Erik Huber
Erik Huber
Hi, this Erik Huber back again. This is part three of our mindfulness series. I want to ask you a very important question. Do you want to be happy? Go ahead and think about that. I probably have an answer already, but the question's not as simple as it seems to be. I'm not asking if you want to be happy, unless you lose your job. I'm not asking, do you want to be happy, unless you have a significant challenge in your life. I'm asking if you want to be happy, if you want to make that the true North of the mental compass of your life.
I'm filming this actually in Carlsbad. If we hopped on a flight right now from San Diego international, went to Hawaii... It's a five-hour flight give or take. Out of that five hours, less than five minutes are actually encores at the right altitude, speed and at the exact right heading. They have to land at a very specific time so they're constantly accelerating because they're going too slow or decelerating cause they're going too fast. They're constantly doing a little minute correction. You can't even notice it, but it's going on constantly and our lives can be like that.
Here's what happens when we don't pay attention to that. We say "Happiness is important to me” but if that were really true would we allow ourselves to get 180 degrees off course from happiness before noticing there’s something wrong. Pay close attention to maintaining your happiness and make course corrections as soon as possible. Make happiness your direction for life and you'll get better at staying on course.
I encourage you to empower yourself, be deliberate, stay on course. I'm not saying that you'll never have another difficult or challenging day but the sooner you correct it, the sooner you resolve it, the quicker you'll be back on course.