Focus on the Joy

It's the Holiday Season --- a new year is just around the corner! I'll bet you're already thinking about how you'd like next year to be a little different than the last, right?

But instead of thinking of performance, and efficiency, and control, I'd like you to take this opportunity to think about how many things in your daily life that you do "just for the joy of it"?

What I'm talking about here is value-based happiness (as opposed to temporary happiness).

Value-based happiness refers to the general feeling of well being that you experience when you are doing what you perceive to be meaningful — when it's something that's important to you.

When you love what you do, you naturally become more efficient. When you do things for the joy of It, you'll rise above problems, and move easier through life.

Value based happiness is a by product from living a life Focused on the Joy. It is the by product of doing things not for what you get in return, not because you "should" or "have-to", but because you want to, because they are a part of your highest goals, and what you value.

Value based happiness comes from looking at things with your heart, not just your eyes.

You create value based happiness by Focusing on the Joy of life, instead of constantly looking for the next new thing that might make you feel better about yourself, about your life.

So how do you Focus on the Joy?

Throw out your ideas about control, effectiveness, and goals. (Yes, they are important, but let's just try something different, ok?) ( to be continued)

　　又到假期了——新的一年就要來臨了！我相信你一定考慮了來年如何比今年多些變化，對否？

　　不過，你不要考慮什么業績、效率以及管理，我建議你趁此機會想一想，在日常生活中有多少事情你是“為了快樂才去做”的呢？

　　我在這兒所談的是基于價值的幸福（與暫時的幸福相反）。

　　基于價值的幸福是指，當你做自己認為有意義的事情時——在你看來很重要的事情——所體驗到的普遍幸福感。

　　如果你喜歡自己做的事情，你自然會干得更有效率。如果你從所做的事情中得到快樂，你就會高于問題，使生活變得更加容易。

　　基于價值的幸福是為了快樂而生活的出乎意料的結果，是你做事情不圖回報的結果。不是因為你“應該做”或者“必須做”，而是因為你想做，因為它們是你的最高目標的一部分，你珍惜它。

　　基于價值的幸福來自你看待事物的心靈，而不僅來自你的眼睛。

　　你通過注重生活的快樂而創造了基于價值的幸福，而不是總在尋找下一個能使自己或者你的生活感覺更好的目標。

　　那么，如何注重生活中的歡樂呢？

　　把你的有關管理、效率和目標等觀念統統拋到一邊。（它們的確重要，不過，讓我們嘗試一下別的，好嗎？）（待續）