Let's Think About It Podcast

Episode 57: Happiness Isn’t a Reward—It’s a Skill

• Morice Mabry • Season 2 • Episode 57

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🎙️ Episode Summary

What if happiness wasn’t a byproduct of success—but the foundation for it? In this episode, Coach Mo sits down with Edwin Edebiri, Global Chief Happiness Officer and founder of the I Am Happy Project, to explore why energy protection starts with mastering your inner joy. Edwin breaks down the science and soul of happiness as a learnable skill, not a fleeting emotion. From preventing burnout to building purpose-aligned businesses, this conversation unpacks how to train your mind to be happy—even when life gets heavy. If you’ve ever said, “I’ll be happy when...”, this episode flips the script. Success without joy isn’t success. It’s burnout in disguise.

💡 Key Takeaways

  • Flip the Formula: Happiness Fuels Success
    Most people chase success to become happy—but Edwin explains why happiness is the starting line, not the reward.
  • Happiness is a Skill, Not a Mood
    Emotional energy can be trained. Through small practices like the 24-Hour Happiness Promise and gratitude, happiness becomes a muscle.
  • The Cost of Ignoring Joy
    High achievers often delay happiness in pursuit of more—but burnout, emptiness, and mistrust await if joy is left behind.
  • Business Can Be Built on Happiness
    The Happpreneur movement shows how integrating wellbeing into professional life boosts performance, resilience, and relationships.
  • Energy Protection Starts with Alignment
    When your actions align with your core values, happiness becomes natural. Scarcity, competition, and stress lose their grip.
Speaker 1:

Welcome to the let's Think About it podcast, where we embark on a journey of thoughtfulness and personal growth. I'm your host, coach Mo, and I'm here to guide you through thought-promoting discussions that will inspire you to unlock your full potential. In each episode, we'll explore a wide range of topics, from self-discovery and mindfulness to goal-setting and achieving success. Together, we'll challenge conventional thinking and dive deep into the realms of possibility. Whether you're looking to find clarity in your personal or professional life, or seeking strategies to overcome obstacles, this podcast is your go-to source for insightful conversations and practical advice. So find a comfortable spot, chill and let's embark on this journey of self-improvement together. Remember, the power of transformation lies within you, and together we'll uncover the tools and insights you need to make it happen. So let's dive in. Welcome to another episode of the let's Think About it podcast. I'm your host, coach Mo, and I'm here with another amazing guest, my dear friend edwin ed debris. What's up, brother?

Speaker 2:

hey, I am happy and I'm excited to be here I'm happy that you're here I even wore this shirt because I'm happy. I see, love this, you know so where are you checking in from? Right now I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically Oakland, california.

Speaker 1:

That's what I'm talking about. That's my home turf. That's where I'm from San Francisco, oakland. Born and raised in San Francisco, raised in Oakland. Here I am residing in Sacramento. Let's go Raised in Oakland. Here I am residing in Sacramento.

Speaker 2:

So tell my audience who you are, what you do and the type of value you bring. Well, first of all, I'm just grateful to be here and I'm excited about what you're doing. My name is Edwin Edebri and I'm the Global Chief Happiness Officer. Anything happiness I am in it. I started into this 2008, 2009 and just going out during the Great Recession and talking to people about happiness. I started to interview people. I want to know why some people are happy, why others are not happy and, especially, what can be done to move you from unhappiness to happiness. So one person became two, two became three. I ended up interviewing about 1,000 people. That's great.

Speaker 1:

And take my audience through. How did you get to this point of marketing happiness? What was your journey to get to this point of launching?

