Escaping the cult of the average

Here's a question for you. What's the best piece of advice you've ever had?

For me, it's been three words, "Be happy now". Let me explain why.

In my Trusted Adviser seminars, I notice that happy salespeople sell much more than unhappy sales people. Most people think that successful salespeople are happy because they're selling more and earning more money. This isn't true - happiness is an inside job.....

.....research by the brilliant Harvard psychologist

Shawn Achor (fantastic video of Shawn speaking at TEDx) reveals that successful salespeople sell more and make more money because they're happy.

Next to love, happiness is probably the strongest stuff in the world. It's more energizing than oxygen. It's more mind expanding than a dose of LSD. It's more intoxicating than a glass of Dom Perignon on a summer's day.

Its only when you're happy and enthusiastic, that you can enthuse others and create the business relationships that you want.

So how about setting this as a goal? To know when you take your last breath, that you always expressed who you really are and did what made you happy.

What say you?