Putting All Things Together [That's NO Rocket Science]

Putting All Things Together [That's NO Rocket Science]

Awhile ago, out of curiosity, I did a Google Search of "SECRET OF HAPPINESS" and NOT to my surprise, there were over 7,500,000 search results.  My outright conclusion:  That's a hell lot of people writing about and searching for something that has already been found a zillion times through the centuries.  I also stumbled across the 'Grant and Glueck' Studies from Harvard WHICH tracked 724 research participants from various walks of life over the course of 75 years to figure out WHAT is the reason OR factor that helped them achieve HAPPINESS.  And the result was one word:  RELATIONSHIPS.  But the research qualified that it's NOT RELATIONSHIPS per se BUT it means, within RELATIONSHIPS, Putting All Things Together [That's NO Rocket Science]📗📙📘

In the fewest words, the Harvard researches concluded that "THE CLEAREST MESSAGE THAT WE GET FROM THE 75-YEAR STUDY IS THAT GOOD RELATIONSHIPS KEEP US HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER, PERIOD".  Translating into simpler terms, the QUALITY of life, both emotionally, physically and mentally, is directly proportional to the quality of our relationships.  BUT the researchers do cautioned us.  THAT if there's one thing most of us have learned, it is the fact that just knowing a lot of people ISN'T enough.  In other words, RELATIONSHIPS is NOT all about quantity.  You can be the friendliest guy in the neighborhood BUT WHAT GIVES if those are hollowed RELATIONSHIPS❎❎❎

In short, we are counselled that true fulfillment in RELATIONSHIPS is about that genuine 'CONNECTION' and one of the most efficient ways to form that connection is by practicing WHAT the psychologists have coined as 'POSITIVE ALACRITY', that skill we define as creating those micro-micro experiences that can contribute and eventually trigger an emotional uplifting in others✅✅✅

Playing devil's advocate, I was talking to myself and asking:  DID WE REALLY NEED THAT 75-YEAR STUDY?  Probably NOT at all because supposedly, that's a given, a no-brainer we all knew all along.  So, the big puzzler here is WHY do we still [often] struggle to treat many of the most important relationships in our lives with the reverence and priority WHICH all along we know they deserve?  Let's rattle off real-life scenarios.  LIKE WHEN we're under stress, we have that tendency to be ruder to your spouse/partner as compared to a stranger📌📌📌

Our takeaway:  There are many more eye-openers in our life. LIKE when building up a startup business, you're willing to grind in 60-hour weeks and YET you can hardly spare an hour with your family?  OR once in that business, you may fail to consistently and proactively invest in deepening professional relationships that might even provide the breakthrough opportunities you need.  We can go on and on BUT the stark conclusion here is that you got to PUT ALL THINGS TOGETHER in a holistic manner [and NOT SILO'd] so you can achieve that lasting and genuine HAPPINESS you deserve😌😌😌