Tag: Happiness

Happiness

Peace occurs when you don’t turn your observations into problems.

Chris Labs

The first step in any behavior is observation. You notice a cue, a bit of information, an event. If you do not desire to act on what you observe, then you are at peace. Craving is about wanting to fix everything. Observation without craving is the realization that you do not need to fix anything. Your mind does not generate a problem for you to solve. You’re simply observing and existing. -Atomic Habits, p.260 Continue reading Peace occurs when you don’t turn your observations into problems.

Happiness

Happiness is simply the absence of desire

Chris Labs

When you observe a cue, but do not desire to change your state, you are content with the current situation. Happiness is not about the achievement of pleasure (which is joy or satisfaction), but about the lack of desire. It arrives when you have no urge to feel differently. Happiness is the state you enter when you no longer want to change your state. -Atomic Habits, p.259 Continue reading Happiness is simply the absence of desire

Happiness

Try to keep your identity small.

Chris Labs

Military veterans and former entrepreneurs reports similar feelings. If your identity is wrapped up in a belief like “I’m a great soldier,” what happens when your period of service ends? For many business owners, their identity is something along the lines of “I’m the CEO” or “I’m the founder.” If you have spent every waking moment working on your business, how will you feel after you sell the company? The key to mitigating these losses of identity is to redefine yourself such that you get to keep important aspects of your identity even if your particular role changes. “I’m an … Continue reading Try to keep your identity small.

Habits, Happiness, Learnings

Until you work as hard as those you admire, don’t explain away their success as luck.

Chris Labs

Genes can’t make you successful if you’re not doing the work. Yes, it’s possible that the ripped trainer at the gym has better genes, but if you haven’t put in the same reps, it’s impossible to say if you have been dealt a better or worse genetic hand. -Atomic Habits, p.227 Continue reading Until you work as hard as those you admire, don’t explain away their success as luck.

Learnings

You’re stuck? Be a Master, not a dabbler

Chris Labs

There’s three types of people when something gets hard or stop growing: The Stresser-achiever They grind through everything. They are stressed the whole time. Eventually they burn out. (👋consultants 👋bankers) 2. The Dabbler This used to be me. Work hard. Have fun. Love making rapid progress. Progress stops. Motivation drops. Fuck this. I’m going to go do THAT instead. 3. The Master The master knows how progress actually happens. When a master hits a plateau: She does not panic like the stressor-achiever. She does not quit like the dabbler She simply says “ah…a plateau….to be expected.” She greets plateaus like an old friend. Part & … Continue reading You’re stuck? Be a Master, not a dabbler

Happiness

Don’t look at the scoreboard until you’re 30

Chris Labs

Like you’re planting seeds. Don’t go dig up that seed the next day and be like “Shit, this didn’t grow into a plant” Like no. Plant that seed. Water it. Enjoy it. Let’s look at this like a 10 years game. And the 4th Quarter is ten years from now. And the seed you’re planting, it’s shit, it’s shit, it’s shit and then suddenly it’s like “OMG, it worked”. Your learning does go up every year. like “oh man! Last year I was such a Dummy. I didn;t know shit about shit.” -Shaan Puri, MFM Shorts Continue reading Don’t look at the scoreboard until you’re 30

Favorite, Happiness

To be a great leader, to have a magnetic field around you, do this:

Chris Labs

What’s the most intoxicating, desirable thing when you meet somebody? A sense of peace Someone who’s truly happy. They are truly happy at rest, when nothing is going on. You just want to be around that person and be like that person. Ex: Shaan’s trainer trained them for 7 hours in a row. He was exhausted after training everyone but even after that HUGE effort. He was packing his stuff and whistling with a big smile on his face. “It’s party time”, he said. You know how I am at the end of a work day? When I feel like … Continue reading To be a great leader, to have a magnetic field around you, do this: