How to be less miserable.

Here’s a simple that idea that addresses a problem 99% of us face.

It comes from a book I read over a year ago. Most books I read are easily forgotten, but this book’s main idea is so powerful and helpful that it has affected what I do every night before I go to bed. And is having a huge impact on the joy and confidence I feel.

The book is The Gap & the Gain by Benjamin Hardy & Dan Sullivan.

And their brilliant insight is this…

We have a strong tendency to constantly focus on the GAP between where we are and where we want to be. And this makes us miserable (or at least less than happy).

Look in a mirror and without any effort you’ll start to think about how you want your body to be different.

Look at your bank balance and you’ll wish you spent less/had more money/had less debt.

Look at your kids and you’ll think if only they ate better, slept more, sulked less, worked harder at school.

Look at your career and you’ll soon be yearning for less hours/more interesting work/different boss.

Without any effort we instinctively focus on the GAP between our current life and our reality.

And this makes us miserable.