Speaker 2:

And one day after meditation I was feeling really, really good and just went out to my favorite place, which was the Best and Noble Bookstore, because I love reading them and I encountered a couple in the Starbucks inside Burns and Nobles and this couple was having a very intense altercation and I was like man and I watched very quickly. Everyone in Starbucks were trying very hard to mind their business and so I got the memo. So I told myself I'm going to mind my business too. But the moment I uttered that thought I went into a trance and I went straight to the couple and I say excuse me, can I ask you a question? And they were kind of surprised, like don't you know what's going on here. But they called me to go ahead and then I said, on a scale of one to 10, how happy are you right now? And you could have had a pin drop in Starbucks. And then they gave me a number. So I said, hey, this is not a bad number, this is great. With a number like this, there must be something you are thankful for or happy about. So I went back to my table, grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and I gave it to them. Maybe just give me one, two, maybe three. And they each wrote down three items, but they wrote it the same item in the same order. And my mind was blown away and I told them, you know, at that time I think I've been married like 21 years or 22. And I said, if my life depended on it, there's no way my wife and I can write down the same three things and not to talk of in the same order. And then they laugh and then I said, hey, I don't know what's going on. Why don't you guys focus on these three things that you have in common and just kind of work on it? And they thanked me, you know, I gave them a hug, you know, and they laughed and I left, and that day changed everything for me, and that was when I've never used the phrase on a scale of one to 10 before then. But it came out of nowhere and it became something that I started using everywhere I go, and it became something that I started using everywhere I go. And so I started the I Am Happy Project for the whole purpose of just encouraging people to be of service to somebody else.

Speaker 2:

But one of the biggest thing, though, that happened, that really was a catalyst to starting the I Am Happy Project was a young man that I met in Jack London Square and it was one of those interview process. And when I saw this man I asked him hey, can I ask you a quick question? And he said no. I was like come on, what is going on? It's a beautiful Sunday and we're in Jack London Square, it's a beautiful place, you know what can be going on. And I say just a very quick question. And he said not really. I say yeah, we go again. So, long story short, he said okay, ask your question.

Speaker 2:

I asked on a scale of one to 10, it's called by far the lowest. And in my mind I'm like why would anybody rate themselves this low? Something must be going on. I didn't know what exactly. So I said hey, can I share a quick story with you? I've been doing this for some time now. You know I've met so many different people. And then he said no. So I said yeah, we're going again. So I was like come on, this is too hard, you know, but anyway. So he said go ahead.

Speaker 2:

So I shared the first story that came to my mind and then, towards the end of that first story, I realized he slowed down a little bit. So then I said, hey, can I share one more story? He didn't say yes or no, so I assume it for a yes. So I share one more story. Then two more stories, then three more stories, I think about a nice story or so. Later, a little voice in my head he said okay, I think you need to chill now.

Speaker 2:

So I reached out to shake his hand and this guy grabbed my hand. He shield now. So I reached out to shake his hand and this guy grabbed my hand. He will not let go. So I'm thinking okay, what have I got myself into now? So he said what is your name? I said as a general rule, I don't give my name and because at that time I've made a decision that I don't want people to attach it to me, I just want us to talk freely and so if we're meant to meet, we'll meet again.

Speaker 2:

And he looked at me straight in the eye. He said no this time. He said I didn't want to talk to you at first. You make me stay here for almost 30 minutes. The least you can do is give me your name. So I thought that was fair and, plus, I wanted him to release my hand too, you know, because he's holding my hand. So, anyway, he released my hand, I went my way, except that the next day I got a call from this guy and he said do you remember me? I said, of course, in Jack London Square. And he said he's calling to thank me. I said why? And that's when they break the news that when I stopped him, he was on his way to commit suicide. And that changed everything for me, just changed everything. It was just fun. I was just happy to talk to people about happiness. And that's when I started taking it seriously that one person can change somebody's life just like that. So I am happy.

Speaker 2:

Project grew very fast to 70 000 people in 64 cities, 19 countries in two years, and then forward, you know. Then we got to the pandemic and I figure, hey, I've done this before for individual, maybe we can do this for business. So we brought people to network on that faithful day. It was March 20th 2020. It was International Day of Happiness. We have 65 people and it was like what are we going to really talk about? Pandemic is going on, but anyway, people love it, they. It was like what are we going to really talk about. Pandemic is going on, but anyway, people love it. They say, hey, can we do this next week? And I say, sure, why not? So 65 became 120 people, then 120 became 200. At the height of the pandemic we were getting close to 20,000 people every month in our event. So it was was really fun time. So that's how we've kind of come here.

