So did you write the list of 10 things you want for Christmas?

Did you think BIG? So what do you want?

And by that, I mean what do you really want?

What do you think your list of 10 things will give you?

Will a Mp3 player give you more fun on the way to work? Will a week at the spa give you much needed r and r? How will winning the lottery or that yacht make you feel? Free? Loved? Secure? Respect?

The Big Leap in thinking is realising that the yacht won’t make you feel free, it will just take you from A to B. However, you can have freedom in your life right now by changing the way you think.

Freedom, peace, love – they are internal states.

Many of us thinking winning prizes or earning money will make us happy. But no, this is simply not true. Nobel prize winning researcher Dr Daniel Kahneman found that it’s a complete myth that wealth brings happiness.

Life satisfaction  does increase as a nation’s per-capita income rei ses but there is little increase in life satisfaction once per capita income goes above £10,000 a year.

Things, money, a fancy lifestyle will not make us happy or peaceful in the long run. But we long for them because we think they will make us FEEL differently.

Look at your list again – what are you really longing for? Freedom? Adventure? Love? Security?

We’re going to talk about these more tomorrow.

Suzy x