Which is most important Engagement or Happiness???? I think both are important!
I know I usually kick off the blog with what episode of the podcast we are now up to, and to me it is just amazing how time flies, so we are up to episode 24 of The Inspiration Nation podcast can you believe that! It still astounds me that we are still going, and getting more listeners every week and that’s because of you, so a massive THANK YOU. Keep sharing because we want to help as many people as possible. So let’s get back into the meat of the problem. The game of life in my view is to be happy, but you can be happy living a comfortable life, but are you truly happy? I believe that you have to have both; I have seen people be happy but hate their work! You hear people say “ Oh no, not work on Monday” Even this morning my youngest daughter is happy at the moment with her life, having just celebrated her awesome GCSE results, but now she has a job and needs to go to that job. She got up this morning and now she doesn’t want to go to work. The reason for that is what? The reason is because it doesn’t fill her up, she is just going for the money. Now if it was something she loved and she was happy and engaged with, I would bet you 10 billion pounds that she would jump straight out of bed. She loves music, and if she was going to perform or was going to band practice she would be out of bed dressed and out of the door in a shot! She is now starting to shape her life, by doing that job and in her spare time practicing her music and learning more about the music industry every day. This is what I mean by happy and engaged, when people say they are happy, they usually focus on the part of their life that they're happy about! So if I asked you right now, what part of your life are you now happy with? What is coming to mind? It will usually be something that you love to do, whether it’s music like my daughter or coaching which I love. What about if I ask what your not happy about? Nine times out of 10, people will say they either hate their job, or their job is okay. Is this enough for you? Is that REALLY a happy life? I think not, I believe we should be going for more, we should NEVER be SATISFIED we should always be looking to improve and go after the thing that will fill us up even more. I am not saying don’t enjoy the moment, if course do that, what I am saying is enjoy that moment, savour it, then move on and become GREATER! So how do we get happy and engaged to become GREATER?! The first thing is to find the thing that you love to do, I love coaching and helping people that’s why I am writing this blog in my down time. I have just helped my beloved put the shopping away (yes I do normal things just like everyone else!), now we have some down time I am writing this because it fills me up, it makes me happy and I am engaged with it. I am just in the flow of writing and time is just flying by and it’s giving me massive energy. Can you describe a time this has happened to you? Think back; now if you found something, that’s the thing you should be doing so why are you not doing it? Is it because of time? Is it because it is not convenient? If you want to live your best life you have to address these issues head on and create the life you want through happiness and engagement; when you have both it is SUPER POWERFUL. YOU all know by now that everything I do is through the word “Inspiration” for me to do anything I have to be inspired! So that’s why I have taken control of my environment and make sure I am turning everything into INSPIRATION. This is where you need to find your happiness and engagement, make sure you give yourself the best chance of living your best life, by creating an environment that gives you the opportunity to bring the thing you love into your life everyday. It doesn’t happen by luck your have to be INTENTIONAL about creating that environment. I used to think that me just thinking about things that inspire me would bring about change, it didn’t; so I got very frustrated and angry as to why things were not happening for me. It was because I was not creating the environment; having reminders as to why I am doing the thing I am doing. So all the media I subscribe to has to be inspirational, the people I work with need to have something about them that releases my inner INSPIRATION, otherwise I just feel flat, unhappy and definitely not engaged!! When I talked about my journey in episode 1 of the podcast, there were a lot of things going on in my life and I got to a point where I was just existing, that’s when my health started to deteriorate. I needed something more, I needed a purpose, I needed to serve others so I could add value. This was the catalyst of change for me; when I discovered coaching and how powerful it was it started to change my life and that’s led me up to this point to stay inspired and to deliver massive value to you. How can you start then? Just start small; look at your environment, the people you hang out with, are they positive or are they there bringing you down? You need to look carefully and you need to choose wisely. What do you look at when you are on your phone? What do you watch on the TV? I rarely watch TV now, because I just feel there are too many negative environments that are shown. Of course I recognise that the world isn’t perfect, but I prefer to choose what I watch rather that it get fed to me, because I am choosing an environment for me to grow, add value and serve as a human being. Watching endless box sets on Netflix, is not going to get me where I want to be, and choosing where I spend my time is so important to being happy and engaged! I could go on for much longer, but I think I have given you enough to be getting on with! These blogs come out of the podcast; I write them after the podcast has been published and it gives me time to reflect and go deeper into the content. I am writing this blog for you, so you live your best life and go out there grab life by the balls and live with authenticity and pride. You are enough, you are talented; the world is waiting to see you awesomeness. Now you just have to have the bravery to step into it! Guess what? You have already taken your first step, by reading this, and not many people will read this and take action. So keep taking action and get better EVERYDAY! Please continue to share all the content we put out, especially the podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and give as a review; just go to InspirationNation.org.uk We also have The Inspiration Nation podcast on YouTube, you can catch all the links here on my website at jncoachingtechologies.weebly.com. I also have my own channel on YouTube called JNcoachingtechnology, so subscribe like and comment there too (again links via my website). I value you, so keep being INSPIRED and until next time keep getting better every single day! #inspirationnation I’ll catch you guys later.
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