Happiness happens when you have a bigger purpose than having more fulfills, which is why we say happiness happens on the way to fulfillment.

Gary Keller
Happiness happens when you have a bigger purpose than having...
Happiness happens when you have a bigger purpose than having...
Happiness happens when you have a bigger purpose than having...
Happiness happens when you have a bigger purpose than having...
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We can be happy by having what we want, but happiness is not the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is to have purpose. As Henry David Thoreau said, “Happiness depends upon ourselves. I do not regard it as a gift of God, but as the reward of good behavior.” And now, he says, happiness depends on having a bigger purpose than having more fulfills.

Of course, happiness is one of the ways to have purpose. But the bigger purpose isn’t about having things, but doing things. Doing things that bring us closer to our true selves.

And that’s what makes us happy.

Source: The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

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