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It seems like the misconceptions about happiness that have been highlighted include the idea that happiness is primarily dependent on external factors such as possessions or achievements, and also the misconception that happiness is a fixed state of mind. The speaker suggests that happiness is not solely about what we have or what we do, and that it's not a fixed concept. Instead, they propose that happiness is something that we cultivate and that it can lead to unexpected consequences. This challenges the common belief that creating a certain life or achieving specific things will guarantee happiness. The speaker's experience seems to emphasize the idea that happiness may not be what we traditionally think it is.

Impact the World - Robert Mack

Yes . But also you come to realize , at least for me I did that happiness is also not a state of mind . It's a state of no mind , it's a state of being right ?

Impact the World - Robert Mack

Help me understand the difference for you , right ? But one of the things I discovered to your point is that OK , happiness is not what you think literally . So anything you think that happiness is it isn't OK ?

Impact the World - Robert Mack

Like , so you're a happiness coach doesn't mean you're going to be happy all the time equally . I think we have a very weird fixed idea of happiness like happiness . People tend to think euphoria , hedonism , excitement , you know .

Impact the World - Robert Mack

It's not just who you spend time with all of those things matter for sure . Choose the happy people and happy stuff and happy things and then you get to a place where it's like maybe happiness isn't what I do . Maybe it's maybe it's what I think you're starting to get there , right ?

Impact the World - Robert Mack

Absolutely . I mean , and you actually just sort of outlined the experience I've had , I think the journey that most of us have with happiness is like in the beginning , you think happiness is mostly either what you have or what you do . And there's a , there's value in that .