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    How To Be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World
    How To Be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World
    How To Be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World
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    How To Be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World

    By Michael Anthony

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    "This Book Can Change Your Life"

    True and lasting happiness always comes from within. "How To Be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World" reveals simple, but profound insights that will help you to live a more fulfilled and happier life. If enough individuals use them, it will change our world for the better. You will understand how this is possible by the time you finish reading my happy book.

    "Your book is brilliant. Thank you for your masterpiece that you are sharing with the world. Your Happy Book has blessed me and will inspire all who are touched with its magic." - Steven Ferrel

    "Thank you so much! You are an inspiration for humanity - Changed my life!!!"
    -Andrew Klaassen

    If you want to be more successful and live a happier life, "How to be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World" will show you how.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Anthony
    Release dateOct 24, 2011
    ISBN9781452455938
    How To Be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World
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    Michael Anthony

    Michael J. Anthony is professor of Christian Education at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California.  He holds degrees from Biola College (B.A.), Talbot Theological Seminary (M.A.), Golden Gate Seminary (M.R.E.), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Ph.D.), and Claremont Graduate School (Ph.D.).

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      Book preview

      How To Be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World - Michael Anthony

      How to Be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World

      by Michael Anthony

      Copyright © 2005 and 2011 by Michael Anthony

      Revised Edition

      Smashwords Edition

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All rights reserved.

      Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a media review and Fair Use quotes, no part of this publication, with the exception of The Eight Words, may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by present or future means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of Michael Anthony.

      Disclaimer

      This book is not designed to provide psychological advice or to substitute for professional counsel. Its purpose is to increase your happiness by making you aware of the consequences of all your thoughts and actions. No responsibility is accepted for use of this information. Use is entirely at your own risk. Information contained is for educational purposes only.

      Cover design donated by: Cherrie St Germain, Better Day Movement

      Howtobehappy.org

      michael@howtobehappy.org

      http://www.facebook.com/HowToBeHappy

      Dedication

      My Happy Book is dedicated to

      a very special spirit and dear friend,

      Linda Harper

      (11/2/1952 - 8/30/2006)

      who taught me much by her example.

      She was as hard as a rock,

      yet as gentle as new fallen snow.

      Acknowledgements

      Thanks to my mother and father for giving me the gift of life and the positive values they taught me as a child.

      Special thanks to my mentor Philosopher Edgar Phillips for teaching me his profound insights into the chemical brain. Also, thanks to his wife, Helen, for generously giving me permission and her blessings to use the concepts and insights from his book, Breakthrough. Unfortunately, Edgar Phillips is no longer with us to see his ideas and philosophies blossom and bear fruit.

      This is to thank you, if you decide to have fun changing the world one person at a time by starting with yourself and spreading the word.

      Last, but not least, thanks to my hero Don Quixote for inspiring me to keep striving to help achieve the impossible dream of peace and harmony for all of us.

      Table of Contents

      Foreword

      Chapter 1: The Introduction

      Chapter 2: Owner’s Manual for Human Beings

      Chapter 3: Self-Awareness and The Eight Words

      Chapter 4: To Thine Own Self Be True

      Chapter 5: External Versus Internal Happiness

      Chapter 6: Cause and Effect -- Attractor Fields

      Chapter 7: The Proof is in the Pudding

      Chapter 8: Transforming Emotions

      Chapter 9: Have Fun Helping to Change the World

      Foreword

      Michael Anthony has written a book about how to be happy. At first I thought, oh, no…not another self-help book. However, the idea of being ‘happy’ appeals to me, so I gave the short, 87-page manuscript my undivided attention. When finished, I closed the book and knew this profound (yet simple) message had the potential to improve lives – millions of them!

      After you read this book, you’ll never again look to possessions, people and things outside of yourself to make you happy. Understanding eight simple words will allow YOU to generate your happiness from within. You will realize that your happiness will never cost any money and no one can ever take it away from you.

      Michael shows us that, contrary to popular belief, examining our negative emotions and sitting with them for a bit is actually a good thing. Once you comprehend the profound influence negative emotions have on you, you’ll appreciate the rewards that are possible when you focus on releasing them – not just covering them up. It’s simple if you focus on the eight words.

      Surprise, surprise! The key to happiness has nothing to do with the acquisition of possessions, wealth or fame. By incorporating Michael’s simple message into your life, your natural abilities will be revealed and then gain strength when you align your thoughts and actions with eight little words. You’ll be more productive and creative…success follows. Money, a mere byproduct of success, will then enable you to afford those ‘external’ pleasures.

      How to Be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World is an owner’s manual for human beings. In a world where truth seems to be the exception, convenience the norm and blind ambition and greed rewarded, I find joy in the idea that ‘being good’ is a source of contentment.

      I am thankful that Michael took the time to assemble an insightful group of words that reveal the basic concepts which allow people to live a very happy life. His words will change your life as they have already changed mine. Read the book and you’ll understand the magic and unravel the mystery.

      At Better Day Movement we hope by sponsoring Michael’s work and sharing his message with you, your life is happier and more meaningful. If enough individuals use these simple, yet profound insights, our world will change for the better.

      – Cherrie St Germain

      Co-Founder

      My TruMind / Better Day Movement

      "I am only one, but I am one.

      I cannot do everything, but I can do something.

      And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do."

      – Edward Everett Hale

      Chapter 1

      The Introduction

      If you are reading this book, you may have a couple questions running through your mind about me. Why did I write How to be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World? Will this book be able to deliver the goods or am I just a dreamer?

      After writing How To Be Happy, I gave the valuable insights contained in this book away for free for six years from my happy website. My friends thought I was insane to do this. I’ll tell you why I started charging for it towards the end of this chapter. I’m happy to report that my happy book has been widely read, and changed thousands of lives in many wonderful ways.

      I wrote this book for several reasons. The first one is because I love sharing the insights contained in this book with others and it makes me very happy. The second one is because I wanted to reach a mass audience by addressing a subject that would appeal to most, if not all, of the people living on our planet. After all who doesn’t desire to be happy or happier and make our world a better place for themselves, their children and their children’s children?

      The third reason is because I needed a feedback mechanism that you can easily relate to and cannot deny. Everyone knows whether they are happy or unhappy. You can decide for yourself what gives you true and lasting happiness. You will be able to judge for yourself if what I share with you makes total sense.

      The most important reason is that this book allows me to introduce you to Eight Words that will help you increase your self-awareness and happiness. These Eight Words will help you make better choices that will change you and the world for the better, in the process. If you want to be happier and remain happy, this book will show you the way.

      If you can honestly say that you’re totally happy with all aspects of your life, are you happy with what is going on in the world? Unless you never follow the local news and world affairs, or live in a cave in the Himalayas, you’re probably not happy about something or at least would like to improve it

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