American Checklist

It’s not the pursuit of happiness, but the actual creation of happiness, that leads to happy Americans. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Mark Young discuss why gratitude and an understanding of the marketplace are necessary in order for your efforts to be worthwhile. As healthy as you are happy: The body follows the brain in the sense that if you’re unhappy, that will translate into physical ailments, and if you’re happy, your body will get the message to keep going. Not the pursuit: There’s a problem with “the pursuit of happiness,” as it’s stated in the Declaration of Independence, because if you’re pursuing happiness, it means you don’t have it. Gratitude is voluntary: The one thing that every individual has control over that triggers happiness is gratitude. If you’re grateful, there’s immediately a pump of happy thoughts because it’s voluntary; nobody forces you to be grateful and appreciative, and it isn’t a function of your circumstances. No value: How grateful can you be for something that had no cost