Speaker 1:

First I want to ask can you clone yourself? Because there's a lot of stress and a lot of people that's angry, mad, carrying a lot of this weight of feeling over. They need you out here, they need your happiness.

Speaker 2:

Well, you are definitely part of it right now. You're part of the movement man. You know your work is helping to get this message out there and you do your thing, helping people, supporting people, and we all just need to do a little bit, because one person cannot do everything, cannot do everything. The main reason people feeling so stressed and feeling like they're in a race or feeling they're ready to burn out is because the society have kind of programmed us. You know, we've been told to go out and work really hard, get good grades and they get good job, and bust your behind and maybe work 16 hour a day and you become successful and then you'll be happy.

Speaker 1:

Right.

Speaker 2:

And then we find out that's not quite happiness. It's a consequence of success, instead of happiness being a precursor to success. Exactly, that's Buzz Crudup. Well.

Speaker 1:

I can be happy after I'll be successful. That's the mindset I need to grind right now, and then I'll worry about being happy later. They become successful, but then they're not happy. They're still feeling I'm missing something. Here's the question for you, edwin. What is it that the happy Project do for people though? Someone's stuck, someone's feeling frustrated, they're stressed, they're carrying all of this dark cloud over their head. What does the Happy Project do to support them?

Speaker 2:

So the first thing and I'll kind of go into the apppreneur a little bit, you know, is a word that I just coined. It's happiness and entrepreneur put together. So that's apppreneurs. Now, for some people, this first time they are hearing it, but I feel like it's going to be a household name. You're going to see people walking around and introducing themselves and say, hey, I'm an appreneur, you know, and people will already know what that means. Okay. So the question is, what is that? Well, appreneur business community is a group of business people that have come together. A group come together with a commitment that they're going to support each other. Now you might say, well, there are other organizations like that out there. So how is Appreneur different? Appreneur is different because of the core, the focus. The focus is happiness. You see, appreneur is where happiness meets business. Okay, so how do we differentiate ourselves?

Speaker 2:

The players will get together on a weekly basis. So we meet, you know, four times a month on a weekly. The first and the third week is in-person. So let's say it's a Tuesday meeting. The first Tuesday and the third Tuesday will be in-person. The second Tuesday and the fourth Tuesday will be online, and then, any month that have five Tuesday. The fifth Tuesday is off, just to reset Again. That's keeping into wellbeing. Okay, you know, keeping wellbeing into consideration, and we meet for just 55 minutes. Okay, that's it, 55 minutes, all right. Now, what really separate us, though, you know, in addition to our premier being a walking meeting, you meeting, there are a lot of organizations out there. They're kind of like announcement meeting, this person referred this person, this person invited this person and this person this and this. So it's all announcement. Our premier is work. You come to work on your business for that 55 minutes, and then the core of it is we spend five minutes every week teaching happiness. Okay, coach Bo, this is one of the reasons I'm excited about this community I mentioned earlier on.

Speaker 2:

I interviewed over a thousand people on the subject of happiness. When you interview that many people, you know a thing or two about the subject. Interview that many people you know a thing or two about the subject. 82% of the folks I interview take happiness for granted. Even people who are happy don't even have a clue why they are happy, okay, and so when life throws them a curveball, they don't know how to get back to happy, they're depressed and stuff like that. So when we teach happiness every week and we are the only organization doing that right now you cannot take happiness for granted anymore. You will walk out of every meeting having a better understanding of happiness. Now let me be the first to say I'm not saying that all our premier are going to be happy people all the time, but the truth about it is they're going to be happier than most people and when they are not happy, they're going to have an idea why they are not happy. They know what to do to get back to happiness.

Speaker 2:

That's why we are going to be different.

Speaker 1:

But what do you say to people that have the mindset I don't have time to be happy right now. I need to bring in bread, I need to make money and that happiness stuff that you're talking, I feel you, but happiness isn't paying the bills for me right now. What do you say to people with that mindset?

