Ten things to stay happy
*Every Financial Services Intermediary should read this and practice to be successful.* Here’s a list I use now on a daily basis as a reminder to increase my happiness: *1. Give yourself permission.* Permission to be who you are. Permission to laugh big, to cry when you need to, to fail brilliantly, to make stuff. Permission to fall apart, breakdown, and get back up again. Permission to be different and unique. Permission to go too far and reach your dreams. *2. Don’t take yourself so seriously.* Hold yourself with a “light hand.” Laugh at your foibles with amusement. When things get tough or stress arises, lift your shoulders with an “oh well…” Know that it’s never as big or life devastating as your mind thinks. Happy people trust that whatever glitch happens will work itself out. Happy people give a “Ha! Ha!” and a “So what? Who cares? Big Deal! Why not?” when meet with resistances. *3. Don’t self-ruminate*. I remember a friend of mine...