085. Why Chasing Happiness is Recipe for DISASTER (Do this instead)

Bedros Keuilian Podcast Show

Bedros Keuilian

Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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I've seen countless people fall into the "Be Happy" Trap. This is happening because many "Positive Thinking" Fanyboys tell people they must be happy 24/7/365 to have a fulfilling life. But the people who always try to be happy are often the unhappiest people I've met. In this episode of the Bedros Keuilian Show, I share why chasing happiness can be a recipe for disaster. And what to do to live a fulfilled, purpose-driven, and resilient life. REGISTER FOR THE LEGACY TRIBE Get the Life, Money, Meaning & Impact You Deserve https://bedroskeuilian.com/legacytribe SUBSCRIBE TO DOMINATION DOWNLOAD A Weekly Newsletter to Help You Dominate in Business & Life https://bedroskeuilian.com/ JOIN MY FREE 6-WEEK CHALLENGE: Transform into a Purpose-Driven Man https://bedroskeuilian.com/challenge TruLean Supplements | https://www.trulean.com/pages/bedros Get 50% Off Trulean Subscribe & Save Bundle Use Code: BEDROS Few Will Hunt Apparel | https://fewwillhunt.com/ Get 20% Off Your Entire Order Use Code: BEDROS BECOME A MODERN DAY KNIGHT: Join the MDK Project https://www.themdkproject.com/ STAY CONNECTED: Website | https://bedroskeuilian.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/bedroskeuilian/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/bedroskeuilian Twitter | https://twitter.com/bedroskeuilian

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0:00.0	Never chase happiness directly, chase happiness indirectly by doing all the things that are going to serve you.
0:08.9	Welcome to the Bedros Koolian Show. Back with Q
0:22.8	Lorinzo and a Benzo I was banging with a gang of instrumental.
0:26.8	Dead people do not experience sadness, adversity, setbacks,
0:31.1	or any of those bad emotions because well they're dead. The rest of us on the
0:36.2	other hand we have to experience all those things and that is by design.
0:40.3	Guys welcome to the Bedros Koolian show on Bed'm Bedros Koolian, and today we're going to talk about forgetting happiness and instead focusing on this thing that I'm going to share with you.
0:50.0	Listen, I read a lot of books especially where fulfillment and happiness, purpose and meaning are concerned and it's not lost on me that there's proven science and studies that show that people who are actually
1:08.2	underpinning their lives with the search of happiness as their core are some of the saddest people because life
1:15.4	unfortunately can't always give you happiness because if it did then it would be
1:21.2	some level of bliss you would be in heaven the world would be some level of bliss, you would be in heaven, the world would be perfect,
1:24.8	and we know that the world is far from perfect.
1:27.0	In fact, we live in a very imperfect world.
1:30.1	And those people out there who are looking for happiness,
1:33.2	well, if they're always looking for happiness,
1:35.4	and happiness is the main and ultimate goal
1:38.4	that they want, like the primary goal that they want,
1:41.1	what is happening is they end up creating a recipe for disaster because they're
1:46.1	going to be let down, right? And so then what do we do if we are not able to find direct happiness? No, believe it or not, you don't want direct happiness.
1:53.4	No, believe it or not, you don't want direct happiness.
1:56.3	What you want to do is you want to find a level of resiliency.
2:00.6	And one of the books that I read some time ago by an author named Naseim Talbad.
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