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The
Happiness Formula Newsletter May
24th, 2005
Happiness actions are mental and physical actions that
naturally and automatically create a sense of well being. There are literally
thousands of happiness actions, and I hope you’ll share with me the ones
you’ve learned, so we can broadcast them far and wide. Please
help spread happiness knowledge by forwarding this newsletter to your beloved
family, friends and colleagues. By so doing, you’ll create a world of greater
peace, kindness and happiness. In
gentleness, gratitude, and good will, I welcome you. Humbly
yours, Julian
Kalmar jkalmar@thehappinessformula.com Contents > Article – The Happy Hungarian Watchmaker – Part 1 – Sitting Still >
Happiness Clubs are
sprouting up across the >
New happiness products: Happy 4 Life
and Food for
Thought. >
The Power of Positive Habits, an ebook by Dan
Robey. >
Happiness: The Highest Gift audio collection – first CD free as a download.
The Happy
Hungarian Watchmaker – Part 1 “Sitting Still” Copyright 2005 by Julian
Kalmar. All rights reserved. Can you imagine living happily no matter what happens? Thirty-eight years ago a great master craftsman began teaching me how to do this. Unbelievably, it took me 36 years of those years to truly appreciate his enormous gift. In 2002, a back injury sentenced me to living in bed 22 hours a day. I lost my business, a 6-figure income, and the ability to move about freely. When a friend asked me how I could still be so happy, the value of the master’s lessons snapped into focus: It had never occurred to me to be unhappy! The master, an old-world Hungarian watchmaker, began my lessons when I was four. He granted me the privilege of sitting beside him as he repaired watches and clocks. My first happiness lesson was to sit quietly, without distracting him from his delicate repairs. Amazingly, I succeeded almost without trying, for as the master worked something magical happened. A great love and peace filled the workshop, and I fell into the deafening silence that surrounded him. As I focused on his work, my stillness on the outside was soon reflected by stillness on the inside. All sense of misfortune, stress, and unhappiness melted away. The master taught me that focusing on your tasks destroys negative emotions. Negativity thrives when you focus on what’s wrong. Focusing on your tasks suffocates the negatives by stilling your thoughts. Focusing also improves the quality of your work, brings satisfaction in a job well done, and eventually, profound joy. More
happiness actions—like sitting still—can be found in
Copyright 2005 by Julian
Kalmar. All rights reserved. Sloppiness and carelessness destroy our happiness. By performing actions crudely, with little regard for the quality of the outcome, we have no chance of receiving satisfaction from our tasks. We also lose peace of mind. However, when we work carefully, something extraordinary happens. By dedicating ourselves to the task at hand—attempting to do things as well as possible—our minds become peaceful. The task actually becomes enjoyable as a sense of productivity sneaks up on us. When it’s over, we feel satisfied in a job well done. Conscientiousness, in our every movement, puts us in harmony with our tasks. This effect is magnified when we work in the spirit of goodness, in the spirit kindness, or find the higher purpose in our work. In sharp contrast, when we hate every moment of what we’re doing, we could care less. We think, “Who cares…I don’t.” We fill ourselves with dislike, wishing it was over. We want to be any place but here, doing anything but this. The end result is that we are miserable. We waste part of our lives to bad feelings. A task takes the same amount of time whether we enjoy the process, or not. But…the passage of time is also subjective. By hating our tasks, time slows to a crawl and we sentence ourselves to prolonged suffering. However, by putting our whole being into a task, time flies by. Before we realize it, it’s over, time for lunch, or time to go home. We actually get paid for working fewer hours! Something else happens, too. By attending to every detail, our awareness improves. We become more sensitive to the signals we used to ignore. We aren’t just pushing a broom. We feel how our body reacts to the push of the broom. We find ways in which we become less tired while sweeping. We hear the way the broom sounds when it’s a good sweep versus a sweep that misses dirt. We learn better how to hold the broom; the angle; the position relative to our body; the swing of our arm. We become aware of the subtle details, and we become more alive. Aliveness is the sensation that we are fully in the now moment. We sense the world more vividly. We begin appreciating the colors, sounds, pressures, tastes, and smells to a high degree. We become more grateful and appreciative of everything around us. The result is a strong sense of well being. It’s like the feelings we get from the glory of a Spring day when new life is bursting forth; the birds singing; green buds emerging…we feel great. Although it requires some initial effort, the conscientious way of working, it’s worth the effort. We actually gain pleasure from the part of our lives we used to call “work.” More
happiness actions—like conscientiousness—can be found in
Did
you know there are happiness clubs that can teach you
how to live happily and give you periodic happiness refreshers? Lionel
Ketchian, started the first happiness club in 1999 because his university
students didn’t want their happiness class to end; a sure sign of a great
happiness teacher. On Lionel’s site, www.happinessclub.com,
you’ll find out about the existing happiness clubs, what the meetings are
like, and contact information in case you want to start your own. You’ll
also find over 100 articles Lionel has written on happiness, and you can
subscribe to his twice-monthly happiness newsletter filled with upbeat
happiness quotations, happiness news, and happiness thoughts from readers. You might also like Lionel’s
unique book of quotations packaged in a can!
Two
new happiness products are available to help you and your loved ones enjoy a
happier life. You can also save 10% by
ordering them in one of our Happiness
Kits. Happy 4 Life is an easy to read
and very friendly book on practical happiness methods. Written by Professor
Emeritus Bob Nozik, M.D., it contains numerous practical happiness actions you can use to give yourself a happier
life. Read
excerpts Order here Food for
Thought
by Lionel Ketchian (founder of the Happiness Club) is really two treats in
one. On the outside, it’s literally a can of happiness—the most fun and
unique packages for a book I’ve ever seen. On the inside is a 192 page book
of Lionel’s quotations to make you think.
Read
excerpts Order
here Both
products are highly endorsed by others, and highly recommended by me. Of
course, Happiness:
The Highest Gift (repeatedly
described as “profound”)
is loaded with happiness actions. First CD - free
download Order
here
I
was very pleased to discover, The Power of Positive Habits by
Dan Robey. In his book, Dan teaches you how to use habits to automatically
deliver what you want out of life. He’s completely reversed the idea that
“habits” are bad, and shows you 81 positive habits you can use to deliver
health, happiness, longevity, success, and improved relationships. Both
Dan and I were surprised to discover that we each made our respective audio
CD’s while recovering from serious injury (although he was able to hobble into a recording studio). My hat is off to
Dan because you really can’t hear the great pain he was in. I admire his
dedication to showing us all how to use habits so positively. Thursday May
26th Ordering Deadline If
you’re interested in Dan’s book, please order it before the 26th
of May to get the 40+ bonuses that come with it. Read more
about The Power of Positive Habits
>
A new happiness DVD interview, Health and Happiness,
with famed cancer surgeon Dr. Bernie
Siegel will be available in a couple of weeks. >
Works by Dr. Robert
Muller will soon be available. Dr. Muller is the highest and most noble spirit I’ve ever
been privileged to know. He is a former U.N. Assistant Secretary
General, a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, and has received numerous commendations
for his good work in this world. Robert Muller is one of the truly great men
of our time. Please visit Robert’s
website and subscribe to his Good Morning World
Newsletter. Listen to his highly entertaining audio recordings—Paradise On
Earth. Learn about Robert’s Bench of Dreams, and read
his thousands of ideas for improving
the world. You’ll find it difficult to resist falling in love with this great
spirit and his harmonica!
* Special thanks to Sid Madwed’s
website for ready access to these quotations. To
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