Have you ever gone to the bank to make a deposit and the teller was having a bad day or eaten at a restaurant and the waitress wasn’t friendly. Imagine if there was a way for you to change there attitude by not saying a word. When we say happiness can be YOURS, we are also giving you the ability to give happiness to OTHERS.
Remember happiness is a choice! You can determine each moment of each day, whether you want to be happy or not. Remember back to a specific time where you just were not happy and the affect of a hello, a how are you, or even a simple smile changed the way you felt. Imagine that you have the possibility to help change others, by choosing your own happiness.
“People will forget what you said, they will forget what you did, they will never forget how you made them feel.
-Maya Angelou
Exercise:
Today’s exercise will be very simple, but a very effective way to change your outlook and the outlook of others.
Today greet everyone with a sincere smile. Just simply smile while you talk to everyone, whether face to face or on the phone. Smiles can be very contagious, they can affect your bio chemistry, and they can have a lasting affect not only on you but all the people around you. Smiling will change your world in an instant.
This may seem like a very simple step to this course, and you’re right, it is. Just take a quick minute to write down what experiences you may have had through out the day with people, just by smiling. How did this affect you and your ability to get things done with this person?
You Make It Happen!
