Take a guess. I'll give you a second

It's Monday care to guess what time it is between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m

Do you know what else happens Monday at 8:00? That is the same day and time people get ready to go into jobs

They hate

Coincidence ?

Don't think so

Take a look at this chart

This is the lifespan of the average person

On average we live about 80 years if we're lucky

We start working at about 18 and we work work work and retire at about 67

Now, what does this tell you?

That for better or for worse the majority of your life

Will be spent on Work!

Do not spend that time unhappy

Like my friend J

CJ would always say when I finished school

Then I'll be happy

Well J finished school, but he wasn't happy

So then J said when I get a job then I'll be happy

J got a job, but he still wasn't happy so

J said when I get married settle down and have kids then I'll be happy

Well, he got married settled down had two kids but still

Wasn't happy so then J said okay when the kids leave home and I'll retire then

I'll be happy

Well, the kids left home and he retired, but he still wasn't happy

So Jay started going to church and I XJ

why he was going to church so much and he said

Because when I die, then I'll be happy

Jay's story, however, sad is not unique

I could have replaced Jay with Johnny or Bonnie. In fact, Jay's initials stand for

just about

everybody

Many of us are like Jay

But it is not our fault

We have been tricked to stay stuck in jobs that are literally making us sick and to be and then

people

You know about the and then people right it is people who constantly say and then I'll be happy

Ladies and gentlemen, we must go from living as and Vince

To becoming right now. We have to be happy right now

How we must either find a job we love

Or bring more love into our jobs. It is time to step out of the rat race

Because the funny thing is even if you win make a lot of money hold up the trophy that everybody helps

You're still a furrier oaky with a pointy nose and long tail?

Wake up, stop playing with your life. This ain't a video game. This ain't mario kart

This ain't fortnight. There is no try again. But no option to redo this level when the game's over game's over

But there is one cheat code to the human console and that is to take control and to stop buying into the lie

Society is told like how overworking is cool and being stressed out as a status symbol

Oh and hey almost forgotten the biggest lie

people work-life balance

Now on the surface you may not see how crazy that sounds but think about it work-life balance

Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Shouldn't life come before work because when your life is better your work is better

But don't take my opinion Harvard professor shawn Achor recently discovered something fantastic

Which he calls the happiness advantage?

His studies prove that 75% of job success can be predicted by not. How smart you are

Not how talented you are

But how happy you are?

His research is decisive

He says when you're happy your intelligence Rises creativity Rises your productivity Rises and you know, what else is funny

You also make more money

But here's the real kicker. You live longer - I

Know it sounds too. Good to be true

But yes

optimists actually live longer than pessimists so you could stretch this graph a few extra years if this time here is

Filled with more joy and Cheer. Let me be clear do not take this message lightly

It is your duty to be happy for your own sake and I don't care if you're here at the end

It is never too late to trade in your deadly hood for a livelihood and refuse to suffer during the weekdays

ironic they call it that cuz you're literally in a week days where you're constantly waiting for the week and

see

I believe so many people die of heart attacks because they are involved in work that their hearts are just not

in I

Believe people have low vital signs because they are involved in work that is not vital to them

My friends happiness is a choice

But anyone who says it's easy his line, it ain't easy

But you have to try the first step is to look inside and remember the quote that the Buddha wrote

2,000 years ago, which I believe today for most people

still applies

The problem is you think

You have time

Stop wasting your life

You