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hey guys its practical psychology here
and i've teamed up with kind knowledge

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for this video being happy it's probably
the most important thing in life but

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still not everyone knows how to become
happy

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luckily for us positive psychology
scientists have discovered a few things

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about being happy in this video I'm
going to show you seven habits of happy

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people if you really want to experience
a happy life you can't wait for

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happiness to magically appear in your
life you have to get up and take action

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to make it happen

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being happy and staying happy is a
proactive decision all you were going to

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need is a journal a positive growth
mindset and a happy face habit numeral

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uno happy people practice acts of
kindness and your everyday life look for

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small ways where you can show kindness
to people you meet

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it's easy to do this to people you know
and that are in your social circle but

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try to reach out and extend your
kindness the people you don't know so

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the mailman the store clerk or just a
random bypasser i recommend paying for

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someone's food in the drive-thru window
behind you

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all you have to do is ask the cashier to
pay for the person's food behind you

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these acts can be really simple like a
friendly smile or you can leave someone

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a letter on a train or a bus and you can
be as creative with this as you want the

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more that you do it the more fulfilling
it will become so think about the ways

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you can be kind to others in your
day-to-day life

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write it down in your journal and start
acting on these ideas every day I charge

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you to leave a comment below of
something that you've done in the past

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week like this or someone who has done
it for you

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number two happy people nurture their
relationships there's a study done where

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researchers asked people on their death
bed with their regrets were the biggest

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regret for people with that they wish
they had spent more time with the people

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that they love relationships are so
important in our lives and are the

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foundation of how we think and act
relationships do require time and care

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they also require communicating and
resolving conflict and showing

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vulnerability to the people that we love
if you spend a lot of time with your

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loved ones you won't regret it and I
suggest reading Daniel Goldman's book

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emotional intelligence or watching my
video summary of it so make it a habit

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to contact your loved ones more
frequently if you would like to see

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someone more in your life make it a
priority to contact this person to talk

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to them and to visit them

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snapchat that old friend facebook that
lost uncle or Twitter your new nephew

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had three they are grateful there's so
much to be grateful for it

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still really easy to forget these things
when we're rushing through our daily

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lives

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if you make happiness a priority then
gratefulness will also become a priority

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luckily it is really easy to practice
thankfulness look at the circumstances

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that you enjoy in life keep a gratitude
journal where you can write down the

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things that you're thankful for every
day try to come up with new stuff each

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day having a warm bed someone telling
you an awesome story

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the sun is shining and your ability to
see check out my video why i never get

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angry for a pretty cool list and read
the comments for even more things to be

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grateful for number four they are
optimistic you see the glass half empty

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or half full or even better do you
notice that there's a glass at all

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some people don't even notice this class
it's a tough life when you're always

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negative and it's tough to be friends
with someone who is always negative

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if you want to cultivate optimism begin
by becoming aware of how many negative

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thoughts and words you have and share
every day start replacing these thoughts

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and words by positive and uplifting
words might feel a bit for step first

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but the more you do it the easier it
will become affirmations are immensely

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helpful in developing a happy mindset
remember that there's a silver lining in

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every situation have a5 they practice
forgiveness happy people know how to

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forgive others and themselves be the
bigger person

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make up your mind to forgive the other
person realize that what they did was

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right in their mind otherwise they would
have done it differently forgiving

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others will give you much more ease and
pleasure in life and you don't even have

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to forgive them for their own sake do it
for your own so that your heart and mind

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won't be filled with bitterness and
content you cannot grow if you're

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holding onto a grudge forgiving yourself
is probably even more critical than for

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giving other people acknowledge that the
things you did with the things that you

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thought at the time were best for you
and understand that when you make a

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mistake it's not something that you did
on purpose something that becomes who

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you are it's something that you can grow
and learn from you can even write a

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letter of forgiveness to yourself it
helps another good way to practice

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forgiveness is a close your eyes and
wish the best for the person that you

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want to forgive and of course wish the
best for yourself

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this will put your mind in the face of
goodwill for the other person and

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yourself now personally I struggled with
not forgiving a high school friend until

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a couple months ago I forgave him and
the next time I saw him he was a

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completely different person but the
thing was he didn't change at all it was

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my perspective that changed have a
number six

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happy people take care of their body and
your health has a great impact on your

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happiness

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when you were out of shape it's harder
to live life to the fullest

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there are many studies that show us that
people who exercise feel better mentally

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and physically and if you're not already
exercising you can start small make a

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morning walk for 10 minutes to the part
or around the block 31 more vegetable in

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your daily dish when you start to do
this you will eventually feel what this

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does for you and you will probably want
to do it even more exercising will help

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you sleep better which can also lead to
happiness

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tip number 7 avoid comparisons and
overthinking you sometimes look at

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someone and feel jealous i've done this
before that person is something that you

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would like to have well comparing
yourself to something is a really toxic

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thing to do and it's not going to help
you on your way to happiness when you

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are comparing yourself with others were
measuring yourself worth to the

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standards of someone else instead of
measuring them by your own personal

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standards

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remind yourself of these habits and
start practicing them you won't find

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much happiness comparing yourself to
other people

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remind yourself of these habits and
start practicing them your happiness has

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nothing to do with how good-looking your
neighbor is or how much money your

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friends are making when you feel
yourself having thoughts like this go do

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something uplifting like exercise or
working on your dreams distract yourself

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i hope these seven habits and methods
will help you achieve a happy state of

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mind much faster

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