Comments on: 9 Ways Happiness Leads to Success

By: psilas

psilas — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:02:29 +0000

This article has so much truth in it. I find it as a wonderful exploration or the mind. If our minds are set to be happy,we can be happy. The secret is that you be yourself and if nothing or no one makes you happy , you have to make "YOU" happy. That is I have to make "ME" happy despite what or who surrounds me. Never let situations or troubles get you down. When you feel down and out just do something that you like to do and think of all the happy times you had before. Take comfort in being YOU!

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:06:00 +0000

well said nevadabead

By: nevadabead

nevadabead — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:37:00 +0000

I would like to propose that "happiness" is a major componant of a successful life. The source of the happiness, be it contentment with your circumstance, serenity in your mind, sense of accomplishment with a task, sense of gratitude, recieving positive feed back from others, or whatever stimuli that feeds your positive self esteem. In my life I have consistently taken full responsibility for my actions and consequences therof.
It takes a positive attitude and intention to "see" the "happiness" in your life. So, if you are a healthy, stable, rational being on the path to self actualization, the happiness you feel today is your success, now and in the future. Just a thought.

By: Vivek

Vivek — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:10:00 +0000

Hi i am student who finished Degree in Psychology and doing my masters.
" I agree that happiness leads to success"

"Acccording to me happiness is one of the important factor of life, so we should do things which makes us happy as well as others"

" the best way to be happy is take small part of success in a big way,so that wat ever you do good in your life if it is big or small makes you happy"

Hope everybody agrees with my statement.

By: Baneston

Baneston — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:20:00 +0000

" That’s a great list of advice. About leisure activities, it really helps to incorporate it into your life. So have fun it helps beat the stress. Do you know about the Young Entrepreneur Society from the http://www.YoungEntrepreneurSociety.com? Interesting stuff in the site."

By: JussiR

JussiR — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:54:00 +0000

It's important to notice, that people who are on good mood are likely to aim higher on whatever they are doing. If they'r successfull this increases their happiness, if they'r not, it decreases they'r happiness. So if you'r happy to begin with, you'r more likely to success, because you aim higher and thus put more effort to what you'r doing. As a general life instruction, i think it's always good to aim high, because in many cases failure is the best teacher and it's learning that ultimately brings success.

By: Kushner

Kushner — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:33:00 +0000

As a high school psychology and sociology teacher, the greatest challenge for me is illustrating the mind-body connection and emphasizing its importance in our daily lives; more simply, how we think about ourselves and the world sincerely impacts our behaviors and inner wellbeing, and vice versa, how we treat our body truly influences our frame of mind. I have recently noticed the mind-body connection becoming ever more popular for discussion, as illustrated in the yoga, pilates, meditation and dieting craze seen today. One specific topic which I reference in the classroom, either directly or indirectly is the relationship between success and happiness – a mind-body connection which needs no further introduction. I inquire: can our state of mind lead us to a “successful” life or is success what induces happiness?

Even as a relatively new educator, it’s hard to overlook the discourse on the themes of success and happiness. Highlighting the “crazy” notion to my students that happiness may in-fact lead to success typically produces an expression of amazement. Maybe if the quest for happiness was pressed into the minds of young children as much as the chase for monetary success, the endless cycle of joy and discontent in life would fade – and the feeling of genuine happiness would perpetuate instead of coming and going. It’s not my intention to spark a new debate or examination, but maybe we also wouldn’t see such an exponential increase in the use of anti-depressants and stimulants amongst today’s youth.

It seems that there will always be disputed testimony, conflicting research and heated debates of which one comes first, success or happiness, but there is no doubt in my mind that happiness is the forerunner to leading a “successful” and accomplished life – a belief of which I pass onto my students who are eager to take on the world.