59 Days to Go - Happiness of a Millionaire

"What makes a millionaire happy?"

I keep on asking myself this question. Will it be his wealth? Will it be the help and opportunities he has given to people? Will it be his family? Will it be his vacations and trips all over the world? Will it be the difference he has make in people's lives?

According to Srikumar Rao - an adviser to senior business executives, whom he helps find deeper meaning and engagement in their work - from his video on TED entitled "Plug Into Your Hardwired Happiness". He shared this wonderful exercise...

Think about this for a minute:  

What should you get for you to be happy?

Ponder on this question and enumerate your answer.

Typical answers would be, a loving family, a good stable productive job, perfect relationships, wealth and security, and a bunch of stuffs. However this is his follow-up question.

Do you agree that anything than you can get can be un-get?

Everything you get for you to be happy can be taken away.

For this, he stated that all of us are born to be happy. We are designed to be happy people. However, we have followed the opposite IF-THEN Mental Model that there should be an "IF" or a variable that can cause us to be happy, a "THEN".

Ten years ago, I had goals, some particular "IFs" I have been focusing on - a good job, stable income, happy family, graduate with honors, and amazing girlfriend. Yes, I already achieved them.

But where has that left me?

In the same place I was 10 years ago.

So what's the point? Two things: I am born to be happy and because I am so happy, it overflows that I need to share them. How? I need to focus on things that even though I have it now and the next second someone gets it I am still happy. And what is that?

EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE GIVEN.

The lives I have helped and inspired. The graces I have shared with people.

And in a millionaire's perspective I still need to "get" something. However, I am "getting it" so that I can GIVE it.

60 Days More - The Power of Incantations

I had a mysterious experience just tonight in a not-so-mysterious place - a tread mill. My usual gym routine was to do cardio exercises first by running in the tread mill for 20 mins. I usually do an interval of 5 minutes brisk walk, 3 minutes jog, and 2 minutes run and do this whole set twice.

What I usually do to keep my mind off the "tireness", and hardness of breathing is I would do incantations - saying powerful incantations under my breath with clear visualization of my words. This is how it would go..

"I will be a millionaire!"

"I am now a millionaire!"

"I have a millionaire mind!"

I would begin to see myself free and proud and feel the lightness in me.
Then one by one I will examine my 4 millionaire mountains.

Internet!

I will recall where am I and what are my plans.

"I am a traffic magnet!"

Business!

I will look at  what have I done in my businesses and what are my next plan.

"I am a money magnet"

Investment!

I will see myself happy on what I will be receiving after my term ends and what more shall I invest in to.

"I am a money magnet"

Real Estate!
I will ask myself what are my plans

"I will be the youngest to be rich in real estate!"

So that was my typical incantation routine. However, this time already in my last set and running the last 2 minutes remembering how absorbed I was on what Tony Robins had said in his video I was saying to myself...

"I am certain!"

PAK! I punched  my fist to my palm.
Soaked with sweat I continued running fast.

"I decided what my life will be"

"I am deciding NOW!"

PAK!

The energy was "undescribable."
I pushed the button and increased the tread mill's speed.

"I want to help people! And I will be rich!"

PAK!

"My life will inspire people!"

PAK!

"I am certain! I have decided!"

I felt like flying. I never felt being tired. I can breath freely.
I have been running for 4 minutes already!
I felt so good, so great I don't want to stop!

PAK! 

PAK! 

"I love this life!"

"I am a millionaire!"

I have to stop because the side of my diaphragm is already painful. It was already way over 5 minutes.
Running has never felt so good. I was literally soaked with sweat. A millionaire's sweat.
PAK!