Moment 146: 3 Simple Steps That Guarantees Ultimate Happiness (Jay Shetty's Happiness Model)

Jan 26, 2024 7m 41s 6 insights
This episode explores happiness as a combination of daily habits and deeper purpose. It delves into finding fulfillment by aligning passion with service and introduces a "3 L's" annual framework for consistent joy.
Actionable Insights

1. Align Passion with Service

Discover what you love and excel at, then use that skill to improve others’ lives, as this combination creates the deepest and most fulfilling happiness. Many master their passion for personal gain but miss the service element.

2. Implement Annual “3 L’s” Framework

Structure your year around learning something new, launching a new project or idea, and loving something, as this framework consistently generates daily, weekly, and monthly happiness.

3. Balance Skills and Challenges

Regularly assess if your skills match your challenges; if skills exceed challenges, broaden your challenges, and if challenges exceed skills, improve your skills to achieve a fulfilling flow state and avoid boredom or overwhelm.

4. Regularly Launch New Endeavors

Actively launch new projects or ideas each year, as the feeling of nervousness, excitement, and the unknown associated with launching creates a powerful sense of surprise and joy.

5. Commit to Annual Skill Learning

Dedicate each year to learning a new skill, often one that supports a future launch, as this helps create a flow state and provides the foundation for new experiences and passions.

6. Sequence Learning, Launching, Loving

Follow a specific order: first learn about something, then launch it, and only then will you truly fall in love with it, rather than trying to love something before understanding or creating it.