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It seems like the common misconception about happiness is that it's mainly about external factors such as possessions, achievements, or specific activities. However, the speaker in the context has realized that happiness is not solely dependent on what you have or what you do. It's suggested that happiness is more complex than that and that it can lead to unexpected consequences. This implies that people may need to look within themselves and reconsider their ideas about what truly brings happiness, rather than solely focusing on external factors.

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 .