522 | Marci Shimoff: “Success is Not the Key to Happiness. Happiness is the Key to Success.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2018
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s Motivation Monday episode, Marci Shimoff returns to the show to share some truths and myths about happiness. She also alks about the relationship between happiness and success and how you can be “happy for no reason.”
Marci’s website is happyfornoreason.com. You can find today’s full clip here. Her book, Happy for No Reason, is available on amazon.com or at QODbooks.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Yo today's QOD is success is not the key to happiness |
| 0:05.6 | Happiness is the key to success here we go |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome back to the quote of the day show I'm your hope shine |
| 0:37.0 | Crocs in the shine Crocs in dot com happy veterans day to all of the veterans out there and today |
| 0:43.0 | We're talking about happiness real authentic happiness being happy for no reason at all |
| 0:51.0 | And we've got Marcy Shemoff on the show to talk all about what it means to really be happy |
| 0:57.0 | You know so often we'll say I'll be happy when and Marcy's gonna show you that when or the thing that you're trying to achieve |
| 1:05.0 | You're going to achieve it by choosing now to be happy here as Marcy |
| 1:12.0 | Now let me just give you a little bit of a backstory here about why I decided to write a book on happiness |
| 1:18.0 | I've spent 25 years of my career teaching success principles teaching the law of attraction |
| 1:25.0 | But the reason I decided to write a book on happiness and actually was the first question |
| 1:29.0 | Harv asked me when he saw me tonight was because of this person |
| 1:33.0 | Now how many of you know who this person is? |
| 1:37.0 | Who is that? |
| 1:40.0 | God you guys are psychic. Did you meet him? This is my dad. His name is Mark say hi to Mark |
| 1:49.0 | He passed away last two years ago on Valentine's Day |
| 1:52.0 | But oh he's totally right here. Let me tell you he is here now |
| 1:56.0 | He was my first happy for no reason role model |
| 2:00.0 | My dad he was amazing man |
| 2:04.0 | See even gets applause when he's dead, you know? That kind of guy |
| 2:08.0 | He woke up every morning of his life with a smile on his face |
| 2:14.0 | He was it didn't matter what was going on he was just happy to be alive |
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