Chris 'Fantastic' Powell
Great leaders in life or business who want to be a success,must think clearly, make smart choices, and stay focused on their goals. Its takes practicle thinking to grow, lead, and succeed by using common sense and taking action.
Chris 'Fantastic' Powell
PRACTICE HAPPINESS
Happiness isn't an accident that happens to us but a discipline we must practice daily, even when faced with life's inevitable challenges. By choosing to maintain our joy regardless of external circumstances, we transform happiness from a fleeting emotion into part of our core identity.
Life is waiting for you each day and you have to prepare for each challenge along the way towards success. It's not simple, but it can be done. Welcome to my Common Sense Motivation episodes. I'm Chris Fantastic Powell Practice Happiness.
Speaker 1:In today's world, life moves at the speed of a 30-second soundbite. The media screams for your attention, selling you the next big crisis, the next shocking headline, the next reason to be afraid, outraged or distracted, and if you're not intentional, you'll find yourself living on defense, reacting to someone else's noise instead of choosing your own pace. But here's the truth. Happiness isn't an accident. It doesn't just stroll into your life one morning and decide to stay. Happiness is a discipline, a practice, a decision you make again and again, day after day. It's the discipline of saying I will not allow the world to decide my mood. I will not let outside noise cancel my inner peace. Think of happiness like a muscle. You don't build muscle by wishing for it. You build it by showing up, lifting the weight and repeating the movement. Over time, strength is developed. Happiness works in the same way. It grows stronger the more you choose it. When you pause to say thank you for the good in your life, when you smile even when things aren't perfect, when you slow down enough to breathe in the moment instead of racing through it. Every one of these choices is repetition, a set, a practice, and every practice makes you stronger at living in joy. Storms will come, struggles will show up uninvited, difficulties may try to camp out in your life and overstay their welcome, but storms don't last forever and, more importantly, storms don't have the power to steal your joy unless you hand it over. The presence of challenges does not mean the absence of joy. Just because it's raining doesn't mean the sun stopped existing. It's simply hidden for a time. Happiness is choosing to believe that the sun is still there, even when the clouds roll in. Every single day, you and I are faced with two paths One, react to the chaos of the world and let our peace be stolen, or two, choose to practice happiness regardless of what's happening around us.
Speaker 1:The truth is, happiness doesn't come from perfect situations. It comes from powerful choices. When you practice happiness consistently, something incredible happens. It shifts from just being a feeling into being part of your identity. It becomes less about moments of happiness and more about becoming a person who walks in happiness, who lives in joy, who shine light no matter how dark it gets around them. And when you reach that point, challenges don't shake you the way they used to be. Disappointments don't define you the way they used to be. Disappointments don't define you the way they once did. Stress doesn't own you anymore because you've trained yourself, because you've practiced, because happiness isn't just a reaction. It's who you become.
Speaker 1:So today, choose, don't wait for happiness to show up. Practice it. Practice gratitude, practice slowing down. Practice smiling more. Practice noticing the good. Not because life is perfect, but because your attitude is powerful. And the more you practice happiness, the stronger it becomes. So today, decide, choose, train your spirit to rise above the noise, because one day you'll look back and realize happiness isn't just something you had in a moment. Happiness is who you are. Make it happen. I'm Chris Fantastic Powell. Thank you for listening. For books, ebooks or audio books, visit chrisfantasticpowellcom or find them on Amazon.