Secrets of HAPPY PEOPLE

Ganesa Vijayakumar
Life proposal
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3 min readNov 22, 2019

It’s just a collection of secrets/tips from HAPPY PEOPLE which I aggregated from many sources. If you have anything else point out in the comments.

  1. Let Go Of The Need For Specific Outcomes
  2. Define Your Own Success And Happiness
  3. Commit 100 Percent To The Things That Make You Happy
  4. Say “I Love You” More
  5. Your Life Has Purpose and Meaning
  6. Use a Strategy for Happiness
  7. You Don’t Have to Win Every Time
  8. Your Goals Should Be Aligned with One Another
  9. Choose Your Comparisons Wisely
  10. Cultivate Friendships
  11. Turn Off the TV
  12. Accept Yourself — Unconditionally
  13. Remember Where You Came From
  14. Limit Yourself to Thinking About One Subject as You Lie Down to Sleep
  15. Friendship Beats Money
  16. Have Realistic Expectations
  17. Be Open to New Ideas
  18. Share with Others How Important They Are to You
  19. If You’re Not Sure, Guess Positively
  20. Believe in Yourself
  21. Don’t Believe in Yourself Too Much
  22. Don’t Face Your Problems Alone
  23. Age Is Not to Be Feared
  24. Develop a Household Routine
  25. Don’t Be Overprotective
  26. Pay Attention. You May Have What You Want
  27. Don’t Let Your Religious Beliefs Fade
  28. Do What You Say You Are Going to Do
  29. Don’t Be Aggressive with Your Friends and Family
  30. Root for the Home Team
  31. Don’t Confuse Stuff with Success
  32. Every Relationship Is Different
  33. Don’t Think “What If”
  34. Volunteer
  35. If You Can’t Reach Your Goals, Your Goals Will Hurt You
  36. Exercise
  37. Little Things Have Big Meanings
  38. It’s Not What Happened, It’s How You Think About What Happened
  39. Develop Some Common Interests with Loved Ones
  40. Laugh
  41. Don’t Let Your Entire Life Hinge on One Element
  42. Share of Yourself
  43. Busy Is Better Than Bored
  44. Satisfaction Is Relative
  45. Learn to Use a Computer
  46. Try to Think Less About the People and Things That Bother You
  47. Keep Your Family Close
  48. Eat Some Fruit Every Day
  49. Be Grateful For What You Already Have
  50. Think in Concrete Terms
  51. Be Socially Supportive
  52. Don’t Blame Yourself
  53. Be a Peacemaker
  54. Cherish Animals
  55. Make Your Work a Calling
  56. Never Trade Your Morals for Your Goals
  57. Don’t Pretend to Ignore Things Your Loved Ones Do That Bother You
  58. Get a Good Night’s Sleep
  59. Buy What You Like
  60. Accomplish Something Every Day
  61. Be Flexible
  62. Events Are Temporary
  63. Be Your Own Fan
  64. Join a Group
  65. Be Positive
  66. How We See the World Is More Important Than How the World Is
  67. Keep a Pen and Paper Handy
  68. Help the Next Person Who Needs Some Minor Assistance
  69. Take Care Not to Harshly Criticize Family and Friends
  70. Some People Like the Big Picture, and Others Like the Details
  71. Do Things You Are Good At
  72. Go Visit Your Neighbor
  73. Smile
  74. Don’t Accept Television’s Picture of the World
  75. You Always Have a Choice
  76. Be Agreeable
  77. Don’t Ignore One Part of Your Life
  78. Listen to Music
  79. Let Your Goals Guide You
  80. Use Your Job Positively
  81. Don’t Forget to Have Fun
  82. Believe in Ultimate Justice
  83. Reminisce
  84. Be Conscientious
  85. Don’t Dwell on Unwinnable Conflicts
  86. Enjoy the Ordinary
  87. Focus Not on the World’s Tragedies, but on the World’s Hope
  88. Get a Hobby
  89. Envying Other People’s Relationships Is Pointless
  90. Give Yourself Time to Adapt to Change
  91. Focus on What Really Matters to You
  92. Realize that Complete Satisfaction Does Not Exist
  93. Surround Yourself with Pleasant Aromas
  94. Don’t Let Others Set Your Goals
  95. You Are a Person, Not a Stereotype
  96. Know What Makes You Happy and Sad
  97. Keep Reading
  98. We Must Feel Needed
  99. Say “So What”
  100. Have a Purpose
  101. You Have Not Finished the Best Part of Your Life
  102. Money Does Not Buy Happiness
  103. What Does It All Mean? You Decide

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Ganesa Vijayakumar
Life proposal

I am a full stack coder. I’m very much interested in solving any technical problems and learning new interesting things and then blog about it to recall myself.