Speaker 2:

Oh man, that's my biggest challenge, right, that's the biggest challenge. As a matter of fact, to kind of put what you just said in proper perspective, I met a lady and she was like, yeah, you know this happiness stuff, man, it's like I'd rather be crying in a Lamborghini than to be happy in some other car. And that person doesn't have a clue about what happiness is, because they think about happiness as this fluffy stuff, this nebulous stuff, things that you just can't hold and just go by. So that's the way they look at happiness. So they figure, I don't want to be bothered by that right now.

Speaker 2:

But the truth about the matter is they have no clue what happiness is and they are usually some of those people that don't even know why they are happy, when they are happy, when people truly understand the power of happiness, the energy that happiness brings, the attraction that is consistent in happiness, and the fact that there's a body of studies that already concluded that a happy person is more creative, is more resilient, is more productive and, overall, is more successful.

Speaker 2:

If they get that, then why would you want to put happiness on the side so you can pursue success, when happiness can help you accomplish that success and if you're happy now and you become successful, that success is out of the cake because you bring happiness along. You cannot second guess whether you're going to be happy or not. You're already happy. Now let's say you're not successful, guess what? You're already happy, so let happiness do the heavy lifting. And that's what most people are not doing when you pursue success and you leave happiness behind. I can tell you right now life is not a dress rehearsal. Bring happiness along. It makes your work a little bit easier.

Speaker 1:

Well, there's alignment right with happiness and I'm going to go a layer deeper on everything you just said because I'm happy, I'm truly, authentically happy, to the core. You know why? Because I'm in alignment with my core values. I know my purpose and I apply my purpose in all that I do. So I'm naturally happy. I naturally wake up with this.

Speaker 1:

And people, most people, who have a scarcity mindset, they're in competition mode. It's hard to be happy when you're in, really thriving, when you truly understand your true worth in this world and your purpose and your why, and people. That shows up with that mindset, as I described, I don't got time for happiness, I need to grind. That's a scarcity mindset, right, because, yes, you're going to make it, you're going to grind, but when you reach that mountaintop, there's going to be a level of emptiness that you can potentially carry and you're back where you started. Yeah, I got more money, but I'm not really happy. There's an emptiness that I carry. And so what I hear you're saying is man, let's define what that is, define what makes you happy internally, what lights the lamp for you, what ignites you and how does it tie to your values. And then how do you carry those values forward. When you can identify that and navigate from that, lens happiness, happiness. How true is that?

Speaker 2:

It's so true because, first of all, a happy mind comes from a position of abundance. Because when you look everywhere, look around us, you know it's just. When you look at money and you say, oh, somebody is really rich, you can add a few more zeros. The next person will be richer than that. And then, add a few more zeros, next person will be richer than that. And the same thing with country. You'll say, oh, this country is very rich. Add a few more zeros to their GDP, the country will have more money. There is no. Money, to a large extent, is unlimited. However, when you are playing to your core value, you are even more unlimited. When they say this guy is the limit, no, this guy can be the beginning, when you are playing to your core.

Speaker 2:

I talk about this four quadrants. So in my research, I look at poor folks okay, that are happy, and poor folks that are unhappy. So that's one category. Then you have rich folks or wealthy folks that are happy and wealthy folks that are unhappy. That's two happy and wealthy for that are unhappy. That's when you look at those quadrants. Now, when you ask most people which is the worst category to be, Actually, let me just throw it to you. Let me see where you go with that. You know. You know what is the which is the worst category to be. You have poor person that's unhappy, and you have poor person that's happy, and then you have a rich person that's that is happy, and then rich person that's unhappy, and you have poor person that's happy, and then you have a rich person that's that is happy and a rich person that's unhappy. What do you think, just off the gut, what do you think would be the worst category?

Speaker 2:

I would say the person that's poor but happy that would be the worst category or the best category.

Speaker 1:

Oh, you're asking me which category.

Speaker 2:

It's the worst, yes, by far the worst category.

Speaker 1:

Oh, the worst category.

Speaker 2:

I don't want to ever belong to this category. You know, if you have those four categories, I want your audience to kind of come along with us on this one A rich person that is happy, a rich person that's unhappy, poor person that's happy and a poor person that's unhappy what would be the worst category that anybody can ever be?

