You can have a good life

You can have a good life by doing work that

involves your signature strengths every day,

feeding your relationships, and taking care of

yourself. To have a meaningful life, take it a

step farther and put your efforts toward

something that advances knowledge (learning,

teaching, science, writing), power (technology,

engineering, building or making things), or

goodness (police, firefighter, or any kind of

service).

No matter what your circumstances, you have

the power to make yourself happier. Live your

life according to your values, take action to

make your life what you want it to be, and use

the happiness tools.

Remember that a 3:1 positivity ratio is the key

to flourishing, so grow in positivity and share

with everyone. Be your best self. The world

needs you

all? They won’t like me! I used to work very

hard to keep people from seeing anything but

the perfect veneer I presented to them... and

then get upset that nobody understood me.

If this sounds familiar, I can tell you from

experience, because I’ve tried it both ways: be

real. You may think you’re protecting yourself

by staying detached, but actually, you still get

plenty hurt that way, and you keep yourself

from fully living. You can’t change the world by

shooting down other people’s ideas. You can’t

do something great if you never risk screwing

up or letting other people see you being less

than perfect. You can’t have a truly intimate

relationship if you never let another person see

the real you, all of you, raw and unvarnished.

By staying detached, you keep yourself from

ever fully living.