{"id":970,"date":"2016-02-02T21:54:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T02:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/?p=970"},"modified":"2016-02-02T21:56:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T02:56:04","slug":"the-keys-to-success-and-happiness-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/?p=970","title":{"rendered":"The Keys to Success and Happiness – Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While the writings in this blog are my own, I can’t take credit for the substance behind them. \u00a0That credit goes to many men and women, some long passed and others who are still living and helping others along their paths. \u00a0Some of these inspired thinkers and great minds are: \u00a0Andrew Carnegie, Napoleon Hill, Bob Proctor, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Les Brown, Mary Morrissey, Earl Nightingale and Jack Canfield to name but a few.<\/p>\n

I often get told how lucky I am to be living my dream.; and I am lucky. \u00a0I have made my living as an artist for 25 years and known some form of happiness every day. \u00a0But where did that luck come from and what is it? \u00a0To me, luck is a word that we use to describe an unseen force that creates a result that we have no explanation for. \u00a0 So before you start to live your dream, you need to have in your mind a definition of what the words ‘success’ and ‘happiness’ mean to you.<\/p>\n

To most people the word success means a lot of money. \u00a0But money is man-made; simply pieces of paper. \u00a0It is what those pieces of paper represent that is more important. \u00a0Start thinking of those pieces of paper as ‘freedom units’ or ‘lifestyle credits’. \u00a0On their own, they mean nothing. \u00a0It is the power they have to create a life of freedom to do whatever you want that gives them their power. \u00a0Now think again of what the word success means to you. \u00a0That is what you want to go after. \u00a0Make that your goal.<\/p>\n

To achieve your goal, you have to keep it in your mind. \u00a0Bob Proctor suggests writing it on a card and carrying it with you at all times. \u00a0Take it out and look at it several times a day. \u00a0Paint that picture in your mind, down to the smallest details and keep it there. \u00a0This is your first lesson in shifting your mind towards achieving what you want in your life.<\/p>\n

Now lets determine what happiness is and where it comes from. \u00a0Happiness is a feeling and that feeling is a choice that you get to make. \u00a0Every day when you wake up you get to choose if you want to be happy or sad. \u00a0If you are feeling sad, tell yourself that it is just temporary and work on a mind shift towards feeling more happy. \u00a0You could start this with feeling grateful for even the smallest thing in your life. \u00a0Feel grateful and happy that you woke up and that you can see. \u00a0Be grateful for your coffee-maker or your warm home. \u00a0Be grateful for your comfortable shoes. \u00a0Put on some happy music. \u00a0Hug your pet. \u00a0Go for a walk. \u00a0Do anything. \u00a0It is your choice, remember?<\/p>\n

Kathryn<\/em><\/p>\n

www.kathrynsmith.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While the writings in this blog are my own, I can’t take credit for the substance behind them. \u00a0That credit goes to many men and women, some long passed and others who are still living and helping others along their paths. \u00a0Some of these inspired thinkers and great minds are: \u00a0Andrew Carnegie, Napoleon Hill, Bob […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-keys-to-success-and-happiness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=970"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":973,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970\/revisions\/973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonartist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}