And all of a sudden small problems end up feeling like a big deal. The beautiful house, beautiful food and beautiful opportunities no longer please them like it used to. I know so many really successful people who find themselves unsatisfiable as they start to take their success and their good fortune for granted.
It’s like we can’t get away from - well - ourselves. It’s why the story “once I have _, I’ll be happy,” never really comes to pass.Īnd that new house, that new partner, that new promotion only really spikes your internal happiness meter for a few months, before flatlining back to where you started. This is the mechanism that explains why someone who wins the lottery ends up slightly less happy than they were before they won - about six months later. Jeffery Martin introduced us to a happy little idea of Hedonic Adaptation or the strong tendency we have as humans to return to a baseline level of happiness that’s.
And we’ve been learning about positive psychology so we can understand the science behind the practices. I’ve actually been able to stick to the schedule of meditating for an hour a day. And here’s the thing: the sky’s never actually the limit - the only real limit is… well… you. Just like you, I have huge vision for what I’m creating, and I want to make sure I’m up to making it happen. They demand (at least) an hour of meditation a day, every single day.īut when you have a business to run? It’s downright unthinkable.īut yet, we all know that what got us to where we are today isn’t going to get you to the next level. After “intending” to develop a meditation practice for years, I finally took the plunge and started a 17-week program.
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