Principles For a Better Life
I am about to reveal the cheat codes to a better way of living. A formula, if followed even imperfectly — leads to happiness and peace of mind. All of this coming with a money back guarantee, as long as you’re reading this for free. Though the principles themselves are based in simplicity, it won’t always be easy. As it was taught to me, it is us who complicate them.
Honesty (with yourself and others)
We’re all taught lying is wrong as children. Right before we disregarded such the first time telling the truth was seemingly going to get us into more trouble than we were willing to tussle with. As we got bigger and older, for some of us — a lot of us — so did the lies we told. Or the amount of lies we told. To ourselves and others. About ourselves and others. Some of us may even never lie to others, yet they still lie to themselves everyday.
About who they are and what they want from life. About their dreams and what they’re truly capable of if they would just believe in themselves and stop letting their beliefs limit them. Many of our beliefs are lies, or once truths.
Perhaps the biggest lies we tell are when others ask how we are doing. We respond with things like “Good, I’m great” when the reality is many of us don’t feel that way. It’s just a considerate lie we tell others to spare them the…
