Create values and you create happiness!

January 9, 2019

This is obviously a credo of our western society. Creating values that make us happy. For happiness is the goal of the aspiration of all human beings, as everyone agrees, even though the forms and ways of being happy could not be more different. However, most of these values are materialistic and convey a sense of security. But if we look at it, something must have gone wrong. An error must have crept in. Why is it, that people are not happy despite all prosperity? With everything they do they pay a heavy price: stress, burn-out syndrome (exhaustion), job dissatisfaction and / or frustration in personal relationships.

Happiness is a decision and does not come like magic. Only when we have meaning and purpose in what we are doing day by day, we feel a sense of fulfillment, which in turn let us decide to be happy in a flicker of a moment.

The old misconception of many people, if they are successful then they are happy, is long outdated. But our educational system - from kindergarten to doctoral studies - is deeply rooted in this old paradigm that happiness is an effect whose cause is in success.

And yet it is exactly the opposite! First comes the happiness of which success is the result. That's because the positive feelings of being engaged, being rewarded and valued at work bring many benefits: our brain works better and produces a healthy chemical cocktail which is flowing through our entire body. We're more creative and adaptable, we have more energy, we make better decisions and get along better with complex contexts.

The decision to be happy is an inner game and ultimately has nothing to do with external circumstances. When we become aware of our deep inner values of love, joy, health, fulfillment, acceptance, and life itself, that decision-making occurs easily and fast.

We will only enjoy a fulfilled and happy life if we decide to do so. When we set new goals, see meaning and purpose in our work, create a personal, tangible level of values, reach for a convincing vision of our future and become real friends with fellow human beings.

Supreme Leaders have implemented these very aspects in their life. They are the role model for their fellow human beings. Supreme Leaders create an environment in which the people entrusted to them feel valued and accepted. An environment in which human decency is preserved and lived as a value. Where success is promoted, mistakes are regarded as growth and in which ideas, needs and desires do strongly count.