Are you choosing to live a happy, fulfilled life?
That’s right, studies have proven that ninety percent of the factors that make the difference between a happy life and an unhappy life are factors within your control. One life hack proven to help unlock your best life is setting, pursuing, and achieving goals.
But you don’t have to take my word for it; many other people are proving this point every single day. They are setting goals, doing the work and building the life of their dreams.
Don’t Take My Word For It, a new Operation Melt blog series, shares how other people – people just like you – are choosing to achieve happiness through their goals.
Yes, you can choose a happy life, but don’t take my word for it!
Amuse-Bouche Before we jump into today's post, I offer you this "dad joke" as a light "amuse-bouche" to entertain your mind before we get serious. Like any other amuse-bouche, you may hate it, but it is worth every penny you paid for it, right? "I'm sorry" and "I apologize" generally mean the same thing… unless you're at a funeral.
Drinks, Jokes, Love And Authenticity… A Life Lesson From A Bar
Surprise Life Coach explores the goal success strategies, tips and mindsets found in the most unlikely places. From television shows to movies to music to books and more, life coaches are all around us, hidden in the most unexpected places. We simply need to pay attention, and we can reap the rewards from this free coaching.
In an unusual turn of events, my wife and I ended up at the same restaurant for Friday happy hour, Friday dinner and Saturday happy hour this week. It is one of our favorite downtown Columbus haunts, but we seldom end up drinking/dining there as frequently as this weekend. It was at this restaurant that this very short Surprise Life Coach occurred to me.
This week’s Surprise Life Coach is named Holly, and she is a bartender at Milestone 229 in downtown Columbus. We have actually known Holly for several years from other restaurants as well.
On Saturday afternoon, we were having drinks at Holly’s bar. Liz and I were hanging out with a friend and having a good time while joking around. In these settings, my “Dad Joke” sense of humor is often in full swing. I make many bad puns and inappropriate jokes, especially with people who know me. This week was no exception.
While enjoying our drinks, I made a few particularly bad (and inappropriate) jokes to Holly. When I acknowledged the bad jokes, Holly said, “I like them. I’ve always loved you guys!”
Sure, it’s possible she was just being nice. But, after years of seeing Holly in her element with many customers, I think we have learned the difference between “honest Holly” and “just being nice Holly.” So, I think she was being honest.
What’s the life lesson that Holly taught me? Don’t devote so much time and energy trying to fit in with other people. If you are just you, you will find your tribe. You will find the people who love you for who you are – even if that is a bad, inappropriate, dad-joke-spewing guy who is overly entertained by his own jokes.
Not investing so much energy in being someone who fits in and just being you is freeing and brings you a bit closer to the “self-actualization” level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. So, stop worrying so much about fitting in.
Are you obsessed with making people like you? Do you want to spend more time being yourself? Maybe coaching is right for you. I am a certified Master Life Coach and would be honored to work with you.
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Meet Coach Tony
My name is Coach Tony, and I am a coach, author and project manager on a mission. I am working to build a world where no goal ever dies of loneliness.
I almost allowed one of my biggest life goals to die without ever being attempted for forty years. My goal almost died, not of failure but of loneliness. But, I took a risk and leveraged a simple, logical process that helped me wildly exceed my goal.
I transformed my life, and you can do the same with the help of Operation Melt.
Operation Melt provides engaging, practical content and hands-on coaching to inspire, motivate and equip project managers and other left-brained high-achievers to pursue and accomplish their biggest goals.
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