Speaker 1:

Poor person that's unhappy would be the worst category.

Speaker 2:

And that's what most people will say, but my research doesn't support that.

Speaker 2:

My research supports that a rich person that is unhappy is the worst category, and we have to dive into this a little bit. Just from the surface, if you look at a poor person that's unhappy, they can blame some of their unhappiness to the fact that they are poor and so the fact that they are poor, they can do something about it. They can go play lottery. If they just win lottery, they will become happy because in their mind, if they just become rich, they will be happy. They go work two jobs, three jobs, five jobs even though we know that's not the case, even though if they have more money, that's not going to change because they are still the person that's unhappy. Okay, the money is not going to change it automatically.

Speaker 2:

Now, when you come to a rich person that is unhappy, that's a whole different ballgame. You see, if you go to my LinkedIn page, you know I think it's a background they call it. You know I say that. You know, when you are wealthy and happy, it is seriously fulfilling, it's very fulfilling, all right, but when you are wealthy and unhappy, it's deeply distressing, deeply distressing. See, when you have all the money in the world and you are not happy, you cannot say, man, if I just become rich, I will be happy. Or you cannot say, man, if I just become broke, I will be happy. You just don't have that leverage anymore.

Speaker 2:

And then the worst part of it everybody around you that could make you happy, they are suspicious of them. Everybody around you that could make you happy, you're suspicious of them, you know, because they might be coming to get your money. You know the world might be trying to make you poor. This means, you know, because you are internally unhappy. It's very distressing and that's really the worst, you know. And so when we see some people who become successful and they bring happiness along, that's a degree of misery that comes with it. When you touch on, you become emptiness. That emptiness can eat you from the inside.

Speaker 1:

Okay.

Speaker 2:

So sometimes people have to slow down in this rat race and I want the audience to be clear about this. Folks, I am in no way telling anybody not to go out, and make money, that's not what I'm saying.

Speaker 2:

By all means, if you're a happy person, I want you to make a bungle of money, because when a happy person makes a ton of money, that makes them a better place, because it's about the impact they can have, and happy people understand that to truly spread happiness, you have to be of service to other people, and so when you have a ton of money and you are happy, the world is a much better place. But the reverse is the case. If you have a ton of money and you are not happy, that's tough.

Speaker 1:

Right, so help me understand this. A person who is feeling like rock bottom yes, how do one shift to becoming happy if they're in that state of being rock bottom?

Speaker 2:

Right. So first of all, I hope that people don't get to rock bottom before they understand the value of happiness. Part of what I gather from my study is that we have to change the narrative. Everybody, whether it's your sociology, your psychologist, your psychiatrist, everybody say happiness is an emotion. Okay, and that's true. I'm not going to argue that. But if we leave it as emotion, then we are totally powerless. You know, we go to this emotional roller coaster, so we are happy when things are great and we're in the toilet when it's done. So we have to first of all change the narrative. We have to move from happiness as an emotion to happiness as a skill, and that's what my book talks about. It's not just only happiness as a skill, but happiness as a learnable skill. So now, if you are in that realm of okay, I'm going to learn certain skills, that's going to help me be happy then when you are in the wrong bottom because life throws all the force at curveball from time to time you know what to do to bring yourself back up.

Speaker 2:

So if you don't have that foundation right now and you are wrong bottom, then here's what I want to suggest. Number one seek help. Okay, seek help. There's a lot of help that's available, a lot of help, both non-profit and for-profit. There are a lot of people that want to help, okay, Because there are some times you hit rock bottom so hard and you're so overwhelmed you can't even think clearly anymore. Okay, so seek help and let somebody help you get out of it a little bit. And now, once you've done that, the first thing I want you to do is one of my most popular skills that I train on.

