Hacking Happy Blog

It was 2014 and from the outside looking in I had the perfect life. A high-flying corporate executive at a global giant, a beautiful home with a white picket fence, a husband and a small child, a couple of European cars in the driveway, international travel…   I wanted for nothing but I longed for a different life. 

Have you noticed a shift in yourself? An uncontrollable urge to fill the spare minutes you have, picking up your device and scrolling the news or social media only to find yourself at the end of the day feeling flat and with a To Do List that remains undone?

Amplifying your IAQ® as a leader provides a navigation system for you to explore, experiment and evolve in a way that is meaningful to you and inspiring to others.  

There’s an internal battle going on, it's the resistance between the unrealistic expectations of what we feel we should be doing (based on the way life used to be) and creating the space to pave a new path.

If I asked you to reflect back over the past months and write down what hasn’t worked out for you, what would your list look like? I’m guessing it may be long, sprinkled with a little discomfort and perhaps an unwillingness to share publicly.

How can you find happiness in just the next 24 hours? I thought I might share a really simple exercise to help those who want to bring a little more happiness into each day. So we here go …

Mother nature has forced our hand gifting us a moment of inflection that is long overdue. We find ourselves at a decision point that will shape history, one that requires us to consider a fundamentally different future, a future that puts Humans First. Our very survival depends on it.

If you feel like the world has gone mad I doubt you are alone. Is it any wonder when a quick search of any major publication in the world will find your computer screen screaming at you don’t touch anyone, stock up on essentials, lock yourself away, the recession is unavoidable, prepare for the worst. Fear is everywhere and it’s fucking with us. We challenge you don’t let it!

What if the happiness we seek is not found in focusing on the wanting for what we don't have, but on the other side of the things we avoid? I put this question to the test myself, and this is what happened.

This week I turn 44, and last week I lost a dear friend who fell just shy of her 44^th birthday by a month. The juxtaposition of these two events has left me pondering what makes a happy life?

I pride myself on seeing things through, my word is part of who I am, so when I say I’m going to do something, I follow through. However, I have a confession to make, I recently quit what could be perceived as one of the most amazing opportunities I’ve had.

Last week I started full time for eight weeks in the first Australian Antler Cohort in Sydney. Antler is an incubator program that focuses on creating the next wave of tech companies.They had over 1000 applicants but accepted only 71 amazing humans of which I was fortunate enough to be one. Some may consider this a success but at the end of week one, I found myself questioning if this is success, why do I feel so uncomfortable?