10 insights to to achieve lasting, permanent happiness | valerie alexander

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This presentation consists of 10 highlights from the interview with Moe Abdou,

founder & host of 33voices®.

Valerie AlexanderValerie started her career in the Silicon Valley in the late 1990s, where she worked on some of the most important transactions of the decade as a securi-ties lawyer, an investment banker and an Internet executive. From 2000 to 2001, she returned to Indiana to care for her mother, and in her absence the Internet bubble burst, leaving her no choice but to move to Los Angeles to write and direct movies.

As a screenwriter, Valerie has worked with Joel Schumacher, Catherine Zeta Jones, Ice Cube and others. Not satisfied writing scripts that never got made, she co-wrote, produced and directed the award-winning short film, Making the Cut, and is the creator, producer and director of “The Wedding Matters,” “Say I Do,” and “Life Support,” three suc-cessful commercial campaigns in support of mar-riage equality.

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Happiness isn’t based on your circumstances;

it’s a state of being that you control.

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The happiest people are able to show true graciousness.

They’re as genuinely happy for the wellbeing of others

as they are for themselves.

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Gratitude is the result of happiness.

Start with learning how to be happy, and you will naturally start to feel grateful.

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Gratitude is the result of happiness.

Start with learning how to be happy, and you will naturally start to feel grateful.

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Celebrate happiness with these four verbs:

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Celebrate happiness with these four verbs:

Respectfor yourself and others.

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Celebrate happiness with these four verbs:

Releaseany unwelcome mental thoughts.

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Celebrate happiness with these four verbs:

Rememberall the good things.

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Celebrate happiness with these four verbs:

Rewardyourself and others.

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Forgiveness is often hard.start by releasing your unwelcome mental chatter -Don’t give another person control of your mental state.

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If you’re striving to achieve happiness, recognize how hard you’re working and how far you’ve come.

Reward yourself. Give yourself satisfaction for all you’ve accomplished.

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Next time you’re having a miserable moment,

try pausing to acknowledge just 5 things that are making you happy at that very moment.

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Want to shift your mood?Think of a color that makes you happy. Now, spot that color everywhere you go for the rest of the day.

Let it remind you of your happiness.

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Uncertainty is crippling only if you’re focused on the negative.embrace the upside and act as if it’s going to be certain.

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Remember that everywhere you areis where you’re supposed to be at that very moment.

It doesn’t matter if Happiness is not your native language. You can learn it. You have

the power and the brain to do so.

Final Words from Valerie

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