Out of every 20 experiences in our life, it is likely that there are 19 process experiences and 1 result experience.
Remember that year you spent trying to get into that university or to make that big project work? I’m sure you remember that moment of glory. But the amount of time you spent savouring the win barely compares the amount of time you spent to make it happen. Besides, if you tasted that one win, your mind probably began thinking about the next.
Results – big and small – matter. They give us confidence if we win, encourage us to reflect if we lose, and keep us focused either way. They’re only a miniscule part of the life experience though. If it weren’t for the fact that result experiences leave strong memories, they’d not even be in consideration. We might look back at our lives and tend to only see the highs and lows that these results have brought us… but our life experience is a different matter.
How we live our life every day, whether we wait for happiness to come to us or whether we hone our happiness skill, how we react to life’s small frustrations and annoyances, how do we treat people, and if we express our love, care, and gratitude, i.e., the small stuff. It’s the small stuff that moves the happiness needle. Sweat the small stuff.
It’s the journey that makes the destination worthwhile.
PS: The best results rarely follow a bad process anyway.
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