How many choices do you think you've made today? Whether the number you came up with was 1 or 100, you can't survive without making decisions. Some choices are obvious while others seem to just happen. Too many times we let choices be made for us and wish we could change the outcome.

You're in control of your day! You may say you feel like you don't have a choice; however, you couldn't be more wrong! You decide your career and who you're in a relationship with. You choose what you eat and how much time you spend with your family. You choose which road you take and which people to be friends with.

The size or importance of the decision doesn't matter, practice being mindful of each decision you make. When you make a choice that didn't work out, don't do it again! Learn from any poor decisions in your life and move on. Remember you determine the course of your day and your life through choices and actions.

Is there a situation you need to take control of? What decisions are you going to make to better your life today? Practice this skill of happiness everyday and you will have a happy life!

You have learned a new skill of happiness... start practicing today! 

The American Heritage Dictionary defines passion as "a powerful emotion" or "boundless enthusiasm." How would you define passion? I could define passion as love or football, but for this example I choose to define it as Baby Einstein. This isn't the Disney version of passion, but rather the original Julie Aigner-Clark version. This woman had a passion for the arts and her child, so she started a company over 20 years ago that addressed her powerful emotion. Where do you think her company would be today if she just thought of it as another good idea? Julie Asinger-Clark poured her soul into her idea and her passion showed. The idea of being filled with such strong desire and passion is wonderful in theory. Just like any other idea... if you don't take action, then it never happened.           

Do you wake up every morning excited to start the day? It would be unrealistic to say that we need to start all 365 days by leaping to our feet. I'm sure even Anthony Robbins has an off morning every once in a while. The reality is that you do have the energy and desire for something, now you just have to practice focusing on the who, what, where, when, and why of your passion and it will become another skill of happiness.

The short answer is; we're all happier when we're doing something we enjoy. The long answer is that we're enthusiastic, healthy, energetic, loving, focused, dynamic and vigorous when we're doing something we're passionate about. Modify your daily activities to include aspects of yourself that you're passionate about. Every day you get out of bed will be more successful! Consciously add more of what you love to your routine to become a happier you.

You have learned a new skill of happiness... start practicing today!