ALISTAIR…Be Happy
WEEK 5
I felt a sense of excitement and trepidation when I realized we would be touching on the emotions this week. I’ve long been fascinated by Emotional Intelligence ever since I read Daniel Goleman’s groundbreaking book during a summer over a decade ago, but when I absorbed the ideas back then, I treated it more as an academic exercise, rather than something that could offer me life lessons.
I’ve never been an outwardly expressive person: I was taught to be quiet and modest about my achievements. Happiness was about enabling other people to realize their potential. I realized I’ve carried this belief, consciously and unconsciously, to this date, but recently (like three months ago) I started to break the system and focus more on the things that make me happy. I made a list of my personal passions and the people I want to be around that link in to those passions. I also made a commitment to never waste a day on things that won’t bring my dreams to life. That’s been a challenge for me, but it has opened up both a world of possibilities and my eyes to what I need to integrate into my thinking and behavior to experience a truly fulfilled journey.
Quote of the week is a Japanese proverb from an anonymous source: “Fear is only as deep as the mind allows”.