480 | Connie Podesta: “If You Want to Be Happier It Has to Be a Choice."
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Connie Podesta is here with another talk on raising children and provides two simple things you can do if you want your kids to be happy, and gives us all a reminder that happiness is not a right but a choice. Connie’s website is conniepodesta.com. You can find today’s talk here.
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| 0:00.0 | Yo today's QOD is this if you want to be happier it has to be a choice |
| 0:06.9 | Here we go |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome back to the quote of the day show I'm your host Sean Crox and the Sean Crox and dot com |
| 0:37.0 | We are continuing our little mini series on how to raise our children with Connie |
| 0:44.0 | Podesta and what she's about to do is give you two things that you can do if you want your kids to be happy |
| 0:52.0 | Here's Connie |
| 0:54.0 | So two years ago I interview about 500 parents and I say what do you want for your kids? |
| 0:58.0 | I only got one answer they want their kids to be what? |
| 1:01.0 | Happy |
| 1:04.0 | Happy more than respectful |
| 1:07.0 | Happy more than hard working |
| 1:09.0 | Happy more than compassionate |
| 1:12.0 | As your therapist today can I tell you this I've learned in 30 years of doing family counseling |
| 1:17.0 | You cannot make another human being happy |
| 1:21.0 | But what you can do |
| 1:23.0 | You can do two things if you want your kids to be happy |
| 1:29.0 | Number one you have to be happy |
| 1:32.0 | Our children don't learn happy and they really don't learn values they witness these things don't they? |
| 1:38.0 | We can't teach them they witness them they watch them |
| 1:43.0 | They learn their values they figure out how to be happy they learn what's right and wrong |
| 1:48.0 | From being in the constant presence of people who live those values |
| 1:54.0 | Who live that happiness who model those things |
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