Hva er lykke for deg?

Det er kan hende ikke det samme for alle, men vi ønsker oss det likevel alle sammen, innerst inne…

Vi er alle våre egen lykke smed er det noe som heter. Hva betyr det egentlig? Og hvordan oppnår man det? 

Det å definere sin egen lykke og ta ansvar for denne kan være et fint mål eller del av din visjon på en veldig spennende selvutviklingsreise (Life Coaching + Intuitiv Coaching). For meg er det fantastisk fint å få være med-passasjer på  din reise… hvor jeg ønsker velkommen til “MS Lykke”, med deg som kaptein om bord, og hvor jeg vil har rollen som styrmann/coach underveis.

Nedenfor finner du noen fakta om lykke basert på undersøkelser fra 2014 og 2015. Kjenner du deg igjen i dette?

Lykken er nemlig…

• Like det man gjør til vanlig, og å føle seg motivert til å nå sine mål
• Ha trygge relasjoner og kjærlighet i livet
• Håndtere økonomien slik at man reduserer stress og øker en følelse av trygghet
• Trives der man bor, føle seg trygg og ha en plass i lokalsamfunnet
• Ha en god helse, samt overskudd til å gjøre ting hver dag

Undersøkelsen ble gjennomført i 2014 og baserer seg på 1.460.000 personintervjuer i 145 forskjellige land. – KILDE: TNS-Gallup

Happiness is…

Good for others:

• Cherish your most important relationships.
• Be a contribution.

Good at it:

• Do more of what you’re good at and less of what you’re not so good at.

Good for me:

• Take care of yourself, your health and well-being, your financial security, and your work/life balance.

2015 Survey (www.forbes.com)

This year’s survey suggests you can be happier if you: Choose to be happy with whatever you do, strengthen your closest relationships and take care of yourself physically, financially and emotionally.

Choose to be happy with whatever you do

The correlation between happiness and occupation, income or wealth is far less that the correlation between happiness and how people feel about their occupation, income or wealth.

• 47% of those extremely happy said they thoroughly enjoy what they are currently doing versus
• 14% of everyone else

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• 62% have not and do not expect to hit a mid-life crisis versus
• 38% of everyone else

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• 49% of those extremely happy said they are already pursuing their dreams versus
• 18% of everyone else

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• 67% of those extremely happy said the happiest period of their lives is now versus
• 20% of everyone else

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Strengthen your closest relationships

The most important happiness choice is to invest in your closest relationship whether it’s a spouse, partner, parent, sibling or friend.

• 75% of those extremely happy give a top box rating to the importance of success in their intimate relationships versus
• 49% of everyone else

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• 77% of those extremely happy said the state of their relationship was either the “greatest” of “very good” versus
• 48% of everyone else

Take care of yourself physically, financially and emotionally

We all know that exercising and taking care of yourself correlates with good health. The happiest among us actually do exercise and take care of ourselves.

• 78% of those extremely happy said they exercise at least three times per week versus
• 57% of everyone else (and many of them lied)

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• 93% of those extremely happy said they are in excellent or very good health versus
• 74% of everyone else

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• 68% of those extremely happy think they are “set” or “on track” for retirement versus
• 49% of everyone else

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• 10% of those extremely happy perceive themselves to be under stress versus
• 42% of everyone else

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• 44% of those extremely happy said they are at peace with their work-life balance versus
• 13% of everyone else

Implications for you as an individual

1. Choose happiness in whatever you do.
2. Strengthen your closest relationships.
3. Take care of yourself physically, financially and emotionally.

Implications for you as a leader

1. Focus on how your team members feel about what they are doing even more than what they are doing.
2. Invest in relationships with your team members.
3. Invest in your team members’ physical, financial and emotional well-being.

Bottom line, happiness is a choice… and sometimes we need help to sort our thoughts, identify where we can change, and then choose the option that comes from within YOURSELF.