Speaker 2:

Okay, I call it the 24-hour promise. The 24-hour promise is you go to the front of the mirror, okay, and you look yourself straight in the mirror and just say you know what I'm going to promise myself that I'm going to be happy for 24 hours. Now, I know 24 hours sound like very short period, but if you really hit rock bottom, 24 hours might be a really long time. So you might not start with 24 hours. You may start with six hours, okay, and you may even just start with one hour. It depends on where you are, but start somewhere. So here is the way it works when you promise yourself you're going to be happy now it's also helpful to know what makes you happy, Remember, I talked about earlier on how people take happiness for granted. So if you don't know what makes you happy, then that's where you got to start from, Okay, but I'll give you two things that really help with happiness.

Speaker 2:

Number one is gratitude. Okay, Express gratitude no matter what. Even if you are rock bottom, find something to be grateful for. So that's number one. Number two be of service to other people. Forget about yourself for a second. Okay. Move on to other people and guess what you can. So 24-hour promise.

Speaker 2:

Now, if you go through 24-hour and you're feeling happy, things are going well, then at the end of 24 hours, you renew the contract for another 24 hours, and so that's why you hear that you know, one day at a time is not too difficult, but if you struggle through the first 24 hours, don't sweat it. Now, Coach Mo, here is something that comes very close to that 24 hours and, in short, in my book, these two chapters come very close together. The 24 hours is when you start to really challenge yourself and you start to promise yourself that you're going to be happy. That's when it gets really tough. Being happy is not easy, okay.

Speaker 2:

So what happens is, let's say, for six hours into it, somebody comes along and just puts a damp towel on you, you know, and you're like damn, I can't even believe this man. You know, everybody is happy. I'm the only one that can't even be happy for six hours. Don't beat on yourself. This is where you have self-compassion, okay, Self-compassion doesn't mean you be selfish. It just simply means treat yourself exactly the same way you would treat your best friend If your best friend was to set a goal. They want to be happy for 24 hours and they miss it. You know, and they'll be happy for six hours. You're not going to go there and beat on them. You and they'll be happy for six hours. You're not going to go there and beat on them. You're going to encourage them. So you have to learn to encourage yourself until you get a full 24 hours and once your brain starts to reprogram itself, that can take you to a level that you can start to be consistent in staying happy.

Speaker 1:

Okay, so share with us a success story of someone that you mentored to go through that challenge that you just described.

Speaker 2:

So a very good one was a young kid, you know, I think it probably be like a middle school, okay, and I went in and do like a normal talk I do. I get invited to different school to come and talk. I got to this school, the first thing the teacher told me he said hey, you know what, if you're going to make any progress in this class today, just forget about that kid. You know, and I'm like, so naturally I zoom on that kid. I'm not going to go through all the details, but I zoom on that kid. I zoom on that kid. I'm not going to go through all the details, but I zoom on that kid. And I think the kid was probably doing like a D minus, got suspended a few times.

Speaker 2:

I started to tell the kids you know, hey, you know what, I get it. If you are not happy, who cares about school? If you are not happy, who cares about grades? If you are not happy, who cares about punishment suspension? But he didn't care about any of those. And he cares about punishment suspension, but he don't care about any of those. And then the kid was not happy and I just said, hey, you know what? Can we work on you being happy for like a few hours a day. Just a few hours a day I don't want to put my hope too high Just a few hours a day. And he's like, oh, I can do that, all right. And of course he struggled, you know, in that few hours, but eventually we got it to where this kid was able to call me the next day and say, hey, I made 24 hours. It wasn't the first day, it wasn't the second day, it wasn't the third day.

Speaker 2:

I think it took like a week or a week and a half to be able to do 24 hours in just completely. Then, when this kid called me, we celebrated. Now the long story about that is the kid went from a D to a B at the end of that semester, by the second semester, the kid was getting A's and all of a sudden, no more irritating other students, no more disturbing teachers, no more suspect. I mean, it was a transformation. That's when I realized that happiness truly, truly, truly, is a learnable skill and anybody can learn.

Speaker 1:

Man so powerful, so powerful. Thank you, brother. As we get ready to sign off, I want you to share again. I know you brought this up earlier in the episode when we first signed on, but share what you're doing to help business owners be more happy.

