Happiness And Success

Last week I listened to an intriguing interview with Dr. Emma Seppälä, the author of The Happiness Track. The interview covered data-driven insights into how our overextension is hindering our success, and how cultivating happiness can drive our achievement. Yes, you read that correctly.

Data suggests that happiness may drive success, not the other way around.

I’m guilty of thinking that success, whatever that word may mean, will lead to happiness. It is easy to believe that you must be successful to be happy, but the data suggesting that happiness leads to success is compelling. Naturally, I want both, happiness and success – so maybe I need to follow Dr. Seppälä’s research and focus on happiness first.

I’m going to give it a try. I’m a big fan of writing for self-reflection, so I’ll start with making a list of things that make me happy. Step two will be trying to determine what success means to me, and I have a feeling that will be difficult. In the meantime, I’m going to attempt to follow Dr. Emma Seppälä’s six steps to happiness and success.