Things I’ve Learned About Happiness From Men

Guy lesson – Don’t let your heart rule your head

Weddings, romantic movies and a sweet gesture from a significant other – they all serve to turn us girls to mush. Likewise, after an argument with a loved one or when the boss reprimands us for a mistake, our stress levels go sky high and our emotions are deeply affected.

Though we accuse the men in our lives of being insensitive, their resilience to upsetting and emotional events is something we could learn a thing or two about. Having a thicker skin helps you, for instance, to keep a stiff upper lip when people spread rumors about you, or to stay calm and confident when a road bully threatens you. Think things through with a clear head before you let your emotions rule your actions when unexpected situations arise.

Though men don’t have all the answers, we can borrow from the masculine repertoire to observe secrets of fulfillment that women don’t always get. However, being happy is a state of mind that only you can define. If we can learn that happiness is in our own hands, not dictated by others, that is a big step in the direction of true inner happiness.

Famous Quotes about Happiness:

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

–Jim Rohn.

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.

–James Oppenheim.

Happiness is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it but only YOU can feel the warmth…

–Ashton Kutcher.

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. –Abraham Lincoln.

Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.

– Mildred Barthel.

“We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be.”

– La Rochefoucauld.

Read all about it – Books about happiness:

• The Geography of Bliss (Readers Circle Series), by Eric Weiner, Twelve, 2008
• Weiner, a self-proclaimed grump travels the world to understand what makes people in one country think they are happier than others. Along the way he learns valuable lessons about the meaning of true happiness and contentment.
• Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert, Vintage, 2007
• A funny, introspective, scientifically-based approach to the pursuit of happiness from a professor of psychology at Harvard.
• Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile, Daniel Nettle, Oxford University Press, 2006
• Americans are richer, live longer and better educated than ever before yet they are no happier than their forebears. A British psychologist, Nettle examines how people define happiness, the methods they use to achieve it, and how true contentment can be attained.