Speaker 2:

Awesome. Thank you very much. So AppPreneur folks, if you have not heard of it, you're going to hear of it. You know it's AppPreneur. I'm sure Coach Moore will probably make information about it available, but I just took happiness and entrepreneur and I put it together to come with premiums and you're going to hear about that. So what we are doing, folks and we are doing this like just chapter by chapter we're moving from city to city. You know, right now we have about 13 chapters in the work. We just officially launched it March 28th, which is International Day of Happiness this year. So we're making progress.

Speaker 2:

We meet weekly okay, four times a week, and the whole idea is to really support each other. When people come together. You teach people how to refer business to you okay, and they teach you the same thing. You decide how can you support each other this week or this month, not next week or next year, but this week or this month. You show somebody how they can support you this week, how they can support you this month, so that by the end of the week or the end of the month, you already got support. Okay, why would they want to do that? Because that's what happy people do, you know. Because that's what happy people do.

Speaker 1:

That's what happy people do.

Speaker 2:

They like to support people. So we are just creating a community. You know that encourages that and put people together. So there might be about 30 to 40 people in a chapter. Each chapter is a single seat, you know. By that means there's one business per category. So there's no competition, it's all friendliness, it's all collaboration and we help each other.

Speaker 2:

Now one of the things that we do that is really cool is what I call the Amplify. I use happiness to amplify your social media and everybody support each other and you grow your social media. And then, of course, we spend just five minutes teaching happiness Folks. I'm telling you you might be listening to this now and say, oh, I'm a happy person. I may not need that, that's fine, but understand, you're hearing it from someone who has studied happiness for almost two decades. Okay, I know the power that happiness has, that when you are walking truly from the inside and you are working with other people who are also on the same wavelength, it just makes your work a little bit easier and it makes your success a little more rewarding. So that's what Apprenio is. I truly believe and maybe I'm biased, but I truly believe that we are going to build not only the largest community of happy people, but we are going to build the largest community of successful people that are really happy.

Speaker 1:

And the let's Think About it podcast is happy to be a sponsor of the movement yes, of the movement. So more happy news is coming your way. Be on alert. Thank you, my friend. Thank you, and how can people find how to register or get involved in the Happy New Year's community?

Speaker 2:

So, basically, they just go to the website. Right now, it's H-A-P-P-R-E-N-E-U-R-Scom. Again, that's H-A-P-P-R-E-N-E-U-R-oscom. And make sure, though, that when you fill out the information and you want people to get back to you, let everybody know where you heard about us, because that is what we are talking about here.

Speaker 1:

Lastly, before we sign off, thoughts nuggets that you'd like to leave the audience before we jump out of here.

Speaker 2:

Well, I just want your audience to know that every human being deserves to be happy. Okay, when things are tough, it's a lot more difficult to learn to be happy, and so it's one of those things where it's better to have and don't need than to need and don't have. Ok, so if you can either grab a copy of my book, you know, and just learn a little bit about happiness, you know, you have my name on the screen and my book is available on Amazon and you can pick a teen or two, usually of the 20 something skill I went through, only one or two skills can make a big difference in your life. But I want to tell you this folks, don't take happiness for granted and just be reminded, just be reminded that you have happiness inside of you and let happiness help you do the heavy lifting Boom.

Speaker 1:

There it is my man, ed. I appreciate you, brother. Thank you for coming on, sharing and, more importantly, being happy with me.

Speaker 2:

I love it and thank you so much for all that you do, man. I'm so proud of you, man. I see you come a long way and now the world can definitely benefit, man, from what you're doing. So this is awesome.

Speaker 1:

Thank you. Thank you for joining me in this episode of let's Think About it. Your time and attention are greatly appreciated. If you found value in today's discussion, I encourage you to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. Remember, the journey of self-improvement is ongoing and I'm here to support you every step of the way. Connect with me on social media for updates and insights. You can find me on Instagram and Facebook, at Coach Mo Coaching or LinkedIn, at Maurice Mabry, or visit my website at mauricemabrycom for exclusive content. Until next time, keep reflecting, keep growing and, most importantly, keep believing in yourself. Remember, the most effective way to do it is to do it Together. We're making incredible strides toward a better and more empowered you, so thank you, and I'll see you in our next episode.