Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
Interpretation
Investing yourself fully in meaningful work can lead to true happiness.
Dale Carnegie suggests that when life feels dull, the antidote is to immerse yourself in work that resonates with your beliefs and passions. By committing wholeheartedly to a purpose and striving for it, you may discover a profound sense of happiness that you initially thought was unattainable.
In practice
In a motivational speech about finding purpose in work.
When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.
The true enjoyments must be spontaneous and compulsive and look to no remoter end.
I don't care what you do to me, but I don't want you to hurt me. I've had enough hurt already in my life. More than enough. Now I want to be happy.
My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal.
Every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.
No one is happy all his life long.
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