Can You Hack Your Own Happiness? - Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani

The Mindvalley Podcast

Mindvalley

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

What is the one desire all humans have in common? That one thing we want for our children, for our loved ones, and for ourselves? Happiness. Yet, ironically, the topic is often misunderstood and slighted. While everybody wants to be happy, the state of happiness is often considered secondary. Happiness is often considered to be a consequence of something ‘more important’ - success, meaningful employment, helping others. Mindvalley co-founder, Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani believes that happiness is a habit you can develop, a skill you can master. And she wants to share some practical tips and ideas to start you on the path to your happiness. But more than anything, this episode will give you permission to make happiness your number one priority. Because happiness is not secondary and not a consequence of something else. Get ready to hack your happiness with our speaker today. Kristina is the co-founder of Mindvalley and has been in the personal transformation industry for over 15 years. She is an incredibly talented international speaker, serial entrepreneur, artist, philanthropist, and mother of 2 kids. Kristina is also an author of the transformational quest "Live By Your Own Rules". Kristina speaks about personal transformation, authenticity, understanding and accepting oneself, and a path to happiness. Listen out for: - The one desire every human has in common. - The real definition of happiness. - How to hack happiness. - The opposite side of gratitude. - The danger of comparing yourself to others. - Some ideas to practice happiness. Bonus: - Click here to join Kristina’s quest, “Live By Your Own Rules” 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/lbyor - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pain is the price of admission to meaningful life, so happiness is not a magical unicorn.
0:07.3	It is not something elusive, it's not the wave on the ocean, it's not the cloud in the sky,
0:12.8	because if we take happiness as that, we are never going to achieve it.
0:16.8	It doesn't just happen.
0:18.7	I am Vision Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.
0:23.1	You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers
0:26.9	and thought leaders on the planet.
0:29.0	It discusses the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for my,
0:33.0	body, spirit and work.
0:36.6	So I want to start this session with a question.
0:39.6	What is the one desire that every human being has in common?
0:44.6	And even if we don't accept it for ourselves, this one desire we actually have for the people
0:50.1	that will love the most. Every parent wants that for their child.
0:54.6	We want it for our loved ones, we want it for our parents, for hopefully our love partners.
1:01.0	This desire is actually to be happy.
1:04.1	And even if very often we don't acknowledge that we want to be happy,
1:08.4	or let's say we don't consider it important, the desire is there.
1:12.7	And no matter what goals you set, if you go deep enough and you ask yourself why do I have this
1:17.1	goal? Why do I want to do the same? It all comes down to this. I want to feel happy.
1:22.6	So my session today is about happiness, hacking happiness, but probably the most important
1:27.4	message is actually that happiness is important. So while all of us have this design
1:33.0	common, we want to be happy, we want our loved ones to be very happy. Somehow happiness doesn't
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