There are seven main things you can do each day to help you be a happier person overall:
- Exercise
- Mental stimulation
- Spiritual/artistic stimulation meditation
- Taking a pleasure break with a friend
- Giving yourself a treat
- Congratulating yourself
- Doing a good deed for someone else
I want to focus on the last one, doing a good deed. I believe that this is one of the more important items on the list because not only are you making someone else’s life better and making them feel good about themselves, but it will also give you a sense of happiness.
Throughout the hustle of the day, we often drift toward a tunnel vision of what we ourselves want to accomplish. We have things we want to get done. We have thoughts about things we’re looking forward to. We have worries and stresses.
But the visionary person puts things into perspective. He or she celebrates and is thankful for the great accomplishments of the day. The visionary person takes the bad things and puts things into perspective. Someone will always be having it worse. This is where the daily assist comes into play.
People love to feel important about themselves, and people will always remember you for how you made them feel. Take it upon yourself to go out of your way to do one nice thing for someone else, whether you know them personally or not. This could include:
• Complimenting them on something
• Holding the door for someone or helping them carry something
• Paying for their coffee
The sky is the limit, but one thing will remain the same – you will make someone feel good about themselves. Someone could be having a terrible day, but the 10-15 seconds you took out of your day to do something nice could change the whole course of their day, you never know. Even better, humans have the psychological inclination to pass this along to someone else. Giving the law of reciprocation, when nice is done for someone, they have the psychological urge to return the favor. But because you may never see someone again or it is someone you don’t know, them doing a good deed for someone else they don’t know and passing it on will satisfy the principle.
So, get your daily assist! You never know the chain reaction you could start.