And so they unknowingly unwittingly coach us , train us to do the same thing , right ? So we receive all these messages from society and parents and priests and philosophers and poets that kind of encourage us if not compel us to look for happiness in places and people and things where it doesn't exist or it can exist . Um So there's that piece and then of course , we double down because we begin practicing these inherited thoughts and beliefs that we've received from other people , we begin to practice them and we actually sort of wire our brain or rewire in our brain in a way that only deepens uh the unhappiness and the external sort of chasing of things and people and places and activities .
There's that there's um so we call that sort of uh nature , there's also nurture , right ? We grow up in a society where most folks aren't truly deeply happy from the inside out . And instead they're trying to route their happiness through other pe people , other things , other places , other activities .
We grow up in a society where most folks aren't truly deeply happy from the inside out . And instead they're trying to route their happiness through other pe people , other things , other places , other activities . Right .
Right ? So happiness is sort of this cheat code or master key to being more successful in all areas of your life . Well , why do you think people seem to struggle , at least in my experience seem to struggle so much with being ok with being more happy .
So we receive all these messages from society and parents and priests and philosophers and poets that kind of encourage us if not compel us to look for happiness in places and people and things where it doesn't exist or it can exist . Um So there's that piece and then of course , we double down because we begin practicing these inherited thoughts and beliefs that we've received from other people , we begin to practice them and we actually sort of wire our brain or rewire in our brain in a way that only deepens uh the unhappiness and the external sort of chasing of things and people and places and activities . Um So that's kind of the problem .
