Little Book of Lykke 11 Audio Quotes – Secrets of the World’s Happiest People
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Some of the best decisions we make come from that inner voice that says, ‘Why not?’
Expect and understand that reaching your goal might make you happy – but only for a while. We continuously raise the bar for what we want or feel we need in order to be happy.
A city is successful not when it’s rich but when its people are happy.
No people can be truly happy if they do not feel that they are choosing the course of their own life,” according to World Happiness Report 2012—and it also finds that having this freedom of choice is one of the six factors that explain why some people are happier than others.
The biggest obstacles to happiness are feeling inferior or excluded.
Like most things, the more we have of something, the less happiness we derive from it. The first slice of cake: awesome. The fifth slice: not so good.
Take time to enjoy the journey toward your goal while also being mindful that achieving your goal will not fulfill you completely.
When we discover that our happiness does not rest on the foundation of money, we have found a true treasure.
A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transport. It is where the rich walk and where they use bikes. We should create cities where rich and poor meet as equals: in parks, on the sidewalks, on public transport.
See experiences as an investment in happy memories and in your personal story and development.
Like most things, the more we have of something, the less happiness we derive from it. The first slice of cake: awesome. The fifth slice: not so good.
